本論文之研究動機有三：一是希望藉著對諸葛亮傳說內容的探討，可發掘其中所蘊含的民間旺盛的文學創造力；二是希望藉由對諸葛亮傳說的探討，能更瞭解諸葛亮在民間豐富的形象與評價；三是希望藉著對諸葛亮傳說中所包藏的民俗意識，加以分析探討，以便能更瞭解民間的思想與文化。本論文之論述範圍，主要以80年代中國大陸所搜集整理出版的傳說集子為對象。由於傳說與歷史的關係密切，而三國人物的傳說又常與《三國演義》的成書有關，因而在本論文的研究方法上，首先採取比較研究法，把傳說與歷史小說做比對分析；又由於傳說本身常富涵一些民間文化與思想，因而我們又採取民俗學的角度切入，仔細而深刻的探討這些文化思想，並試著闡釋民俗與傳說的連繫方式。本論文除第一章〈緒論〉與第六章〈結論〉外，共分為四章：第二章為〈三顧茅廬前的諸葛亮傳說〉，主要探討有關諸葛亮的少年時期，我們分為求學、娶親與得寶三部份述說。這時期的傳說內容常為正史或小說所忽略，大部份為人民自己的想像創造，因而我們的探討便較傾向傳說內容所包含的民間文化與思想。第三章為〈三顧茅廬後的諸葛亮傳說〉，主要探討有關諸葛亮的青壯時期的傳說，包括三顧茅廬、借箭、借東風與空城計四個部份。此部份為史家或小說家所刻意渲染的，因而我們的探討重點在傳說與史實小說的比較分析。第四章為〈諸葛亮之死與死後的傳說〉，主要探討的範圍包括諸葛爭壽、遣計埋墳與諸葛亮墓的傳說。這部份的傳說內容主要突顯了諸葛亮過人的智慧，其神機妙算幾乎如同神仙一般。第五章為〈有關諸葛亮的地方風物傳說〉，主要探討的範圍包括地方傳說與物產傳說。

In the Arthurian romances of the Middle Ages, the character of Morgan le Fay was transformed dramatically from her Welsh original, the goddess Modron. The effect was to vilify the enchantress so that medieval Christians would not be sympathetic to her character. This study consults the oldest available Welsh mythological and historical texts as well as the medieval romances surrounding King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Also consulted are some of the top contemporary Arthurian scholars. By unraveling Morgan’s transformation and the reasons for such change, it is revealed that medieval demonizing of old pagan deities was not limited to male deities. Instead, the most ancient deity of all, the Great Mother Goddess slowly became one of the most infamous characters in literature, Morgan le Fay.

In this essay the aim is to examine what an analysis of records of the Swedish phenomenon called the “mara” or nightmare can tell us about gender relations in the nineteenth century Swedish peasant society. From Snorre Sturlasson to studies done in the present day I go through records and the people who has written them for answers to my questions. I use the methods sex/gender and Michel Foucault’s perspective of power and my main material I study is records from DAG.With this essay I take you through methods, and descriptions of the “mara”. I also take a closer look on the people who has written down what the people thought and their believes about the “mara” during the nineteenth century. I also take a closer look on the books that has been followed by the recorders.

The Steiner/Waldorf school movement is currently one of the fastest growing independent school movements internationally. In several countries it seems to have developed into the most popular form of alternative education. South Africa has 17 Waldorf schools and one full-time teacher training facility. This study investigated the interpretation and implementation of the Parzival main lesson within the wider context of the Waldorf curriculum. The main lesson system is an essential constituent of the Waldorf curriculum. Most academic subjects in a Waldorf school are taught in a three- or four-week main lesson block. The main lesson occupies the first two hours of the school day. A main lesson consists of a particular three-part structure, and the main lesson book is the keystone to the Waldorf evaluative process. The Parzival main lesson is specifically taught in Class 11, and most Waldorf schools consider it as one of the most important main lessons in the high school. The interpretivist model was ideally suited to this research. The investigation was conducted as a multiple case study, and the main source of data was provided by classroom observation. This was supported by interviews and classroom artifacts. The study involved two South African Waldorf schools at which the Parzival main lesson is taught. This main lesson is presented at only three South African Waldorf schools. I teach at the remaining school, and therefore conducted my research at the other two schools. The teachers who facilitated the Parzival main lesson, as well as the Class students at the selected schools voluntarily participated in the research. My research findings indicate that the possibility exists for the teacher to exercise a certain degree of freedom and creativity within the parameters of Waldorf methodology and the Waldorf curriculum. The study also determines that teachers often find it difficult to integrate the three-part structure, as indicated by Waldorf methodology, in a single main lesson. Furthermore, my research establishes that main lesson books can indeed serve as both text and as an assessment tool. I therefore conclude and maintain in this study, with particular reference to the Parzival main lesson, that despite the prescriptive structure of the Waldorf system and Steiner pedagogy, teachers need not necessarily sacrifice their freedom and creativity within the classroom.

Leviathan and the other sea-monsters in the Hebrew Bible have been a source of dissension amongst biblical scholars. Evidently, no consensus exists amongst them on how to translate the Hebrew words referring to these mythical monsters. Therefore,atendency developed amongst exegetes to transfigure these mythical beasts into ordinary animals, to translate them in a vague and general way or to interpret them as mere symbols. This study, therefore, investigates ways in which the assumed existence of mythical creatures in the OT are denied, identified, or rejected. To gain a better understanding of the nature and function of these mythical creatures in the OT, similar creatures in the Ancient Near East (ANE) have been examined with a focus on sea-monsters and dragons associated with the primeval sea. These findings propose not only a more distinct epitome of Leviathan, but also of other monsters associated with the primeval waters asdepicted in the OT. These are Rahab, םנִּ ינִּ תַּ(tanninim), behemoth and the לוֹד֔ גגדָ(Jonah’s big fish). It was concluded that when these beasts are interpreted in the light of the magico-mythical cosmology of the ANE and the OT, they should be seen as mythical creatures, assumed to be real by the ancient audience of the biblical text. When striving for fidelity to and loyalty with regard to both the text and the current reader, any translation should, therefore, present the foreignness of these monsters or dragons to the contemporary reader. / Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies / D. Th. (Old Testament)

Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar a construção da identidade regional do Rio Grande do Sul a partir das lendas de Sepé Tiaraju, A Salamanca do Jarau e o Negrinho do pastoreio. A escolha dessas lendas teve como critérios a circulação pelo estado na forma literária e o pertencimento ao folclore do estado a partir das referências de escritores gaúchos. O estudo tratará inicialmente de uma análise sobre a constituição das nações na Europa, no século XVIII, com a criação de uma literatura baseada em elementos do passado dos povos, uma das características do período do Romantismo. Após será apresentado como esse mesmo processo aconteceu no Rio Grande do Sul no século XIX para ser criada uma literatura que identificasse a região a partir das representações simbólicas do gaúcho. Finalmente, cada lenda será analisada para identificar os elementos dessas mesmas representações, suas reelaborações, como mantém um diálogo entre as versões dos diversos autores e como elas contribuem para outras manifestações artísticas numa forma de dar continuidade à tradição. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2015-02-09T13:08:04Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Paulo Ricardo Nunes.pdf: 3889950 bytes, checksum: fda91783e9ef535eeea03a604d18dac8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-02-09T13:08:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Paulo Ricardo Nunes.pdf: 3889950 bytes, checksum: fda91783e9ef535eeea03a604d18dac8 (MD5) / This study aims to analise the construction of the regional identity of Rio Grande do Sul from the legends of Sepé Tiaraju, A Salamanca do Jarau and O negrinho do Pastoreio. The choice of these legends had as criterion the circulation around the state in the literary form and the belonging to the state folklore from the references of Gauchos writers. The study will start with na analisys of the consistution of European Nations in the XVIII century, with the creation of a literature based on elements from the peoples past, one of the characteristics of the Romantic period. Later it will be presentes the way it same process has happened in Rio Grande do Sul the XIX century to create a literature which identify the region from the simbolicrepresentations of Gaucho.Finally, each legend will be analised in order to identify the elements of these same representations, their re-elaborations, the way they keep a dialogue among versions of different authors and the way they contribute for other artistic manifestations in order to continue the tradition.

Mar me quer, do escritor moçambicano Mia Couto, é uma narrativa cuja edição que se tem disponível para compra no mercado editorial 24,5cm de altura por 17,3cm de largura; capa dura, em fundo verde vibrante, com ilustração colorida; oito ilustrações de João Nasi Pereira, ao longo de seus oito capítulos; sessenta e oito páginas totais, contando, dentre elas, as páginas de ilustrações e as em branco inscreve-se, desde sua apresentação física, no entrelugar da literatura destinada ao público infantil ou juvenil. Ao seu formato dissimulador, acresce a manifestação, em variados momentos e em diferentes categorias da narrativa ações, personagens, espaços e tempos , do insólito ficcional traço desestabilizador da mimeses realista, comprometida com a realidade empírica, senso comum , realçando um caráter fantasista de ordenação metaempírica da realidade, no plano do discurso ficcional que permite situar a obra tanto no universo já prenunciado das literaturas infantil ou juvenil, quanto no seio das vertentes literárias do fantástico sentido lato. Um percurso pelos fios das histórias de Zeca Perpétuo e Luarmina, personagens centrais da narrativa, conduz a um passeio pelos mares dessas literaturas em que irrompe o insólito, levando a que leiam as tensões emergentes de um mundo repleto de mitos, lendas e crenças, terra telúrica de África, Moçambique / Mar me quer is a narrative written by Mia Couto, a Mozambican writer. The books edition, available for purchase, measures 24.5 cm high by 17.3 cm wide; Its hardcover has a vibrant green background with colorful illustration, eight drawings made by Nasi John Pereira along its eight chapters; sixty-eight pages in total - considering, among them, the illustrative pages and blank ones- which fall in the midst of the literature aimed at children and adolescents. To its concealing format, one should join the manifestation of the fantasized sort of reality, in terms of fictional discourse - at various times and in different categories of narrative: action, characters, places and times of the fictional unusual trait which destabilizes the realistic mimesis, committed to empirical reality, the common sense. By highlighting this fantastic aspect of the narrative, the writer manages to situate his work in the universe - already foreshadowed - of the child and juvenile literature, as well as within the literary strands of the fantastic -in the broadest sense. A journey through the story of Zeca Perpétuo and Luarmina, central characters of the narrative, leads to a walk through the seas of these literatures in which the unusual bursts, leading readers to the emerging tensions of a world filled with myths, legends and beliefs of this telluric land in Africa, Mozambique

Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar a construção da identidade regional do Rio Grande do Sul a partir das lendas de Sepé Tiaraju, A Salamanca do Jarau e o Negrinho do pastoreio. A escolha dessas lendas teve como critérios a circulação pelo estado na forma literária e o pertencimento ao folclore do estado a partir das referências de escritores gaúchos. O estudo tratará inicialmente de uma análise sobre a constituição das nações na Europa, no século XVIII, com a criação de uma literatura baseada em elementos do passado dos povos, uma das características do período do Romantismo. Após será apresentado como esse mesmo processo aconteceu no Rio Grande do Sul no século XIX para ser criada uma literatura que identificasse a região a partir das representações simbólicas do gaúcho. Finalmente, cada lenda será analisada para identificar os elementos dessas mesmas representações, suas reelaborações, como mantém um diálogo entre as versões dos diversos autores e como elas contribuem para outras manifestações artísticas numa forma de dar continuidade à tradição. / This study aims to analise the construction of the regional identity of Rio Grande do Sul from the legends of Sepé Tiaraju, A Salamanca do Jarau and O negrinho do Pastoreio. The choice of these legends had as criterion the circulation around the state in the literary form and the belonging to the state folklore from the references of Gauchos writers. The study will start with na analisys of the consistution of European Nations in the XVIII century, with the creation of a literature based on elements from the peoples past, one of the characteristics of the Romantic period. Later it will be presentes the way it same process has happened in Rio Grande do Sul the XIX century to create a literature which identify the region from the simbolicrepresentations of Gaucho.Finally, each legend will be analised in order to identify the elements of these same representations, their re-elaborations, the way they keep a dialogue among versions of different authors and the way they contribute for other artistic manifestations in order to continue the tradition.

O presente estudo tem por objeto o processo de tradução e suas dificuldades a partir da análise da obra La Chasse-Galerie, do escritor franco-canadense Marie-Louis-Honoré Beaugrand (1848-1906). Nosso objetivo é mostrar as diferentes marcas culturais e linguísticas presentes na citada obra e os caminhos percorridos para encontrar uma tradução capaz de transpor, a partir da língua alvo, os mesmos significados e os mesmos sentimentos expressados na língua de partida, sem que a obra parecesse estrangeira aos olhos do leitor. Para atingir esse objetivo, tomamos por base os conceitos teóricos de Eco (2007) sobre a tradução que afirma que quando se traduz nunca se diz a mesma coisa, mas quase e Berman (2002), porque o seu posicionamento é o de que, uma tradução só é boa ou bem sucedida quando o tradutor deixa nela as marcas do estrangeiro, isto é, deixa entrar a cultura do estrangeiro (do texto de partida) para dentro da sua cultura (texto de chegada). / The object of study of the present research is the translation processes and their difficulties. Based on La Chasse-Galerie, the piece of the French-Canadian writer Marie-Louis-Honoré Beaugrand (1848-1906), we aim at demonstrating the various cultural and linguistic aspects present in the mentioned work as well as the methods we used to reach a translation capable of transmitting to the target language the same meanings and feelings expressed in the original language of the tale without making the piece strange to the readers eyes. To meet this goal, we used the translation theory by Eco (2007), according to which something translated never says the same thing, but nearly, and by Berman (2002), because he believes an effective translation is the one which allows the reader to recognize traces of the source text, that is, traces of the original culture.

This thesis brings attention to communication systems in games and how their development has stagnated. The focus is directed towards visual communication and the question of “Can the Smart Ping system in League of Legends suggest visual communication as a viable solution for in-game communication in multiplayer games, according to the semiotic model of Roland Barthes? ” is presented. Roland Barthes’ two order of signification model is then used to perform an analysis of the visual communication system called Smart Ping in the game League of Legends. The findings suggests that visual systems can be a viable solution as they provide visual techniques in design, tactic use for players while being effective to execute, helps removing language barrier problems and can use cultural aspects to an advantage in design when creating the system, making it easier for players to understand the message created. In-game multiplayer communication, is a vital part of how a game succeeds or falters when providing tools for players to communicate; as it is one of the main areas that creates frustration for the players. An aspect of this importance is that as frustration builds up, the flaws of design are found and questioned, and if not answered, damages the community due to the consequences of not solving the issues within the game. Therefore it is important that designers do not neglect the issues related to the current systems, and instead work to find new solutions, because if they do not, it damages the relationship between consumers and developers. This topic is discussed as frustration for players also bring toxicity into the community of games. To finalize the thesis suggests an approach in connection to visual communication systems and emphasizes experimentation in game design as an important part of development; while as a developer staying open towards feedback helps, as it strengthens the community and can provide new solutions from unexpected sources.