Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T19:58:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Denivaldo Matos Moreira Almeida e Silva.pdf: 741593 bytes, checksum: 0b70b96906c5f3043575fabb22ffc74e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-10-23 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This dissertation presents the contributions of poetry Solano Trindade for black literature, as well as the important presence of personal and collective memory of the black rhythm in the body of his poetry. Reading focuses on surveying the characteristics of folk art (music, dance, folk rhythms and cultural), and especially the ways identifiers word in our idealized black Brazilian land, under the Marxist style and unique aesthetic of the poet. It also seeks to investigate the relationship between the poetics of everyday Solano Trindade and african- Brazilian culture, with the backdrop of the myth and meaning. The main objective is to describe how is the search for identity african-Brazilian and identifying ways manifest in resistance movements in the composition of poetry Solano Trindade, the crossing of black literature with African myth. The hypothesis of the research confirms that the myth is the foundation for the reconstruction of black identity mediated representation, once freed from the laws of metaphysical ontology. As a result, it is evident the desubjectivation inaugurated by the poetic self awareness of the world incorporated into the idea of aesthetic in black voice of the poet Solano Trindade / Esta dissertação apresenta as contribuições da obra poética de Solano Trindade para a literatura negra, bem como a importante presença da memória pessoal e coletiva do negro na ritmicidade do corpo de sua poesia. A leitura concentra-se no levantamento das características da arte popular (música, dança, ritmos folclóricos e culturais) e, sobretudo dos modos identificadores da palavra idealizada do negro em nossa terra brasileira, sob o estilo marxista e estético único do poeta. Procura, também, verificar a relação entre a arte poética de Solano Trindade e o cotidiano cultural afro-brasileiro, tendo como pano de fundo o mito e o significado. O objetivo central é descrever como se processa a busca de identidade afro-brasileira e dos modos manifestos nos movimentos de resistência na composição da poesia de Solano Trindade, no entrecruzamento da literatura negra com o mito africano. A hipótese da pesquisa atesta que o mito é fundamento de reconstrução da identidade negra mediada pela representação, uma vez liberta das leis da ontologia metafísica. Como resultado, evidencia-se a dessubjetivação do eu poético inaugurada pela consciência de mundo incorporada à ideia do pensamento estético na voz negra da poesia trindadiana

Cette thèse étudie l’esthétique et l’éthique du témoignage dans le nouveau africain d’expression française voire le roman de la guerre. Au centre est l’enfant comme une catégorie sociale menacée et menaçante. L’enfant africain reste « l’arme » et le « soldat » de choix dans la littérature postcoloniale tout comme il était à l’époque coloniale. Cependant, sa mission est devenue encore plus meurtrière car il est maintenant recruté pour mener des combats militaires soutenus par des idéologies dépourvues de logique. Nous examinons donc les enjeux esthétiques et éthiques du choix de donner la parole à l’enfant pour témoigner de la violence postcoloniale dans les romans d’Emmanuel Dongala, de Tierno Monénembo, et d’Ahmadou Kourouma. Que ce soit par le biais d’une confrontation qui imite la scène judiciaire (Dongala), un débat philosophique, religieux et socio-politique autours du sujet de génocide (Monénembo), ou encore de l’emploi du rire carnavalesque pour témoigner de la tragédie personnelle et collective (Kourouma), nos auteurs font de l’enfant le point de référence à partir duquel l’Afrique pense le présent et l’avenir. Ce faisant, ils démontrent une diversité conceptuelle du témoignage littéraire tant sur le plan esthétique qu’éthique, que nous qualifions de changement paradigmatique dans la littérature d’Afrique noire d’expression française. Ce qui émerge est un double témoignage, d’une part, de l’auteur en tant que témoin des traces, d’autre part, de l’enfant (personnage) comme témoin-victime et/ou comme témoin-bourreau de la violence dans la « postcolonie ». / Thesis (Ph.D, French) -- Queen's University, 2012-03-01 12:40:14.865

The desire to enhance and make ourselves better is not a new one and it has continued to intrigue throughout the ages. Individuals have continued to seek ways to improve and enhance their well-being for example through nutrition, physical exercise, education and so on. Crucial to this improvement of their well-being is improving their ability to remember. Hence, people interested in improving their well-being, are often interested in memory as well. The rationale being that memory is crucial to our well-being. The desire to improve one’s memory then is almost certainly as old as the desire to improve one’s well-being. Traditionally, people have used different means in an attempt to enhance their memories: for example in learning through storytelling, studying, and apprenticeship. In remembering through practices like mnemonics, repetition, singing, and drumming. In retaining, storing and consolidating memories through nutrition and stimulants like coffee to help keep awake; and by external aids like notepads and computers. In forgetting through rituals and rites. Recent scientific advances in biotechnology, nanotechnology, molecular biology, neuroscience, and information technologies, present a wide variety of technologies to enhance many different aspects of human functioning. Thus, some commentators have identified human enhancement as central and one of the most fascinating subject in bioethics in the last two decades. Within, this period, most of the commentators have addressed the Ethical, Social, Legal and Policy (ESLP) issues in human enhancements as a whole as opposed to specific enhancements. However, this is problematic and recently various commentators have found this to be deficient and called for a contextualized case-by-case analysis to human enhancements for example genetic enhancement, moral enhancement, and in my case memory enhancement (ME). The rationale being that the reasons for accepting/rejecting a particular enhancement vary depending on the enhancement itself. Given this enormous variation, moral and legal generalizations about all enhancement processes and technologies are unwise and they should instead be evaluated individually. Taking this as a point of departure, this research will focus specifically on making a case for ME and in doing so assessing the ESLP implications arising from ME. My analysis will draw on the already existing literature for and against enhancement, especially in part two of this thesis; but it will be novel in providing a much more in-depth analysis of ME. From this perspective, I will contribute to the ME debate through two reviews that address the question how we enhance the memory, and through four original papers discussed in part three of this thesis, where I examine and evaluate critically specific ESLP issues that arise with the use of ME. In the conclusion, I will amalgamate all my contribution to the ME debate and suggest the future direction for the ME debate.