Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2003. / Bibliography: leaves145-148.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2002. / Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-190).

Thesis (M.A.)--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, MA, 2002. / At head of title: CE 881. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 38-39).

Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / Bibliography.

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [113]-130).

La thèse, intitulée "Tre miti ovidiani in Dante : Piramo e Tisbe, Narciso e Semele" est une analyse de la présence de ces trois fabulae des Métamorphoses dans l'œuvre de Dante. La sélection des mythes a été dictée par la nécessité de définir un champ aussi vaste et par l'intention de mettre en évidence la relation entre l'Eros et la Connaissances, qui est si important dans le système poétique et philosophique de l'auteur florentin.Cette étude se fie par ailleurs l'objective de souligner la manière dont Dante utilise le modèle d'Ovide: la rencontre avec la source classique prévoit un dialogue continu, à la fois textuel et théorique-conceptuel. Le mythe devient ainsi un récit qui faut démêler dans ses applications multiples et parfois contradictoires. En ce qui concerne les sources, une attention particulière a été accordée aux commentaires médiévaux sur les Métamorphoses. En particulier, les œuvres suivantes ont été gardées à l'esprit : le Allegoriae super Ovidii Metamorphosi de Arnolfo d'Orléans, le Integumenta Ovidii de Jean de Garland, l'exégèse de Giovanni del Virgilio et l'Ovide moralisé. Ce poème mythographique de la première moitié du XIVe siècle, même si postérieur, s'est révélé utile en vue d'une reconstruction de la réception du mythe après la Commedia. On a donc essayé de reconstruire la perception réelle que le Moyen Age avait du texte d'Ovide, en prenant également en compte la présence des fabulae dans la littérature vernaculaire antérieure ou contemporaine de Dante.L'ensemble de l'analyse tend à montrer comment, dans le voyage de perfectionnement de Dante, le concept d'Eros soit intimement lié à la possibilité d'une vraie connaissance, à condition qu'elle soit soutenue par la raison et la foi. / Analysis of three ovidian myths in Dante's Comedy.

My thesis work explores the spiritual embodiments of 21st century culture by creating a set/series of sights, sounds and other sensory experiences that are symbolically representative of a new pantheon called The Neoterics and its mythology. It examines the human quest for stability (survival, community, and mental/physical/ financial stability) in a world of constant change. The exhibition introduces the six members of the pantheon as the embodiments of the primitive or basic needs, contemporary wants, and future desires of humanity, at least from the perspective of Westernized culture. This paper looks at mythology’s role in the 21st century. It examines the artistic process of creating and representing mythological entities in the gallery and museum space. It peers through the lenses of the literary theory of ‘carrier bag fiction’ and the theory of the artistic gifts in relationship to the exhibition. Finally concluding with where this new mythology might go as it expands and grows in the future.

This thesis provides a critical analysis of the use of folklore and mythology that exists in Neil Gaiman's award-winning novel, American Gods. I focus on the ways in which American Gods is situated within an intertextual corpus of mythological and mythopoeic writing. In particular, this study analyses Gaiman’s writing by drawing upon Mircea Eliade’s ideas about mythology and Northrop Frye’s archetypal criticism to discuss the emergence of secular myth through fantasy fiction.

Submitted by Andrea Hayashi (deachan@gmail.com) on 2016-06-27T19:44:44Z No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao-marco-antonio-sabatini-ribeiro.pdf: 1034521 bytes, checksum: d062fed8338ecc60924927c6e3161cab (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Andrea Hayashi (deachan@gmail.com) on 2016-06-27T19:47:20Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao-marco-antonio-sabatini-ribeiro.pdf: 1034521 bytes, checksum: d062fed8338ecc60924927c6e3161cab (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-27T19:47:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao-marco-antonio-sabatini-ribeiro.pdf: 1034521 bytes, checksum: d062fed8338ecc60924927c6e3161cab (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-06-26 / Para Nietzsche, os gregos pré-homéricos estariam próximo da aniquilação de suas vidas devido à efetivação desmesurada de seus impulsos e os gregos apolíneos recairiam em um excesso de medida contraditória aos próprios preceitos délficos. Enquanto os impulsos dionisíacos permitiriam a afirmação plena dos desejos de cada pessoa impossibilitando assim a convivência em sociedade, os impulsos apolíneos criariam as representações sociais e estatais mas inibiriam a consumação imediata de prazer e sofrimento do grego antigo. A problemática se evidencia em como seria possível afirmar plenamente a vida sem que ela se inibisse ou se aniquilasse. A partir das análises de Nietzsche sobre a Antiguidade Grega, a hipótese que permeia este trabalho é a de que a tragédia resulta dessa problemática como uma sutil medida de êxtase advinda do período pré-homérico e do período homérico que, em O Nascimento da Tragédia, são elucidados a partir das interpretações nietzschianas da tradição mítica de Apolo e Dioniso. / For Nietzsche, pre-Homeric Greeks were near annihilation of their lives due to the realization of their unmeasured impulses and the Apollonian Greeks would fall into excess measure contradictory to their own Delphic precepts. While the Dionysian impulses allow the full expression of the desires of each person thereby precluding living together in society, the Apollonian impulses would create social representations and state but inhibited the immediate consummation of pleasure and suffering of ancient Greek. The problem is evidenced in how it would be possible to affirm the full life without it would inhibit or annihilate. From the analysis of Nietzsche about Greek antiquity, the hypothesis that permeates this work is that the tragedy result of this problematic as a subtle measure of ecstasy arising from pre-Homeric and Homeric period that are elucidated from interpretations of Nietzschean the mythic tradition of Apollo and Dionysus in the Birth of Tragedy.

215 pages / On the border between Beadle & Adam’s dime novel and Edwin Porter’s ground-breaking film, The Great Train Robbery, this dissertation returns to a period in American theater history when the legendary cowboy came to life. On the stage of late nineteenth century frontier melodrama, three actors blazed a trail for the cowboy to pass from man to myth. Frank Mayo’s Davy Crockett, William Cody’s Buffalo Bill, and James Wallick’s Jesse James represent a theatrical bloodline in the genealogy of frontier heroes. As such, the backwoodsman, the scout, and the outlaw are forbearers of the cowboy in American popular entertainment. Caught in a territory between print and film, this study explores a landscape of blood-and-thunder melodrama, where the unwritten Code of the West was embodied on stage. At a cultural crossroads, the need for an authentic, American hero spurred the cowboy to legend; theater taught him how to walk, talk, and act like a man. / Committee in charge: Dr. John Schmor, Co-chair; Dr. Jennifer Schleuter, Co-chair; Dr. John Watson, Member; Dr. Linda Fuller, Outside Member