The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on Dec. 18, 2009). Thesis advisor: Dr. Devoney Looser. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Liberty University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

The majority of this thesis consists of my creative work in poetry, accompanied by researched information and concepts that serve to contextualize and illuminate the poems themselves and my creative process. Key areas of scholarship that underlie my poetry include the tropes and motifs of Gothic literature from the Romantic era to the present; the progression of women’s writing, particularly writing by women identifying as lesbian; and the conflation of female writers and characters with the concept of the ‘monstrous’ and transgressive. Also informing the two research chapters are some of the basic concepts about abjection and depression developed by philosopher and theorist Julia Kristeva. The collection of my poems contains both narrative and lyric poems. The final chapter, following on from my collection of sixty-eight poems, outlines my creative progress as I developed my particular poetic aesthetic. It is heavily informed by my growing acquaintance and comfort level with my own darkness and depression reflected in Gothic tropes, lesbian fiction, and aspects of Kristevan theory. The progression of my craft as a writer led me to strive for an effective expressive balance between the abstractions of the French Symbolists and Surrealists and a more ‘Imagistic’ focus on accurate, concrete imagery.

O conceito de sabedoria bíblica como corpus, tema ou estilo costuma ser aplicado livremente à leitura da Bíblia Hebraica. Ao mesmo tempo, estudiosos admitem a falta de precisão para a eleição daquilo que deveria ou não compor um tema ou estilo sapiencial, tanto para a análise do texto bíblico quanto para os estudos comparados. Este trabalho apresenta uma breve introdução às abordagens acadêmicas que pretenderam reconhecer a sabedoria bíblica como um gênero literário, enfatizando suas peculiaridades em termos de forma e conteúdo a fim de distingui-la de outros discursos encontrados na Bíblia Hebraica. Além disso, a pesquisa também expõe como os estudos comparados aplicaram os conceitos elaborados por biblistas para a compreensão da sabedoria no Antigo Oriente Médio. / Biblical Wisdom as a corpus, theme or style is frequently applied freely to the reading of the Hebrew Bible. At the same time, the academicians admits the lack of precision on the preference for what should be considered or not as a sapiential theme or style, both for the analysis of biblical texts and for comparative studies. The following research presents a short introduction to the academic approaches which intented to recognize biblical wisdom as a literary genre, enphasizing its peculiarities in terms of form and content in order to make a distinction betweem them from the other discourses found in the Hebrew Bible. Likewise, the research also presents how the comparative studies applied the concepts formulated by biblicists for a comprehension of wisdom in the Ancient Middle East.

O conceito de sabedoria bíblica como corpus, tema ou estilo costuma ser aplicado livremente à leitura da Bíblia Hebraica. Ao mesmo tempo, estudiosos admitem a falta de precisão para a eleição daquilo que deveria ou não compor um tema ou estilo sapiencial, tanto para a análise do texto bíblico quanto para os estudos comparados. Este trabalho apresenta uma breve introdução às abordagens acadêmicas que pretenderam reconhecer a sabedoria bíblica como um gênero literário, enfatizando suas peculiaridades em termos de forma e conteúdo a fim de distingui-la de outros discursos encontrados na Bíblia Hebraica. Além disso, a pesquisa também expõe como os estudos comparados aplicaram os conceitos elaborados por biblistas para a compreensão da sabedoria no Antigo Oriente Médio. / Biblical Wisdom as a corpus, theme or style is frequently applied freely to the reading of the Hebrew Bible. At the same time, the academicians admits the lack of precision on the preference for what should be considered or not as a sapiential theme or style, both for the analysis of biblical texts and for comparative studies. The following research presents a short introduction to the academic approaches which intented to recognize biblical wisdom as a literary genre, enphasizing its peculiarities in terms of form and content in order to make a distinction betweem them from the other discourses found in the Hebrew Bible. Likewise, the research also presents how the comparative studies applied the concepts formulated by biblicists for a comprehension of wisdom in the Ancient Middle East.

La richesse de l’anthologie Sette libri di Satire (1560) tient au défi que l’éditeur vénitien Francesco Sansovino relève avec succès à un moment où la Contre-Réforme bat son plein : élaborer une codification en langue vulgaire du genre satirique en rupture avec le genre tel que les auteurs sélectionnés - ou exclus - l’ont pratiqué ou sont censés l’illustrer. L’éditeur oppose le pouvoir de la règle au pouvoir de l’écriture au point de laisser apparaître une triple phase de l’évolution du genre : l’inventio reviendrait à Horace, l’écriture à l’Arioste et la réécriture à Sansovino. L’ensemble de la recherche partagée entre théorie et pratique, vise à interroger cette bipolarité comme une forme de coincidentia oppositorum dans la dialectique que la règle et l’écriture mettent en jeu, autrement dit dans la capacité qu’elles manifestent à « se récuser » et « se fondre l’une l’autre », sur le versant latin et vulgaire. Dans cette optique, loin d’être un exemple de « muséification » des auteurs et des textes, l’anthologie se présente comme la création d’un ‘Hermès bifront’ qui met à son tour le lecteur au défi d’en appréhender les subtilités. / The anthology Sette libri di Satire (1560) is so rich due to the challenge that the Venetian publisher Francesco Sansovino successfully took up at a time when the Counter-Reformation was in full swing. It consisted in elaborating in common language the codification of the literary genre of satire as it broke away from that genre as the authors selected for, or excluded from, the anthology, practised satire or were supposed to exemplify it. To the sway of the rule the anthologist opposes the power of writing, revealing three distinct phases in the development of the genre: the inventio as ascribed to Horace, writing, to Ariosto and re-writing to Sansovino.The research in its entirety, divided as it is between theory and practice, aims to question such bi-polarity as a form of coincidentia oppositorum in the dialectics brought into play by rule and writing, in other words in their ability to reject each other or blend in with each other, within Latin and common language. From this perspective, far from being an example of the transformation of authors and texts into museum pieces, the anthology is presented as the creation of a ‘bi-frontal Hermes’, in turn challenging the reader to grasp its subtleties.

In February 1997, the concept of the clone, previously confined to the pages of fiction, became reality when Dolly the sheep was introduced to the world. The response to this was unprecedented, initiating a discourse on cloning that permeated a range of cultural forms, including literature, film and television. My thesis examines and evaluates this discourse through analysis of contemporary fiction, including Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go (2005), Stefan Brijs's The Angel Maker (2008), Duncan Jones's Moon (2009), and BBC America's current television series Orphan Black, which first aired in 2013. Such texts are placed in their cultural and historical setting, drawing comparisons between pre- and post-Dolly texts. The thesis traces the progression of the clone from an inhuman science fiction monster, to more of a tragic "human" creature. The clone has, however, retained its fictional portrayal as "other," be that double, copy or manufactured being, and the thesis argues that the clone is a Gothic trope for our times. The roots of the cloning discourse often lie in Gothic narratives, particularly Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818), which is analysed as a canonical cloning text. Each chapter focuses on a source of fascination and fear within the cloning discourse: the influence of Gothic paternity on the figure of scientist; the notion of the clone as manufactured product, victim and monster; and the ethical and social implications of cloning. There is a dearth of critical analysis on the contemporary literary clone, with the most comprehensive study to date neither acknowledging the alignment of cloning and the Gothic nor demonstrating the impact of Dolly on fictional portrayals. My thesis addresses this, interweaving fiction, science and culture to present a monster which simultaneously embodies difference and sameness: a new monster for the twenty-first century.

Atualmente, a autobiografia é considerada um gênero literário de grande alcance, o que pode ser verificado pela quantidade de títulos e variedade de obras. No entanto, sua definição não deixa de ser complexa como demonstram os numerosos estudos consagrados à matéria (Starobinski, 1970, Genette, 1972, Lejeune, 1975). A premissa que norteia a presente pesquisa sustenta-se na ideia que perante as narrativas autobiográficas, na verdade, são as estratégias ficcionais as construções narrativas que serão relevantes. Esta investigação tem por objeto o estudo da escritura autobiográfica do escritor francês Louis-Ferdinand Céline e no decorrer deste trabalho demonstraremos que diante do processo autobiográfico, certamente a problemática do estilo é de relevância ímpar uma vez que a construção de si, por parte do autor, se dá através da escritura. Neste sentido, sua produção literária nos parece ser das mais significativas. De fato, quando Céline escreve, não se impõe como necessária uma identidade entre autor, narrador e personagem ou em reconstituir a verdade de sua trajetória de vida preceitos do pacto autobiográfico mas sim em construir variações ficcionais sobre sua vida através de uma escritura suficientemente expressiva permitindo traduzir a emoção e os sentimentos dolorosos de sua realidade. Assim sendo, a hipótese que tentaremos demonstrar, a partir do estudo de nosso corpus literário, o romance Mort à crédit, é a de que Céline desenvolveu uma nova escritura autobiográfica que daria a primazia ao estilo e para tanto teria modificado as regularidades formais do gênero ao ressaltar a importância da enunciação em relação aos conteúdos. Com Céline, o discurso não tem como primeiro objetivo a narração de uma história: o importante é a expressão, ou seja, a preeminência da função estética. / Nowadays, the autobiography is considered a wide-ranging literary genre, which is borne out by the great number of titles and variety of works. However, its definition remains complex, which is demonstrated by the number of studies devoted to the subject (Starobinski, 1970, Genette, 1972, Lejeune, 1975). The guiding premise of the present study is based on the idea that facing autobiographical narratives, in reality, are fictional strategies narrative constructions which will be of significance This research has as its object the study of the autobiographical writings of the French writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline. In the course of this work we shall be demonstrating that faced with the autobiographical process there can be no doubt that the question of style assumes disproportionate relevance, given that the the construction of self by the author is produced through the writing . In this sense, Celines literary output shows itself as one of the most significant. In fact, when the author writes the question of identity does not impose itself on author, narrator and character, or endeavor to reconstitute the truth of his lifes trajectory precepts faithful to the autobiographical covenant but rather constructs fictional variations of his life through a form of writing sufficiently expressive as to translate his reality into feelings of pain and emotion. Given the aforementioned, the hypothesis that we shall endeavor to demonstrate, based on the study of our literary corpus, the novel Death on Credit is that it is from this that Celine developed a new autobiographical structure which would give primacy to style, thereby modifying the formal order of the genre by emphasizing the importance of expressivity over content. With Celine, the main objective of discourse is not narrating a story, that is to say, the preeminence of the aesthetic function.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:27:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Koichi Sanoki.pdf: 364702 bytes, checksum: 2bfbfb5e0aab38fbe78fc1450bffde27 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-26 / Interpreting the Bible passages is a daunting task that requires prior knowledge of the type of literary genre is adequate, as is the text grammatically distributed and to whom he addressed this teaching (the first recipient ) . From a passage in Mt 13:47-50 known as "the parable of the net, " the survey has been developed which aims to highlight the "parable" is a literary genre and demonstrate the theological meaning of this parable and their relationship to throughout the narrative of Matthew about the teachings that deal with criteria for separation, discernment and judgment. The application of a methodology of scientific understanding in the development of this research was to develop a thesis consists of three chapters, the first chapter talks about the parable of the greek world and in the Old Testament to see that it is a literary genre. The second chapter highlights that Jesus used the parable in their preaching, as the parable expresses a truth from what is known of life, also known as the similarity with the purpose of proclaiming the kingdom of heaven. In the third chapter the use of reading in synchronic aspect, this is known from texts, to do this analysis and analysis to obtain theological analysis. It 'was the result of using this methodology can say that the parable is a literary genre and that this application has helped to demonstrate a way to get a theological analysis. Armed with this analysis, you can search the whole of the narrative passages Matthean others with the same characteristics. The expansion of alternative interpretations similar to the theological sense (in this case, the right judgment and choice), helped to make two brief reports of this passage (the parable of the net ), with Mt 13.37 to 42 (the parable of the weeds and wheat) and the other with Mt 25:31-46 (the Judgment) . Proving that a correct interpretation takes the reader and listeners to reflect on themselves and their reality. Therefore, the dedication to this difficult task requires a true understanding of Jesus 'teaching ' and the announcement of his reign / Interpretar trechos (perícope) da Bíblia é uma tarefa árdua que requer do leitor conhecer em qual tipo de gênero literário está adequada, de como está distribuído gramaticalmente o texto e para quem se dirigia tal ensinamento (os primeiros destinatários). A partir de uma perícope de Mt 13,47-50 conhecida como a parábola da rede , objetiva-se a destacar que a parábola se trata de um gênero literário, e demonstrar o sentido teológico dessa parábola e sua relação no conjunto da narrativa mateana referentes aos ensinamentos que tratam sobre os critérios de separação, discernimento e julgamento. Aplicando uma metodologia de interpretação científica no desenvolvimento dessa pesquisa foi elaborada uma dissertação composta de três capítulos, sendo que no primeiro capítulo discorre sobre a parábola no mundo grego e no Antigo Testamento, para constatar que se trata de um gênero literário. No segundo capítulo destaca que Jesus utilizou-se da parábola nas suas pregações, pois a parábola expressa uma verdade a partir de algo conhecido da vida, também conhecida como similitude, com a finalidade de anunciar o reino do Céus. No terceiro capítulo a utilização da leitura sob aspecto sincrônico, partido de textos conhecidos, para fazer a análise gramatical e dessa análise obter a análise teológica. Resulta-se em poder afirmar que a parábola é um gênero literário e que dessa aplicação ajudou a demonstrar uma forma de se obter uma análise teológica. De posse dessa análise é possível buscar no conjunto da narrativa mateana outras perícopes com as mesmas características. Ampliação de alternativas de interpretações com o sentido teológico análoga (neste caso, julgamento e escolha dos justos), ajudou a fazer duas breves relações dessa perícope (a parábola da rede) com Mt 13,37-42 (a parábola do joio e trigo) e a outra com Mt 25,31-46 (o último julgamento). Demonstra que uma correta interpretação leva o leitor e aos ouvintes refletir sobre si mesmos e a sua realidade. Portanto, essa dedicação a essa tarefa árdua, leva uma verdadeira compreensão do ensinamento de Jesus e o anuncio do seu reino

Orientador: Aparecido Donizete Rossi / Banca: Karin Volobuef / Banca: Fernanda Aquino Sylvestre / Resumo: O presente trabalho tem o objetivo de promover relações teórico-críticas entre o conceito de palimpsesto cunhado por Gérard Genette, a definição de Texto desenvolvida por Roland Barthes e o gótico. Por meio da análise das releituras da história de Branca de Neve, "Snow, Glass, Apples", de Neil Gaiman, e "Branca dos Mortos e os Sete Zumbis", de Fábio Yabu, buscamos dar um novo olhar ao processo de revisitação de contos de fadas: pelo viés do gótico. Assim como o palimpsesto mostra sombras dos textos anteriores, a releitura possui sombras das obras que revisitam. Essas sombras são profundas, indo além das personagens, cenários e enredo que nos são familiares. A leitura analítica de uma releitura percebe as sombras das lacunas deixadas pelos contos de fadas. Entendemos que assim como uma releitura possui sombras de textos anteriores, algo unheimlich (FREUD, 2010) na temática ou estilo, o processo revisionista pode ser estruturalmente unheimlich. A leitura do processo revisionista como algo unheimlich, estruturalmente gótico, permite uma reflexão sobre as sombras que levaram os autores a reinterpretarem o conto da Branca de Neve da maneira que fizeram, além de ajudar a estabelecer as similaridades entre o conto de fadas e o gótico. Essas relações entre gêneros permitem discutir o teor gótico amplamente presente nas releituras de contos de fadas estudadas, possibilitando o entrelaçamento dos dois universos. Com base em teorias de Fred Botting, Sigmund Freud, Roland Barthes, Gerárd... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This research aims to promote theoretical-critical relations among the concept of palimpsest coined by Gérard Genette, the definition of Text developed by Roland Barthes, and the Gothic. By analyzing Neil Gaiman's "Snow, Glass, Apples", and "Branca dos Mortos e os Sete Zumbis" by Fábio Yabu, which are retellings of "Snow White", it is intent to give a new perspective to the process of retelling fairy tales: through the notion of gothic. Just as it is possible to discern shadows of previous texts in a palimpsest, the retellings carry shadows of the works it revisits. These shadows are deep, and go beyond familiar characters, scenarios and plot. The analytical reading of a retelling notices the shadows inside the fissures left by the fairy tales. It is believed that just as a retelling contains shadows of earlier texts that causes an unheimlich (FREUD, 2010) sensation in terms of theme or style, the retelling process structure can be unheimlich. Considering the retelling process as something unheimlich, or structurally Gothic, allows researchers to better understand the shadows that led the authors to retell Snow White tale in the way they did. In addition, it helps to establish the similarities between fairy tale and gothic. The relation between these genres promotes a wider discussion about the use of Gothic content in the fairy-tale retellings studied in this work, promoting the interweaving of both universes. Based on theories of Fred Botting, Sigmund Freud, Roland Barthes,... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre