The focus of this study was to locate the lacuna that exists between cultural history and musicology, in order to assess processes of affect and meaning in vocal music as a vehicle for understanding the South African Boer psyche and circumstances during the war. The pursuit of locating the lacuna was best served by employing qualitative research methods that reflect the phenomenological paradigm. This allowed for an in-depth understanding of the Boers in terms of their own interpretations of reality, as well as the understanding of society in terms of the meanings that people ascribe to the societal practices in that society. A cultural-historical approach was necessary in order to highlight the experiential world of the Boers and gain some insider perspectives of the war. This approach did not, however, have much to say about the role of Boer vocal music in generating and articulating social and cultural meanings. On the other hand, the musicological approach which was based on research grounded in an examination of hand-notated musical scores, drew little attention to the role of music’s meanings in the social, historical and cultural circumstances of the Boer people during the war. After the historical context, which generated the vocal music was understood; the researcher was able to identify the lacuna as an aural void, due to the fact that affect and meaning cannot be grounded exclusively in an examination of cultural history or musical symbols decontextualised from sound. The background information allowed for the lyrics to be interpreted in melodic configurations, which were equated with particular moods, emotions and cultural meanings. This thesis thus responded to and succeeded in assessing insight and understanding into the psyche and circumstances of white South Africans during the Anglo Boer War. The thesis concluded by proving that by highlighting the aural void it was possible to move cultural history towards an accommodation with musicology. Through Boer vocal music it was thus possible to critically shape understanding of the experiential world of the Boer during the Anglo-Boer War. / Thesis (DMus)--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Music / unrestricted

The memoir as a specific and unique literary genre has only recently been broached for in-depth critical study, with two major, book-length examinations of the genre appearing in the past decade. While the genre has been around in various formats with various conventions for as long as humans have written, only the memoir boom of the late twentieth and early twenty-first-century called for a more sophisticated look at the genre. This thesis will use these recent observations on the memoir as a genre to shed new light on two classics of gothic literature: Charles Brockden Brown’s 1798 novel Wieland and its serialized prequel “Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist” and James Hogg’s 1824 novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner.

The thesis focuses on contrastive analysis of Soviet prison and labour camp literature published in anthology Jen jeden osud. The Czech version of this compilation was translated in 2009. The main task is to explore the adequacy of employed methods and approaches in translation. The thesis consists of two parts. The first part is focused on detailed analysis of original anthology and its translation to Czech. It explores types of memoirs containing the Russian anthology Доднесь тяготеет (Dodnes tyagoteyet (2004)), its variability of literary genres and its time radius. Then it analyses, how these criteria are reflected in the Czech version of anthology. The second part is focused on contrastive analysis of two selected memoirs from Yekaterina Olitskaya На Колыме (Na Kolyme) and Yuriy Fidelgolts Беспредел (Bespredel). Analysis focuses mainly on different category of prisoners, i.e. division on political and criminal prisoners and different classes of criminal prisoners. The important part was dedicated to the analysis of the author's style and its reflection into the target language.

[pt] Delicadezas, afetos, infâncias: avós, netos e suas histórias teve como objetivo geral analisar os sentidos construídos sobre infância a partir das narrativas de avós, avôs, netas e netos com fortes vínculos. A pesquisa trata da infância nessa relação intergeracional, compreendendo-a não apenas como etapa da vida, mas também como dimensão humana, que pode nos atravessar em qualquer idade. Investigou se e como a relação entre avós/avôs e netas/os fortemente vinculados é potente para reanimar infâncias em adultos e crianças. Walter Benjamin e Martin Buber foram os principais interlocutores teóricos, além de estudiosos de suas obras e autoras/es de diferentes áreas. Com as contribuições da antropologia, em especial de Tim Ingold, sua metodologia consistiu, principalmente, em compartilhar presença, importar-se, deixarse afetar e aprender. Participaram da pesquisa sete avós e três avôs, entre cinquenta e um e setenta e um anos de idade, moradores da cidade do Rio de Janeiro e um de Niterói. E seis de seus netos, entre cinco e doze anos de idade, moradores das seguintes cidades: Rio de Janeiro, Niterói, Brasília e Montevideo/Uruguai. O critério de escolha foi o de familiaridade, a partir de indicações de avós e avôs com fortes vínculos construídos com suas netas e netos de até doze anos de idade. Em decorrência da pandemia de Covid-19, contexto deste estudo e tema das narrativas das/os participantes, o trabalho de campo foi realizado, entre maio e dezembro de 2020, através de interações por meios digitais – plataforma Zoom e aplicativo WhatsApp. Com as avós e os avôs, foram planejados encontros individuais. Já com os netos, a conversa foi coletiva. Emergem das narrativas as categorias infância e tempo, infância e vínculo, infância e autoridade, infância e cuidado, e são elas que orientam a apresentação da pesquisa, as análises e as conclusões. / [en] Delicacies, affections, childhoods: grandparents, grandchildren and their stories had as general objective to analyze meanings built about childhood from narratives of grandmothers/grandfathers and grandchildren who have strong bonds with each other. The research deals with childhood in this intergenerational relationship, understanding it not only as a stage of life, but also as a human dimension, which can meet us at any age. It investigated if and how the relationship between grandmothers/grandfathers and grandchildren is potent to revive childhoods in adults and children. Walter Benjamin and Martin Buber were the main theoretical interlocutors, as well as scholars of their works and authors from different areas. With contributions from anthropology, especially from Tim Ingold, its methodology consisted mainly in sharing presence, caring, letting oneself be affected and learning. Seven grandmothers and three grandfathers participated in the research, between fiftyone and seventy-one years of age, residents of the city of Rio de Janeiro and one from Niterói. And six of his grandchildren, aged between five and twelve, live in the following cities: Rio de Janeiro, Niterói, Brasília and Montevideo/Uruguay. The criterion for choosing was familiarity, based on indications from grandmothers and grandfathers with strong bonds built with their grandchildren up to twelve years old. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the context of this study and the theme of the participants narratives, the fieldwork was carried out between May and December 2020, through interactions on digital means - Zoom platform and WhatsApp application. With the grandmothers and grandfathers, individual meetings were planned. With the grandchildren, conversation was collective. The categories childhood and time, childhood and bonding, childhood and authority, childhood and care emerge from the narratives, and they guide the presentation of the research, the analysis and the conclusions.

This thesis explores the themes of Pride and Prejudice in two texts written roughly two hundred years apart. The first work that is analyzed is Elle et Lui by George Sand, published in the year 1859 . The second book that is explored throughout this dissertation is Merci pour ce moment: a best seller penned in 2014 by the ex french Première Dame Valérie Trierweiler. In particular, this thesis takes a closer look at these womens' use of a biography as a means to redeem their image as perceived by the public.

<p>Autorka ovog rada ima nameru da prikaže delo<br />književnog kritičara Borislava Mihajlovića<br />Mihiza u okviru jedne celine jer su njegovi<br />kritičarski radovi, uglavnom, i dalje rasuti po<br />književnim časopisima. Poseban akcenat je na<br />&scaron;estogodi&scaron;njem delovanju u časopisu &ldquo;Nin&rdquo;<br />(1951-1956) kada je ovaj kritičar stekao<br />reputaciju o&scaron;trog kritičara koji afirmi&scaron;e dobru<br />književnost koja se tek rađala u posleratnoj<br />Jugoslaviji. S obzirom na to da su ovom<br />kritičaru godinama osporavali postojanje<br />poetike i dublje kritičke misli, cilj ove<br />doktorske disertacije jeste da dokaže suprotno i<br />da se delo ovog kritičara sagleda u kontekstu<br />savremene srpske književnosti u čije temelje je i<br />sam utkao svoj pozama&scaron;an literarni opus.</p> / <p>Author of this paper has intention to present<br />opus of literary critic Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz<br />within one place because his critically opus is<br />still scattered in literary magazines. Special<br />focus will be on six years time when he wrote<br />for magazine &lsquo;Nin&rsquo; (1951-1956) and he earned<br />reputation of strict critic who likes very good<br />literature which has been written and published<br />in Yugoslavia after World War II. Lots of critics<br />were denied that Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz had<br />his poetic and serious critical approach so the<br />aim of this PhD theses is to prove the opposite<br />and to illuminate work of this writer in light of<br />modern Serbian literature in which foundation<br />he put his large opus.</p>

Cette thèse se propose d’analyser le style des Mémoires de Saint-Simon, afin d’en comprendre la virulente énergie si sensible à la lecture. Inscrite dans une approche rhétorique, l’étude s’intéresse d’abord au positionnement discursif de Saint-Simon et aux fondements de la légitimité auctoriale : il s’agit d’expliquer comment, par un ensemble de dispositifs, le mémorialiste rend possible le plein épanouissement d’une rhétorique du blâme. Celle-ci se développe suivant deux orientations majeures, l’une judiciaire, l’autre épidictique, dont la variété des composantes témoigne à quel point Saint-Simon « osa tout écrire ». L’enquête se prolonge en montrant que cette rhétorique du blâme participe en réalité d’un discours de plus large portée : l’écriture, pour le mémorialiste, constitue une revanche sur l’Histoire quand toute autre prise sur l’action s’avère impossible. C’est dans cette perspective que se révèle alors dans le texte des Mémoires toute l’importance des discours rapportés et des procédés de recomposition de l’Histoire. / This dissertation aims to analyze the style of Saint-Simon’s Memoirs in order to better understand the virulent energy delivered in its reading. In keeping with a rhetorical approach, this study first focuses on the discursive position taken by Saint-Simon and the foundations of auctorial legitimacy. It is explained how, using various literary devices, the author succeeds in fully exploiting the rhetoric of blame. He accomplishes this through two rhetorical orientations – judiciary and epideictic, the variety of which attests to the fact that Saint-Simon “dared to write anything”. The investigation goes on to demonstrate that the rhetoric of blame contributes to a more significant discourse: in the absence of all other recourse, Saint-Simon views writing as a way to avenge oneself of History. It is in this vein that the importance of reported discourse and the rewriting of History is revealed in the text of Saint-Simon’s Memoirs.

Loin de la scène politique, Abbas II en exil, Nubar en retraite, chacun enregistre ses Mémoires pour offrir à la postérité leur précieux témoignage, en français non seulement sur leur vie publique mais aussi sur l’Égypte des vice-rois et sur les faits de leurs temps. Nubar, ce pacha d’origine arménienne qui a servi tous les vice-rois de l’Égypte depuis Mohamed Ali jusqu’à Abbas II, insiste dans ses Mémoires sur les projets qu’il a le plus défendus et les défis qu’il a relevés au fil des années : la réforme de la justice, la défense des droits du fellah, son refus du projet du canal de Suez, ainsi que son opposition aux caprices de Saïd et surtout à ceux d’Ismaïl qui ont conduit progressivement l’Égypte à la faillite.Abbas II se défend dans ses Mémoires devant l’Histoire et surtout contre les accusations de son rival Cromer, le consul général britannique, publiées dans Modern Egypt et dans Abbas II. Le Khédive met en avant la lutte nationaliste qu’il a menée aux niveaux politique, éducatif, culturel, entre autres, afin de faire face à l’occupation anglaise. Il explique l’évolution de sa relation avec les généraux britanniques de la politique de rupture sous Cromer à celle de l’entente qui a commencé en 1907 après l’incident de Denchaway (1906).Cette forme d’écriture de soi se distingue de ses formes voisines (le journal, l’autobiographie, le récit de voyage) par son identité mixte (historique, juridique, politique et esthétique). Cela explique la variété des stratégies suivies par le pacha et le Khédive dans leurs Mémoires : stratégie de dénégation, de disqualification de l’adversaire, de l’interprétation, de prudence, etc. Nous étudions ces deux textes en insistant sur le côté littéraire des Mémoires, qui est d’habitude marginalisé au profit de leur dimension historique.Les Mémoires constituent une arme de l’homme politique qui lui permettent de bénéficier d’une grande liberté grâce à leur identité mixte. Le mémorialiste homme de pouvoir multiplie les stratégies d’écriture pour prouver sa crédibilité. Il se défend et fait de son ouvrage un monument capable de traverser les siècles aussi bien par sa valeur historique qu’esthétique. Malgré le débat sur la subjectivité du mémorialiste et sa relation avec l’écriture de l’Histoire, la valeur historique des Mémoires est indéniable. Au terme de notre travail, nous revendiquons l’insertion des Mémoires dans l’enseignement : un moyen parmi d’autres pour tirer ce patrimoine précieux de l’oubli et lui octroyer la place qu’il mérite dans la mémoire collective. / Away from the political scene, Abbas II in exile, Nubar retired, each one has written his Memoirs to offer to the posterity their precious testimony in french, not only about their public life but also about Egypt’s vice-kings and about their time.Nubar, this pacha of armenian origin, and who served all the vice-kings of Egypt since Mohamed Ali to Abbas II, insists in his Memoirs on the projects which he defended the most and his won challenges over the years: the justice reform, the defense of the fellah’s rights, the rejection of the canal of Suez project, his opposition to the whims of Saïd and especially those of Ismaïl which have led Egypt to the bankruptcy.Abbas II defends himself in front of the history, especially against his rival’s charges: Cromer, the general British consul published in Modern Egypt and in Abbas II. The Khedive highlighted his nationalist struggle that he led in several fields: political, educational, cultural fields in order to face the British occupation. He explains the evolution of his relation with the British generals from the discord policy under Cromer leadership to the agreement that began in 1907 after the Denchaway incident (1906).This form of personnal writing differs from its related forms (the diaries, the autobiography, the travel novels) by its mixed identity (historical, legal, political and aesthetic). This explains the variety of the strategies followed by the pacha and the Khedive in their memoirs: strategie of denial, of disqualification of the opponent, of the interpretation, of the caution, etc. We study these texts focussing on the lirerary side which is usually marginalized in the benefit of their historical side.The Memoirs are weapons of the politician which give him free style due to their hybrid identity. The political memoirist multiplies his writing strategies to prove his credibility. He defends himself and makes his book a monument able to cross the centuries by both historical and aesthetic value. Despite the debate about the subjectivity of the memoirist and its relationship with writing the history, the historical value of Memoirs is undeniable. At the end of our study, we reclam to insert the Memoirs in the education programs: a way among others to save this precious heritage from oblivion and give it its rightful place in the collective memory.

Cette thèse porte sur les mémoires de dirigeants du Comité Union et Progrès, une société secrète formée d’officiers, de bureaucrates et d’intellectuels qui ont tenu les rênes de l’Empire Ottoman de 1913 à 1918. Au-delà des évènements relatés dans ces documents, cette étude explore la construction d’un discours public sur la période du « Deuxième Régime Constitutionnel » (1908-1918) par la publication de ces mémoires en Turquie. L’analyse associe deux dimensions, synchronique et diachronique. D’une part, l’analyse du discours met en lumière trois grands thèmes sur lesquels s’expriment et se reflètent les subjectivités des auteurs – eux-mêmes (le Comité), la révolution et la guerre. D’autre part, des variations sont repérées au sein de ces trois thèmes, et interprétées au moyen d’une contextualisation de l’écriture et de la publication des mémoires. Les ruptures majeures dans les écrits des Unionistes permettent ainsi de considérer l’existence de trois « régimes mémoriels » (Johann Michel) – kémaliste, unioniste, islamiste – apparus successivement en Turquie au cours du vingtième siècle. La thèse met ainsi en évidence la convergence de ces régimes mémoriels sur la négation du génocide arménien de 1915-1916. Au-delà du cas d’étude, elle interroge l’immuabilité et la permanence d’un discours négationniste sur une violence exterminatrice, lorsqu’il est élaboré par les auteurs de cette violence, et le phénomène de pétrification discursive qu’il provoque dans la société qui en est réceptrice. / This dissertation deals with the memoirs of the Union and Progress Committee leaders, a secret society of officers, bureaucrats and intellectuals who ruled over the Ottoman Empire from 1913 to 1918. Going beyond an analysis of the events reported in these documents, this study explores the construction of a public narrative on the “Second Constitutional Era” (1908-1918) by the publication of these memoirs in Turkey. The analysis combines two dimensions, a synchronic one and a diachronic one. On the one hand, the discourse analysis highlights three major themes expressing and reflecting the subjectivities of the authors: themselves (the Committee), the revolution and the war. On the other hand, this analysis identifies variations within these three themes, and interprets them through a contextualization of the writing and publication of the memoirs. The major discontinuities in the Unionists’ writings thus make it possible to consider the existence of three “memorial regimes” (Johann Michel) – Kemalist, Unionist, Islamist – that appeared successively in Turkey during the twentieth century. The thesis highlights the convergence of these memorial regimes on the denial of the 1915-1916 Armenian genocide. Beyond this case study, it questions the immutability and the permanence of a negationist discourse on exterminatory violence, when developed by the perpetrators of this violence, and the phenomenon of paralysis that it provokes at the discursive level in the receiving society.

A presente dissertação consiste na comparação dos romances Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas e Confissões do impostor Felix Krull. Procuramos analisar os aspectos que os aproximam, apesar do afastamento temporal e cultural entre eles existente, partindo dos elementos que imitam o texto autobiográfico e suas respectivas implicações. Tanto as vidas representadas nos dois romances afastam-se do que se entende por uma biografia normal, como também a particular tarefa autobiográfica realizada por Felix e Brás foge do padrão de confissões e de memórias. A confiabilidade dos narradores pode ser ainda questionada, haja vista suas singulares condições enquanto narradores: um, impostor, e outro, defunto. Esta dissertação é composta por seis partes, nas quais se discutirão os seguintes aspectos: introdução à análise comparativa, os romances e os narradores, a intertextualidade inserida na forma e na temática, o decurso de vida de Brás e Felix, suas condições como autobiógrafos e o papel do leitor. No que diz respeito a este último aspecto, podemos afirmar que como o romance em geral, Memórias póstumas e Confissões, que simulam o relato autobiográfico, se preocupam com a função do público. Nos dois livros em questão, essa preocupação reflete-se nos papéis do leitor inseridos nas narrativas. Nossa dissertação ocupar-se-á desse aspecto como último e com particular atenção, visando analisar as reflexões metanarrativas realizadas pelos narradores diante de seus respectivos leitores no horizonte da autobiografia ficcional. / The following degree thesis consists in comparing the novels Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas and Confissões do impostor Felix Krull. We attempted to analyse the aspects, which approach them, despite of the temporal and cultural distance between them, initiating from the elements, which imitate the autobiographical text and its respective implications. The lives represented in both novels diverge from what usually can be understood as a normal biography. In a similar way the autobiographical function assumed by Felix and Brás diverges from the ideal standard of the confession and the autobiographical memory. The reliability of the narrators can be also questioned if we considerate their singular conditions as narrators: one, as impostor, the other, as a dead person. This thesis is composed of six parts, in that we will discuss the following aspects: an introduction to the comparative analysis, the novels and their narrators, the intertextuality introduced in the form and in the subject, Brás and Felix life events, their condition as autobiographers and the readers role. Like the novels in general, Memórias póstumas e Confissões, that simulate the autobiographical narrative, attend to the role of the attendance. In both analised books this concern is reflected on the the readers inserted in the narratives. This dissertation handles this aspect lastly, trying to analyse the Felix and Brás metanarrative considerations according to their respective readers in the horizon of the fictional autobiography.