In this creative project, I combine non fiction prose and poetry in an organic way. Prose is framed in the form of letters that I wrote for real people telling them about my life experiences in Iowa City, and some reflections about past events that I came up with while living here. Poems are the result of a more refined way of expressing how I felt about the subjects on the letters. Love, rejection, and my struggle with writing are some of the trending topics the reader will find in this work.

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Social and textual aspects of the language assimilation of German exile writers are studied. Major differences concern the length of their exile, their foreign language learning ability and their attitude to assimilating, and the primary sources are letters and diaries. Descriptive analysis is performed on the prose, mainly in the area of crosslinguistic influences. Despite their differing assimilation, the prose contains similar crosslinguistic influences. There are consistent changes in crosslinguistic influences during the course of language assimilation, initially determined by the extent of second language acquisition. However, language learning factors give way to social factors with crosslinguistic infuences ultimately governed by the functional independence of the second language. Lexically triggered code-switching is usually a step towards functionally motivated code-switching. Finally a tentative, schematic model of how the process of language assimilation causes and modifies crosslinguistic influences is proposed. / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

"Elizabeth Carter's Legacy: Friendship and Ethics" examines the written evidence about the relationships between Elizabeth Carter and her father, Dr. Nocolas Carte; Catherine Talbot; Sir William Pulteney (Lord Bath); and Samuel Johnson to explain how intellectual and personal relationships may become the principal ethical sdource of human happiness. Based on their own set of moral values, such as intellectual and individual liberty and equality, the relationships between Carter and her friends challenged eighteenth-century traditional norms of human relationships. The primary source of this study, Carter's poetry and prose, including her letters, present the poet's experience of intellectual and individual friendship, reflecting Aristotle's ethics, specifically his moral teaching that views friendship as a human good contributing to human happiness--to the chief human good. Carter's poems devoted to her friends, such as Dr. Carter, Talbot, Montagu, Lord Bath, as well as her "A Dialogue" between Body and Mind, demonstrate her ethical legacy, her specific moral principles that elevated human relationships and human life. Carter's discussion of human relationships introduces the moral necessity of ethics in human life.

This thesis studies the representation of the Ottoman Orient in Eighteenth Century English Literature. The thesis argues that a comprehensive understanding of the representation of the Ottoman Orient in 18th century English literature requires a new perspective / thus investigates different aspects of the interaction between the Ottoman Orient and 18th century Europe. Said&#039 / s Orientalism discusses how European writers created a separate discourse to represent the Orient. The present thesis does not completely reject Said&#039 / s arguement / rather it argues that there was also a negotiating tendency which did not make radical distinction between the East and the West. Relying on 18th century pseudo-oriental letters, oriental tales and oriental travelogues the study tries to indicate that representation of the Ottoman Orient in 18th century English literature was different from the earlier centuries because developig critical and liberal spirit established a negotiation between the two worlds. The negotiation of the two worlds has been studied as a significant theme of the pseudo-oriental letters, oriental tales and oriental travelogues. The present study tried to indicate how the critical and inquisitive spirit of the age of Enlightenment interanimated Oreiental and European cultures.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-297). Also available on the Internet.

Inom redovisning pågår det ständigt utvecklingsarbeten för att förbättra och förnya finansiellarapporter. Den ökade globaliseringen av kapitalmarknaden väcker många frågor hosinternationella normgivningsorgan och hos allmänheten. IASB publicerade under 2013 ettdiskussionsunderlag (DP/2013/1) mot bakgrund av föreställningsramen för finansiellrapportering, i vilket IASB föreslagit möjliga förändringar av standarderna. I uppsatsen varfokus på den föreslagna definitionen av tillgång och skuld som presenteras idiskussionsunderlaget. Fram till och med januari 2014 har IASB mottagit remissvar angåendeDP/2013/1. Det har inkommit sammanlagt 243 remissvar av olika omfattning och i dennauppsats har 29 av dessa behandlats.Syftet med uppsatsen har varit att undersöka och redogöra för vilka argument som tas upp iremissvaren om förslaget huruvida en tillgång och en skuld ska definieras. Studien har ävensyftat till att analysera IASBs tänkbara mål med att revidera föreställningsramen. Uppsatsenär en kvalitativ innehållsanalys med en induktiv forskningsansats där empirin har bestått av debehandlade remissvaren.Remissinstanserna har framfört åsikter och kritik mot förslagen som tas upp i DP. Deteoretiska områden som studerats närmare är även IASBs normgivningsprocess, väsentligaegenskaper i finansiella rapporter, internationella standarder och den befintliga definitionen avtillgång och skuld. Resultatet visar att huvudparten av utvalda remissinstanserna i studien ärpositivt inställda till att en förändring av definitionen av tillgång och skuld ska ske. En stormajoritet är även positiv till revidering av föreställningsramen. Flera remissinstanser anser attden befintliga definitionen av tillgång och skuld behöver förbättras. Det vore lämpligt attpublicera ett ED för att visa konflikten mellan nuvarande och föreslagna standarder i enreviderad föreställningsram. Vår slutsats med hänsyn till remissinstansernas synpunkter är attIASB med största sannolikhet kommer att publicera ett ED. / Around the world, the increase in globalization of capital markets raises many issues forinternational standard-setters. Constant work is being done to develop and renew financialstatements internationally. In 2013, IASB published a DP: A review of the ConceptualFramework (DP/2013/1) for public comment, exploring possible changes to the IASBsConceptual Framework for Financial Reporting. The DP is the first step towards issuing arevised Conceptual Framework. In this paper the focus was on the proposed definitions ofassets and liabilities. The DP has received a total of 243 responses, 29 of these have beenanalysed.The purpose of this paper was to examine and report on the responses of how assets andliabilities should be recognised. Additionally, emphasis was placed on analysing the IASB'spossible objectives of revising The Conceptual Framework. This reflects a quantitativecontent analysis using an inductive research approach composed of empirical data consistingof the received responses.The responses have raised opinions and criticisms of proposals regarding DP. In addition toDP, further emphasis was placed on IASB standard-setting process, essential qualities infinancial statements, international standards and the existing definition of an asset and aliability. Results showed a positive trend towards a change in the definition of assets andliabilities as well as the development of The Conceptual Framework. The above resultsindicate that improvements are needed and that it would be useful to publish an ED toillustrate the conflict between current and proposed standards. In conclusion, with thecomment letters, the IASB most likely will publish an ED.(This essay is written in Swedish).

Šiame magistro darbe siekiama parodyti lietuvių literatūrologo ir kritiko Vytauto Kubiliaus asmenybės sklaidos procesus dienoraščiuose bei laiškuose, taip pat išryškinti skirtumą tarp jo, kaip autoritetingo mokslininko, recepcijos literatūros kritikos bei mokslo darbuose ir tarp atsiveriančios psichologinės dramos asmeniniuose tekstuose. Pirmajame skyriuje aptarti svarbiausi veikalai, straipsniai, jau po autoriaus mirties reflektuojantys Kubiliaus kritinę bei mokslinę veiklą: E. Baliutytės, V. Daujotytės darbai, D. Saukos, V. Zaborskaitės straipsniai, J. Sprindytės, D. Mitaitės, D.Striogaitės pranešimų medžiaga, V. Sventicko, V. Žuko atsiminimų fragmentai. Antrojoje darbo dalyje, siekiant atskleisti V. Kubiliaus asmenybės dramatizmą, atsiskleidžiantį dienoraščiuose, akcentuojamas dualizmo aspektas, vienijantis skirtingas kritiko gyvenimo sritis: meilę, šeimą, Dievo paieškas, santykius su žmonėmis, literatūrą, pozicijos pasirinkimą bei akistatos su pačiu savimi momentus. Laiškuose labiau koncentruojamasi į autoriaus asmenybės niuansus skirtinguose socialiniuose vaidmenyse, atskirai aptariami laiškai jaunystės draugams, artimiesiems, pažįstamiems, oficialūs laiškai. Paliečiami ir istoriniai, kultūriniai, visuomeniniai aspektai, glaudžiai susiję su V. Kubiliaus asmenybe. Svarbus ir paminėtinas šios temos aktualumas, kadangi tik dabar išėję kritiko dienoraščiai (kurių pats autorius nespėjo sunaikinti prieš mirtį) ir laiškai suteikia mums galimybę pažvelgti į unikalų žmogaus... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In this master’s work is tried to show Lithuanian literature and critic Vytautas Kubilius’s personality spread processes in diaries and letters, also to highlight the difference between him as an authoritative scientist in reception literature critic and in scientific works, and him as opening psychological drama in private texts. In the first unit are discussed the most important works, articles, after author’s death reflecting Kubilius’s critic and scientific work: E. Baliutyte, V. Daujotyte’s works, D. Sauka, V, Zaborskaite’s articles, J. Sprindyte, D. Mitaite, D. Striogaite’s reports, V. Sventickas, V. Žukas’s memorials snippet. In the second part of work is tried to reveal V. Kubilius’s personality drama which is in diaries, emphasized dimension of dualism, unifying different critic’s ranges of life: love, family, searching for God, relations with people, literature, choosing position and moments of confrontation with himself. In letters is more concentred to nuances of author’s personality in different social parts, individually are discussed letters for youth and close friends, acquaintances, official letters. Affected and historic, cultural, social aspects closely linked with V. Kubilius’s personality. It is useful and worthy to make a mention an actuality of this topic because just now have been leaving critic’s diaries (which author didn’t catch to destroy before death) and letters give us opportunity to look at unique human’s internal world and historic, cultural... [to full text]

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Magistriniame darbe aptariamas tarpukario laikotarpis ir analizuojami tuo laikotarpiu rašyti M. ir K. Petrauskų lietuvių muzikos muziejuje saugomi laiškai ir rankraščiai. Tai - K. Petrausko laiškai žmonai E. Žalinkevičaitei-Petrauskienei; susirašinėjimas tarp Kipro, jo brolio Miko Petrausko ir Elenos; gerbėjų „meilės laiškai“; amžininkų laiškai Kiprui; susirašinėjimai tarp laikmečio inteligentijos. Kaip pagalbinė medžiaga, leidžianti plačiau atskleisti temos aktualumą buvo pasirinkti ir A. ir P. Galaunių namuose esantys laiškai bei rankraščiai. Laiškai padeda atskleisti to meto žmonių mąstymą, pasaulėžiūrą bei problemas, susijusias su nacionalumo paieškomis, politika, kultūra ir žmonių jausmais. / The paper defines the interwar period, the period letters and manuscripts which are preserved at M. and K. Petrauskai Lithuanian Music Museum. Among them - K. Petrauskas’ letters to his wife E. Žalinkevičaitė-Petrauskienė; correspondence between Kipras, his brother Mikas Petrauskas and Elena; “love letters” from Kipras’ admirers; letters of the contemporaries to Kipras; correspondence between the interwar intelligentsia. The helpful material also includes letters and manuscripts from Galaunė Family Museum, which allows to reveal the topicality of the analyzed subject. The letters help us to explore the subtleties by revealing the people’s mindset, worldview and problems of the era, which are connected with searching for identity, politics, culture and people’s feelings.