Cette thèse porte sur l’ennui dans cinq romans de Julien Green (Mont-Cinère, Adrienne Mesurat, Minuit, Le Malfaiteur, Le Mauvais Lieu). L’enjeu est d’étudier la représentation de l’ennui dans des romans qui y consacrent tous une place différente. Dans une première partie, l’analyse du décor de l’ennui greenien, que ce soit l’espace extérieur ou l’espace intérieur, a permis de mettre en évidence l’aliénation intérieure des personnages greeniens qui reflète leur incapacité à vivre. L’étude du milieu dans lequel baignent les personnages permet en effet de se faire une idée de l’ampleur de l’ennui. La ville devient alors la toile sur laquelle se projettent leur ennui et leurs maux tandis que la liberté dont ils croient avoir pleine possession n’est qu’une illusion. Symbole de cet emprisonnement, la maison est la métaphore d’une impossibilité d’évasion hors de soi. La maison est un huis clos où se cumulent puis se déchaînent les passions. Les êtres greeniens sont face à une immutabilité qui ne peut que les mettre devant leur impuissance à sortir de cet ennui. Le constat est amer : il n’existe aucune possibilité de distraction, les hommes sont condamnés à s’ennuyer. Dans la deuxième partie, les conséquences de l’ennui sur les personnages ont été mises en évidence. Alors que tous les protagonistes sont prématurément vieillis par cette vie d’ennui, ils tentent désespérément de s’ancrer dans un réel fuyant par des habitudes ridicules et des occupations sans intérêt, à part celui de combler coûte que coûte le néant qui les engloutit. La haine d’autrui apparait et déteint sur leur famille : impossible d’aimer et d’être aimé, il s’agit désormais de se sentir exister en opprimant et réduisant à néant autrui. La troisième partie de la thèse est l’occasion de s’arrêter sur les conséquences avérées de l’ennui. Un déchaînement de violence est la conséquence logique d’un mal qui puise son origine dans la haine. Si les personnages se réfugient un instant dans le monde de la rêverie pour fuir un réel étouffant, cette rêverie les éloigne progressivement du réel et leur fait perdre toute attache à la réalité. C’est en créant leur monde qu’ils se soulagent de leurs maux, de leur inadaptation sociale et de la violence qui couve en eux. Ces folie et violence débouchent directement dans le meurtre comme solution pour se débarrasser d’autrui, cause de l’ennui. Mais le meurtre n’est jamais délibérément voulu et la mort apparaît comme l’unique solution : le personnage se tue parce que – comme Baudelaire écrivait dans sa Correspondance générale – « la fatigue de [s]’endormir et la fatigue de [se] réveiller [lui] sont insupportables » / This thesis aims at studying how boredom is depicked in five novels – Mont-Cinère, Adrienne Mesurat, Minuit, Le Malfaiteur, Le Mauvais Lieu – and how differently Julien Green painted it. In a first part, our analysis of the Greenian boredom from within and without has highlighted his characters’ internal alienation mirroring their inability to live. Indeed, studying the characters’ environment gives some insight into the scope of boredom. The town then becomes the canvass on which their boredom and suffering are displayed whereas the freedom they believe is theirs, is only an illusion. The house – a symbol of this confinement – is the metaphor of some escape beyond the self. The house is a prison cell where passions build up and run high. Greenian beings are involved with some immutability failing to confront them with their inability to ride out this boredom. A sobering conclusion as they cannot enjoy themselves : men are condemned to get bored. In the second part, the consequences of boredom on the characters have been highlighted. While this boring life prematurely makes the characters older, they desperately attempt to ground into an elusive reality through ridiculous habits and pointless activities, except filling the empty nothingness drowning them. Their hating others appears and influences their family : they cannot love or be loved ; from now on they will have to feel they are alive by oppressing and destroying others. The third part points out the proven consequences of boredom. This outburst of violence stems logically from some uneasiness originating in hatred. If the characters retreat for a while into the world of musing to escape from a stifling reality, this musing gradually keeps the real at bay and deprives them of all connections to reality. While creating their world, they relieve their suffering, their social maladjustment and the violence simmering in them. Mania and violence directly lead to murder as the solution to get rid of others, a source of boredom. But murder is never deliberately wanted and death appears as the unique solution : the character kills himself because – as Baudelaire wrote in his Correspondance générale he cannot bear the weariness of sleeping and the weariness of waking up.

Syftet med denna uppsats var att undersöka om det finns något samband mellan upplevd ensamhet och exekutiva funktioner hos äldre. Urvalet bestod av 98 ålderspensionärer mellan 65 och 75 år. Upplevd ensamhet mättes med Three-Item Loneliness Scale (TILS). Exekutiva funktioner mättes med nio olika test som avsåg mäta de tre processerna inhibering, shifting och uppdatering. Inhibering mättes med testerna Flanker, Simon och Stroop. Shifting mättes med Local Global, Color Shape och Number Letter. Uppdatering mättes med Letter Memory, Matrix Monitoring och Numerical 2-back. Andel korrekta svar samt responstid användes som utfallsvariabler. Data analyserades med hjälp av korrelationsanalyser där signifikanta samband analyserades vidare i hierarkiska regressionsanalyser. Resultatet visade på ett signifikant samband mellan upplevd ensamhet och responstid för Number Letter, där högre skattad ensamhet var associerad med längre responstid. Ensamhet förklarade 4% av variansen i responstid. Denna uppsats ger därmed stöd åt att det verkar finnas ett samband mellan upplevd ensamhet och nedsatt prestation bland vissa exekutiva funktioner, i detta fall shifting mätt genom responstid för Number Letter. Framtida studier bör undersöka detta vidare. Detta blir särskilt relevant med tanke på att världens befolkning blir allt äldre, tillsammans med det faktum att många äldre upplever ensamhet. Om upplevd ensamhet är associerad med försämrade exekutiva funktioner kan interventioner som syftar till att minska ensamheten vara till stor nytta både för den enskilda individen och samhället i stort. / The aim of this paper was to investigate whether there are any associations between perceived loneliness and executive functions in older people. Participants consisted of 98 senior citizens between the ages of 65 and 75. Perceived loneliness was measured with the Three-Item Loneliness Scale (TILS). Executive functions were measured with nine different tests aimed at measuring the three processes of inhibition, shifting and updating. Inhibition was measured with Flanker, Simon and Stroop task. Shifting was measured with Local Global, Color Shape and Number Letter task. Updating was measured with Letter Memory, Matrix Monitoring and Numerical 2-back task. Proportion of correct answers as well as response time were used as dependent variables. Data was analysed by correlation analyses where significant correlations were further analysed in hierarchical regressions. Results showed a significant association between perceived loneliness and response time in the Number Letter task; higher reported loneliness was associated with longer response time. Loneliness explained 4% of the variance in response time. This paper thus supports that there appears to be an association between perceived loneliness and reduced performance in certain executive functions, in this case shifting as measured through response time in the Number Letter task. Future studies should investigate this further. This becomes particularly relevant considering that the world's population is getting older, along with the fact that many elderly experience loneliness. If perceived loneliness is associated with deteriorating executive functions, interventions aimed at reducing loneliness may be of great benefit both to individuals and society as a whole.

The thesis deals with the life of people over sixty-five years, with special focus on financial security and loneliness. The theoretical part of the thesis describes the problems of aging and aging-related changes. Following chapters are devoted to the issues of poverty, gender inequalities in old age and social exclusion. Furthermore, according to the available scientific literature, i describe the themes of loneliness, the impact of loneliness on health and the importance of interpersonal relationships on the issue of loneliness. The thesis aims to better understand the impact of life events and life circumstances on poverty and loneliness in the lives of respondents, and how were these aspects perceived and experienced in the past. Also how do they perceive their current situation, especially in the area of the financial safety and loneliness. There was random selection of five respondents for the research with special objectives in mind equal participation both men and women and living alone after divorce or widowhood and marriage / partnership. These respondents retold their life stories with the help of extensive narrative interviews, which I later transcribed in detail and carefully read through, not to omit important milestones in their lives, which helped me to accomplish the aim of the thesis. For the practical part of the thesis I have chosen the strategy of qualitative research using narrative interviews. Narrative mode is based on a unique and compelling life story presentation with an emphasis on life experience. This technique is suitable for the older generation, which was also confirmed during the research. Two main questions were established for the research. 1.Did the experienced life events and life circumstances influence poverty and loneliness in their current lives? 2. How they perceived and experienced the poverty and loneliness during their lifetime? To answer these questions, it was necessary to keep the conversation arend relevant topics. The research resulted in the following conclusions. Surprisingly, respondents feel no poverty, although the level of their pension is often very near poverty area. Poverty is percieved as the situation of nothing to eat, nowhere to live and no means of subsistence. The explanation lies in the fact that all respondents lived in a time and place where you had to make do with less, and it is the source of their modesty and unpretentiousness. All respondents agree that the transition to retirement was an important milestone in their lives. Altough current pensions doesn't provide for that much activities they were accustomed to, they don't perceive their situation as feeling poor. You can say, that a modest life prepare respondents for life in retirement. In a similar way, respondents expressed the theme of loneliness. In all the interviews family was dominating factor. Respondents living in villages and small sized towns declare to maintain good neighbor relationships, often lasting from the time of childhood. Loneliness is most often associated with the loss of a partner. In the stories of two female respondents, there was loneliness occurance after the death of a partner. This period is stated as the worst in their life and they felt most alone then. Currently the loneliness is compensated by their children and grandchildren.

At present we are witnessing a revolutionary period marked by changes in population demographics. Recently there has been a significant increase in life expectancy of people in developed countries and the percentage of seniors in society has been rising. The issue of a proactive approach to aging is therefore very relevant today. It is difficult to determine when youth ends and old age starts, but the World Health Organization has determined this age limit as 60 years. This is the time when people retire and when they perceive their own aging most intensely. The aim of the thesis is to explore the lifestyle of seniors. The theoretical part includes a description of this particular period of human life, the practical research studies the lives of concrete seniors with the aim of creating a clear conception of how today's seniors live, what their normal days look like, what they are occupied with and what they are worried about. The main research groups are couples, but in the research are included also individuals, mostly widows who live alone. Interviews conducted in their home environment enable looking into their privacy, and finding out what the lifestyle of people over 60 years old is like. For all respondents, retirement was a major turning point in their lives. The way they coped with this situation is different in each case, but anyway their lives and lifestyles changed in some way, either positively or negatively. Some people slowed down the pace of life and began to pursue hobbies and family life after leaving their jobs, others used the newly gained time to start to fully focus on their hobbies. There are, however, people who gave up their hobbies and got indolent. This applies particularly to lonely people. The research has shown that people living in pair are more active and if they are not limited by health problems, they show greater diligence and activity. Partners support each other in their hobbies and encourage each other to action. The research could not cover the views of all seniors, but it has turned out that a positive approach to life and an active lifestyle significantly helps improve old age that should not be seen as a sad and final chapter of life.

Este trabalho se propõe a analisar duas obras do escritor português António Lobo Antunes, tendo em vista algumas instâncias narrativas, que, a nosso ver, sobressaem na obra do autor. As obras são Ontem não te vi em Babilónia, romance publicado em 2006, e O arquipélago da insónia, de 2008. Os dois romances compõem o ciclo de produção mais recente do autor, no qual as experimentações formais e estéticas são mais intensas do que nos romances anteriores. Além disso, as obras apresentam convergências temáticas já explicitadas por uma leitura atenta de seus títulos. Ontem não te vi é a representação de um tempo de espera, um tempo de frustração; Babilónia é Babel, símbolo maior da incomunicabilidade para o Ocidente. Já arquipélago é um conjunto de ilhas, reunião marcada pelo isolamento e pela incomunicabilidade; insónia é, igualmente, uma espera frustrada por algo que não vem, no caso, o sono, que nos romances será metáfora para a morte. O trabalho privilegiará, portanto, a análise do espaço, a partir do símbolo da casa; do tempo, insone e de morte; e do texto, que se apresenta, essencialmente, por uma enxurrada discursiva. Assim, pretende-se entrar no universo antuniano e, como parece ser o desejo do autor, desvendar a nós mesmos e a nosso tempo / This work proposes an analysis of two novels by the portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes, taking into consideration narrative instances that, from our point of view, are highlighted in the authors work. The books are Ontem não te vi em Babilônia, novel that was published in 2006, and O arquipélago da insônia, published in 2008. The novels make up the authors most recent production cycle, in which the formal and aesthetic experiences are much more intense than in his previous novels. Besides that, these works show thematic convergences that appear in careful reading of the books titles: Ontem não te vi is the representation of time passing, time of frustration; Babilônia is Babel, the biggest symbol of incommunicability for the West. Arquipélago is a group of islands, a gathering that is noticeable for its isolation and incommunicability; Insônia is equally a frustrated wait for something that never arrives, in this case, sleep, which is a metaphor for death in his novels. Therefore, this work is going to focus on the analysis of space, taking into consideration the house as a symbol; time, as death and sleepless; and the text, that is, basically, presented as a discursive overflow. This way, we will enter in Lobo Antunes universe and, what seems to be the authors desire to reveal ourselves and our time

abstract: Bully victimization has been associated with blunted cardiovascular responses to stress as well as elevated responses to stress. The difference between these altered physiological responses to stress is largely unknown. This study explored several possible moderators to the relationship between chronic stress and future cardiac output (an indicator of increased stress) in response to future stressors. These moderators include the difference between social and physical stressors and individual levels of loneliness. Participants were administered measures of loneliness and victimization history, and led to anticipate either a "social" (recorded speech) or "non-social" (pain tolerance test ) stressor, neither of which occurred. EKG and impedance cardiography were measured throughout the session. When anticipating both stressors, loneliness and victimization were associated with increased CO. A regression revealed a three-way interaction, with change in cardiac output depending on victimization history, loneliness, and condition in the physical stressor condition. Loneliness magnified the CO output levels of non-bullied individuals when facing a physical stressor. These results suggest that non- bullied participants high in loneliness are more stressed out when facing stressors, particularly stressors that are physically threatening in nature. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Psychology 2013

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T13:17:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Francisco_Rafael_Leidens_Dissertacao.pdf: 1534769 bytes, checksum: cc3704391949c892bd4f2bb98f4b7fed (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-07-21 / This work intends, above all, to highlight a fundamental problem in Thus spoke Zarathustra, namely: there is a tension between loneliness and communication that ultimately determines the course of this book claims regarding affirmative intention of Nietzsche. At the same time as the radical solitude enables unique experiences, the communication becomes impaired, since it is based on a predetermined language for moral values (gregarious), does not represent, then, what is unique and not transferable. The result is a problematic book, in relation to their address ("a book for everyone and anyone") and in relation to its internal development (Zarathustra's disappointment when you want to communicate, initially to people, at the "Prologue", to his disciples, and finally, to the superior men). What Zarathustra wants to communicate, initially, and intensely in books I and II, is the superman, which proves to be a means to support the eternal return. Without this support the realization (that ultimately ends up consisting of, in addition, a way of understanding "affirmatively" the cyclical nature of the world), the eternal return can not be communicated and remains, according to the hypothesis defended, a solitary and silent thought. We assume, finally, in this work, the extemporaneity of Thus spoke Zarathustra; waiting for an appropriate hearing and those who have an experience similar to Nietzsche/Zarathustra / Este trabalho pretende, sobretudo, evidenciar um problema fundamental em Assim falava Zaratustra, a saber: há uma tensão entre solidão e comunicação que acaba determinando os rumos deste livro quanto às pretensões afirmativas de Nietzsche. Ao mesmo tempo em que a solidão radicalizada viabiliza vivências únicas, a comunicação, por efetivar-se através de uma linguagem predeterminada por valores morais-gregários, torna-se prejudicada justamente pelo caráter singular e intransferível que o isolamento imprime a tais vivências. O resultado disso é um livro problemático tanto em relação ao seu endereçamento ( um livro para todos e para ninguém ) quanto em relação ao seu desenvolvimento interno (a decepção de Zaratustra quando pretende comunicar-se, inicialmente ao povo, logo no Prólogo , aos discípulos, e, já no quarto livro, aos homens superiores). Aquilo que Zaratustra pretende comunicar, em primeiro lugar, e intensamente durante os livros I e II, é o além-do-homem, que se mostra ser um meio para suportar a concepção fundamental da obra, a saber: o eterno retorno do mesmo. Sem a efetivação desse suporte (que por fim acaba consistindo em, além disso, um modo de compreender afirmativamente o caráter cíclico do mundo), o eterno retorno não pode ser comunicado e permanece, segundo a hipótese defendida, um pensamento solitário e silencioso. Termina-se por assumir, neste trabalho, a extemporaneidade de Assim falava Zaratustra; uma espera por ouvidos apropriados e por aqueles que tenham uma vivência semelhante a Nietzsche/Zaratustra

Orientador: Egberto Ribeiro Turato / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T16:32:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Packer_MilenePescatori_M.pdf: 419054 bytes, checksum: 4c762c969689734886832bbc0d1ec1ea (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Discutir as vivências relatadas por moradores de rua, com história de uso abusivo de álcool, que passaram a morar em instituição confessional do Município de Campinas, dentro de um programa de acolhimento e de cuidados gerais. Sujeitos e Métodos: Foi empregado o método de pesquisa clínico-qualitativo com entrevista semi-dirigida com questões abertas. A coleta dos dados foi na Fraternidade Toca de Assis. A pesquisa contou com nove sujeitos ex-moradores de rua, sendo usado o critério da saturação para o fechamento da amostra. Foi utilizada a técnica de análise do conteúdo temático para a formação das categorias aprovadas pelos pares. Resultados: Foram extraídos três artigos: "Facilitações e barreiras em pesquisa de campo a propósito do emprego de métodos qualitativos em instituição informal de saúde"; "Pra suprir um vazio no estômago": o uso do álcool segundo relatos de ex-moradores de rua"; "Virei um mendigo": relatos de exmoradores de rua acolhidos em uma Instituição Confessional no Brasil". Discussão: A escolha de um campo que escapa ao habitual dos profissionais institucionalizados na saúde permitiu uma discussão acerca dos desafios da entrada em campo, assim como da coleta dos dados. Consideramos que o relato desta experiência acrescentaria os elementos teóricos à metodologia escolhida. No relato da experiência de vida dos sujeitos da pesquisa foi enfática a relação pessoal desses sujeitos com o fenômeno do uso abusivo do álcool e o processo de desconstrução psicológica da identidade. Conclusões: É possível ser construída uma nova vida, principalmente pelos próprios ex-moradores de rua. Depreende-se que parecem querer sair das ruas, mesmo que isso lhes pareça algo distante. / Abstract: Discuss the experiences of homeless with abuse of alcohol in an institution Confessional. Subjects and Methods: Clinical-qualitative research with semi-structured Interview to open question. Data collection was in the Fraternity Toca de Assis. The research subjects had nine homeless, and used the criterion of saturation for the closing of the sample. Used the technique of analysis of thematic content for the formation of the categories approved by peers. Results: Extracted three papers: "Facilities and barriers in field research by the way of the use of qualitative methods in health informal institution"; "to fill an empty stomach.": the use of alcohol according to reports from ex-homeless"; "turned a beggar": reports of ex-homeless sheltered in a Confessional Institution in Brazil". Discussion: The choice of a field beyond the usual of institutionalized health professionals led a discussion about the challenges of entering the field, as well as data collection. We believe that reporting this experience add elements to the methodology chosen theorists. In reporting the experience of life of research subjects was emphatically a personal relationship with the subject the phenomenon of abuse of alcohol and the process of psychological deconstruction of identity. Conclusions: It can be built a new life mainly by the homeless. It seems that they want to leave the streets, even if this seems distant. / Mestrado / Ciencias Biomedicas / Mestre em Ciências Médicas

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Claudimiro Lino de Araújo - 2017.pdf: 11722533 bytes, checksum: 56ec7c41b4edad8211595ee8909695ab (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-13 / This work discusses the current relationship of the elderly with new information and communication technologies, which has possible reflect in a condition of their citizenship status. The intention is to study a certain communication habit of people aged 60 years or older, legally defined as elderly in Brazil and investigate an characteristic of contemporaneity: the sharing of virtual and digital contents through platforms or devices known as smartphones, notebooks, PCs, tablets or phablets with access to the world wide web. Specifically, an attempt is made to evaluate how technological supports can contribute to the formation of contents related to citizenship, to the rights of the elderly, to the image of old age or your social representation. For this, a qualitative approach is used. Is used here a content analysis, theory traditionally described by Laurence Bardin. And, above all, it seeks to enrich, through the present research, the approaches related to old age with a look from the field of communication. The theoretical course addresses the context in which the notion of old age is inserted and emphasizes the communication as a foundation for citizenship. The results of the empirical research demonstrated the presence, even small, of contents, considered as of “civic engagement”, presumed here as a condition for a transformation of the citizenship status of the elderly. Featured for the results of the Communication category, identificated in content analysis, for its importance to helping the elderly to get out their isolation, of their loneliness and, often, even a more serious state of depression. The Search category indicated the importance of the smartphone to the elderly lives providing to they a knowlege that they didn´t have. In the Intergenerational Relationship category, the possibility of re-signification of the relationships between the young and the elderly was perceived. Work and Political Participation were categories that indicated a greater proximity of the subject of “civic engagement” but did not came out so much, in the material collected. Self-Help and Humor categories appeared as types of important content in the daily life of the elderly when they using the social networks. The data show that, for the sample, in that social contexts inserted, the New Information and Communications Technologies (NICTs) exerts influence on the social reinsertion and public visibility of the elderly, incipient civic engagement as well as their social capital. Despite the problems of the digital virtual environment, this space offers the elderly or more people a way of breaking the isolation that many experience, reducing the perception or feeling of loneliness through the relationship with people close and distant or a promotion of new contacts of friendship. In this way, the internet, for the elderly, is more than a source of income, service, learning or entertainment research. For this public, the Internet and the NICTs can offer the rescue of the old friends, promote new and strengthen intergenerational family ties. / Discute-se aqui a relação atual das pessoas idosas com as chamadas novas tecnologias de informação e comunicação, o que poderia refletir numa possível alteração de sua condição de cidadania. A intenção é estudar um certo hábito comunicacional das pessoas com 60 anos ou mais de idade, definidas legalmente como idosas no Brasil, e investigar as possíveis contribuições desse ato pressuposto aqui como característico da contemporaneidade: o compartilhamento cotidiano de conteúdos virtuais, digitais, por meio de plataformas ou aparelhos tecnológicos conhecidos por smartphones, notebooks, PC´s, tablets ou fablets, desde que com acesso à rede mundial de computadores: world wide web. Especificamente, procura-se uma avaliação de como os suportes tecnológicos podem contribuir para a formação de conteúdos referentes à cidadania ou à alteração dela própria, aos direitos dos idosos, à imagem da velhice ou à representação social desta. Para isso, lança-se mão de uma abordagem qualitativa. Utiliza-se a análise de conteúdo, teoria tradicionalmente descrita por Laurence Bardin. E, acima de tudo, procura-se enriquecer, através da presente pesquisa, as poucas abordagens relacionadas à velhice, com um olhar a partir do campo comunicacional. O percurso teórico aborda o contexto em que se insere a noção de velhice e enfatiza o comunicacional como fundamento para a cidadania. Os resultados da pesquisa empírica demonstraram a presença, mesmo que pequena, de conteúdos considerados como de “engajamento cívico”, pressuposto aqui como condição para a transformação do status de cidadania do idoso. Sobressaiu-se dos resultados a categoria Comunicação, identificada na análise de conteúdo, por sua importância no auxílio ao idoso em sair de seu isolamento, sua solidão e, muitas vezes, até mesmo de um quadro mais grave, de depressão. A categoria Pesquisa indicou o quanto um celular com internet passou a ser importante na vida do entrevistado idoso ao lhe proporcionar o acesso ao conhecimento que não possuía. Na categoria Relacionamento Intergeracional percebeu-se a possibilidade de ressignificação dos relacionamentos entre jovens e idosos. Trabalho e Participação Política foram categorias que indicaram uma proximidade maior da questão do “engajamento cívico” mas não se mostraram expressivas, no material coletado. As categorias Autoajuda e Humor apareceram como um tipo de conteúdo importante no cotidiano dos idosos ao utilizarem as redes sociais. Os dados mostram que, para a amostra escolhida, no contexto social inserido, as NTIC´s exercem influência na reinserção social e visibilidade pública do idoso, incipiente engajamento cívico bem como de seu capital social. Apesar dos problemas do ambiente virtual digital, esse espaço oferece às pessoas idosas ou mais velhas a possibilidade concreta de rompimento do isolamento que muitos experimentam, diminuição da percepção ou o sentimento de solidão através do relacionamento com pessoas próximas e distantes ou a promoção de novos contatos sociais de amizade. Deste modo a internet, para as pessoas idosas, é mais do que uma fonte de pesquisa de receitas, serviços, aprendizado ou diversão. Para esse público, a internet e as NTIC´s podem oferecer o resgate de antigas amizades, promover novas e estreitar laços familiares intergeracionais.

Submitted by isabela.moljf@hotmail.com (isabela.moljf@hotmail.com) on 2017-02-20T13:36:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 patriciamedicidefreitas.pdf: 799148 bytes, checksum: 7cac1f83a95b705f95059f5e4f594608 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-02-20T18:12:30Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 patriciamedicidefreitas.pdf: 799148 bytes, checksum: 7cac1f83a95b705f95059f5e4f594608 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-02-20T18:12:50Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 patriciamedicidefreitas.pdf: 799148 bytes, checksum: 7cac1f83a95b705f95059f5e4f594608 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-20T18:12:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 patriciamedicidefreitas.pdf: 799148 bytes, checksum: 7cac1f83a95b705f95059f5e4f594608 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-04-15 / Este trabalho propõe uma análise da condição humana nas grandes cidades contemporâneas considerando, sobretudo, a solidão como um aspecto patente no sujeito urbano. Ao apontarmos a metrópole como um lugar idôneo para a efetivação dos ideais e práticas pós-modernas, reputamos o citadino como um produto deste espaço e deste contexto. Através do romance O Fotógrafo de Cristóvão Tezza, buscaremos relacionar a solidão com sua representação imagética dentro da obra já que, ao longo da narrativa, são construídas imagens – selecionadas e registradas pelo olhar fotográfico dos personagens, do autor e até mesmo do leitor – que nos remetem a essas impressões solitárias. Nesse sentido, realizaremos discussões concernentes aos tempos pós-modernos, à metrópole contemporânea, ao indivíduo e os efeitos da vida urbana em seu comportamento, seu íntimo e sua vida. Notas sobre imagem e fotografia serão cruciais e as abordaremos mediante o olhar de críticos como Joly, Aumont, Barthes, Sontag, Benjamin e Dubois. / This work proposes to analyze the human condition in big contemporary cities, considering, above all, the loneliness as a patent aspect in the urban person. When we point out the metropolis as a reliable place to the development of post-modern ideas and practices, we consider the city man as a product of this space and this context. Through the novel The photographer (O fotógrafo) from Cristóvão Tezza, we will try to relate the loneliness to its imagery representation within the work since, throughout the narrative, images are built – selected and registered by the characters’, the author’s and even the reader’s photographic look – which send us to these lonely impressions. Thus, we will carry out discussions concerning post-modern times, the contemporary metropolis, the individual and the effects of urban life on his behavior, his intimacy and his life. Notes on image and photography will be crucial and we will bring them up by means of the view of critics like Joly, Amont, Barthes, Sontag, Benjamin and Dubois.