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111	Fantômes, slashers et monstres dans le cinéma fantastique espagnol (1993-2005) : une approche du cinéma fantastique réalisé par les jeunes metteurs en scène espagnols des années 1990 et 2000 / Ghosts, slashers and monsters in Spanish fantastic cinema (1993-2005) : an approach to fantastic cinema by young Spanish directors from the 1990s and 2000s Ramos Alquezar, Sergi 04 December 2015 (has links) La thèse propose une approche du cinéma fantastique espagnol des années 1990 et 2000, et plus spécifiquement de la période allant de 1993 à 2005. En effet, on assiste alors à l’arrivée d’une nouvelle génération de réalisateurs qui donne un nouvel élan au genre en se le réappropriant. Nous partons du constat initial qu’au sein des diverses approches du genre présentes dans chacun de ces films, le fantastique espagnol semble privilégier l’apparition de trois incarnations du surnaturel : le fantôme, le slasher et le monstre. Notre étude se penche sur chacune d’entre elles afin de dégager quelles sont les lignes de force qui les structurent. Pour cela, nous nous servons de la notion de figure, qui à partir de l’étude de la représentation cinématographique des corps, permet également de déterminer quels sont les enjeux thématiques qui y sont associés, ainsi que la reconfiguration particulière que chacune d’entre elles opère sur le genre fantastique. / This thesis tackles Spanish fantastic cinema from the 1990s and 2000s, and more specifically from 1993 to 2005. Indeed, this period of time corresponds to the rising of a new generation of directors who gave a new impetus to the genre by re-appropriating it. We start off with the initial premise that within the various approaches of the genre present in each of these films, the Spanish fantastic seems to favour the emergence of three types of supernatural : the ghost, the slasher and the monster. Our study focuses on each of these types so as to highlight its structuring driving forces. In that respect, we use the notion of figure which, based on the study of the cinematographic representation of bodies, also allows to determine the thematic stakes related to it, as well as the specific reconfiguration that each of them operates on the fantastic genre. Cinéma Cinéma fantastique Fantastique Horreur Monstre Slasher Fantôme Cinéma espagnol Figure Histoire du cinéma Esthétique du cinéma Corps Genre Cinema Fantastic cinema Fantastic Horror Monster Slasher Ghost Spanish cinema Figure Cinema history Cinema aesthetics Body Genre
112	Tracing the Origins of the Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Rake Character to Depictions of the Modern Monster Conrad, Courtney A. 11 June 2019 (has links) No description available. Language Arts Literature rake monster British literature Gothic literature Romance Clarissa Richardson, Samuel Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman Wollstonecraft, Mary Frankenstein Shelley, Mary Tess of the DUrbervilles Hardy, Thomas Dracula Stoker, Bram patriarchy
113	Monsters, News, and Knowledge Transfer in Early Modern England Dirks-Schuster, Whitney Marie January 2013 (has links) No description available. History monster monstrous birth early modern England Europe knowledge transfer conjoined twin cheap print print culture manuscript culture visual culture material culture Philosophical Transactions Royal Society of London gossip commonplace book
114	Literatuur en maatskappykritiek : problematisering van seksualiteit in Tom Lanoye se ̀Monstertrilogie' Joubert, Christiaan Johannes 03 1900 (has links) This dissertation is a report on how Tom Lanoye, a contemporary Flemish author who explores themes of social relevance, deconstructs the sexual identity of his characters within the context of a postmodernist culture. The manifestation of this deconstruction process is described within those theoretical paradigms of Michel Foucault and Judith Butler that link sexual identity and social mores. For the purpose of this research Tom Lanoye‘s ‘Monster’ Trilogy was selected. Set against the backdrop of Belgium society during the late nineties of the twentieth century and highlighting the moral downfall of the Deschryver patriarchy, Lanoye’s novels address an assortment of contemporary gender and social political issues in his trilogy. These include the following: political corruption; incest; homosexuality; racism; the sexual abuse of minors; the relation between language and identity, volatile childrenparent relationships; the subversion of gender norms and sexual transformation. / In hierdie verhandeling word verslag gedoen van die wyse waarop Tom Lanoye as hedendaagse eksponent van die Vlaamse versetprosa die seksuele identiteit van sy karakters binne die konteks van 'n postmodernistiese verwysingsraam dekonstrueer. Die manifestasie van hierdie dekonstruksieproses word beskryf binne die teoretiese paradigmas met betrekking tot die verband tussen seksuele identiteit en maatskappy van Michel Foucault en Judith Butler. Vir die doel van hierdie ondersoek is Lanoye se 'Monstertrilogie' geselekteer. Gesitueer teen die agtergrond van die Belgiese maatskappy in die laat negentigerjare van die twintigste eeu en gefokus op die morele ondergang van die Deschryver-patriargie, sny Lanoye se trilogie 'n verskeidenheid van aktuele gender-en sosio-politieke kwessies aan. Hierdie kwessies sluit in: politieke korrupsie; bloedskande; homoseksualiteit, rassisme; die seksuele misbruik van minderjariges; die verhouding tussen taal en identiteit; onbestendige ouer-kind-verhoudings; die ondermyning van gendernorme en die kwessie van seksuele transformasie. / Afrikaans & Theory of Literature / M.A. (Afrikaans) Flemish prose Literature and social critique Tom Lanoye Language and identity Michel Foucault Patriarchy Vlaamse prosa Literatuur en maatskappykritiek Taal en identiteit Ondermyning van gendernorme Subversiewe ligaamshandelinge Postmoderne magsverhoudinge Patriargie Judith Butler 839.31364 Lanoye, Tom, 1958- -- Monster trilogie Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 Butler, Judith, 1956- Gender identity in literature Postmodernism (Literature) -- Belgium Patriarchy -- Belgium
115	Re-Story : The O.T.M.I* projectO.T.M.I = Obsolete Technical Mechanical Item Kapadia, Ninna* January 2015 (has links) The core question in this master thesis is: What happens to the essence of an object when it becomes out of date and is no longer in use? I am addressing the sense of dignity in once meticulously designed technical/mechanical items that now has become obsolete. The intention has been to investigate how to give new meaning to obsolete items and find new eligibility for their existence. The investigation was conducted through the development of a method: collection, analysis, deconstruction, investigation and resurrection of a number of O.T.M.I. (Obsolete Technical Mechanical Items). The resurrection process consisted of the (re-)writing of the objects’ narratives. These stories along with the objects’ parts, spaces and sounds created a frame for a scenography, a soundtrack and characters to act in a film to tell the story. As interior designers we have the opportunity to transform space and fill it with stories. Imagination is an important tool: We benefit from having the ability to imagine, for instance, how different surfaces will reflect sound and light. Our imagination is highly visual. So I have transformed my imaginary world of Obsolete Technical Mechanical Items to visual and audial elements that support the content and values of a story through researching the objects, finding how to clarify and support the story. The Re-Story. Restory re-story recycling upcycling readymade planned obsolescence design the mad scientist the friendly monster the poet frankenstein scenography theater movie making film making technology mechanical tekniska mekaniska föremål planerat åldrande återvinning film manus intervju scenografi robot inredningsarkitektur design inredning scener scen filmmusik mekaniska ljud
116	Den ensamma sjöjungfrun : Om Carina Rydbergs jagberättande ur ett genreperspektiv / The Lonely Mermaid : On Identity Narration and Genre in the Autobiographical Works of Carina Rydberg Andersson, Tamara January 2015 (has links) The focus of this study is the two autobiographical novels Den högsta kasten (1997) and Djävulsformeln (2000) by Swedish author Carina Rydberg. Both novels generated lively public debate regarding how they ought to be read and understood, what genre they belonged to, and the ontological status of the narrating “I”. The aim is to investigate why the protagonist, Carina, is perceived as unintelligible by many readers and explore how she can be understood in relation to what constitutes an intelligible identity from a literary and cultural perspective. The novels, as well as their protagonist, are approached from the perspective of genre theory, the argument being that Carina’s unintelligibility is directly dependent on what genre she is read in relation to. In the first part of the thesis the ambiguities of autobiographical texts are discussed, and the narrative and protagonist are analyzed in relation to the autobiographical genre. In the second part of the thesis the consequences of reading the texts as examples of the Gothic with emphasis on monstrosity, the uncanny and sexual transgression are examined. The two readings demonstrate how interpretations of text and character are highly influenced by the reader's expectations connected to genre. Rydberg’s transgression of the norms of genre, gender, and identity leaves the reader with a contradictory set of genre-specific expectations, which in turn makes it difficult to understand and accept the protagonist. The main theme of both novels is Carina’s unsuccessful attempts to reconcile what she sees as two separate, essentially incompatible identities: woman and author. The final chapter includes a comparative study in which Rydberg’s novels are linked to works by other Swedish female writers, both past and contemporary, to demonstrate that the conflict of woman versus author is a common problem for female writers. The thesis closes with a discussion about the possibility of placing Rydberg in a specifically female literary tradition and demonstrate how a feminist analysis can make the unintelligible intelligible. Carina Rydberg autofiction autobiography identity narrative the Gothic female Gothic genre Swedish literature identity gender sex femininity monstrosity female authors transgression the uncanny intelligibility Carina Rydberg autofiktion självbiografi jagberättande gotik genre svensk litteratur identitet genus kön femininitet monster kvinnliga författare författarroll transgression det kusliga das Unheimliche begriplighet
117	Aggressive Flesh: The Obese Female Other Broom, Hannah January 2005 (has links) My visual art practice explores the point at which a sense of bodily humour and revulsion may intersect in the world of the monstrous-feminine: the female grotesque, presented as my own obese (and post-obese) body. This exegesis is a written elucidation of my visual art practice as research. As an artist I create performative photographic images featuring taboo or otherwise 'inappropriate' subject matter, situations, materials and behaviours including bodily fluids, offal, internal organs and my own post-obese body. Through these modes of working, I establish and investigate the subjectivity of flesh: Why are we repulsed by the female grotesque? How can this flesh be used to subvert readings of the female body? My research is informed by those understandings of the female body, sexuality and difference described in the work of feminist theorists including Julia Kristeva, Helene Cixous, Ruth Salvaggio and Elizabeth Grosz. I explore the work of influential artists such as Eleanor Antin, Carolee Schneeman, Cindy Sherman and Sarah Lucas. In this context, I present my own visual art practice as a point from which the monstrous-feminine can be given voice as sentient, intelligent flesh. Visual Art Practice-Led Research Obesity Fat Monstrous-feminine She-Monster Female Grotesque Other Feminism Psychoanalysis Autobiography Subjectivity Abjection Carnivalesque Photography Performance art The Uncanny Trauma Identity Trickster Vampire Young British Art Sarah Lucas Hayley Newman Carolee Schneeman Eleanor Antin Ruth Salvaggio Julia Kristeva Sigmund Freud Helene Cixous
118	Literatuur en maatskappykritiek : problematisering van seksualiteit in Tom Lanoye se ̀Monstertrilogie' Joubert, Christiaan Johannes 03 1900 (has links) This dissertation is a report on how Tom Lanoye, a contemporary Flemish author who explores themes of social relevance, deconstructs the sexual identity of his characters within the context of a postmodernist culture. The manifestation of this deconstruction process is described within those theoretical paradigms of Michel Foucault and Judith Butler that link sexual identity and social mores. For the purpose of this research Tom Lanoye‘s ‘Monster’ Trilogy was selected. Set against the backdrop of Belgium society during the late nineties of the twentieth century and highlighting the moral downfall of the Deschryver patriarchy, Lanoye’s novels address an assortment of contemporary gender and social political issues in his trilogy. These include the following: political corruption; incest; homosexuality; racism; the sexual abuse of minors; the relation between language and identity, volatile childrenparent relationships; the subversion of gender norms and sexual transformation. / In hierdie verhandeling word verslag gedoen van die wyse waarop Tom Lanoye as hedendaagse eksponent van die Vlaamse versetprosa die seksuele identiteit van sy karakters binne die konteks van 'n postmodernistiese verwysingsraam dekonstrueer. Die manifestasie van hierdie dekonstruksieproses word beskryf binne die teoretiese paradigmas met betrekking tot die verband tussen seksuele identiteit en maatskappy van Michel Foucault en Judith Butler. Vir die doel van hierdie ondersoek is Lanoye se 'Monstertrilogie' geselekteer. Gesitueer teen die agtergrond van die Belgiese maatskappy in die laat negentigerjare van die twintigste eeu en gefokus op die morele ondergang van die Deschryver-patriargie, sny Lanoye se trilogie 'n verskeidenheid van aktuele gender-en sosio-politieke kwessies aan. Hierdie kwessies sluit in: politieke korrupsie; bloedskande; homoseksualiteit, rassisme; die seksuele misbruik van minderjariges; die verhouding tussen taal en identiteit; onbestendige ouer-kind-verhoudings; die ondermyning van gendernorme en die kwessie van seksuele transformasie. / Afrikaans and Theory of Literature / M.A. (Afrikaans) Flemish prose Literature and social critique Tom Lanoye Language and identity Michel Foucault Patriarchy Vlaamse prosa Literatuur en maatskappykritiek Taal en identiteit Ondermyning van gendernorme Subversiewe ligaamshandelinge Postmoderne magsverhoudinge Patriargie Judith Butler 839.31364 Lanoye, Tom, 1958- -- Monster trilogie Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 Butler, Judith, 1956- Gender identity in literature Postmodernism (Literature) -- Belgium Patriarchy -- Belgium
119	Cannibal Wihtiko: Finding Native-Newcomer Common Ground Chabot, Cecil January 2016 (has links) Two prominent historians, David Cannadine and Brad Gregory, have recently contended that history is distorted by overemphasis on human difference and division across time and space. This problem has been acute in studies of Native-Newcomer relations, where exaggeration of Native pre-contact stability and post-contact change further emphasized Native-Newcomer difference. Although questioned in economic, social and political spheres, emphasis on cultural difference persists. To investigate the problem, this study examined the Algonquian wihtiko (windigo), an apparent exemplar of Native-Newcomer difference and division. With a focus on the James Bay Cree, this study first probed the wihtiko phenomenon’s Native origins and meanings. It then examined post-1635 Newcomer encounters with this phenomenon: from the bush to public opinion and law, especially between 1815 and 1914, and in post-1820 academia. Diverse archives, ethnographies, oral traditions, and academic texts were consulted. The cannibal wihtiko evolved from Algonquian attempts to understand and control rare but extreme mental and moral failures in famine contexts. It attained mythical proportions, but fears of wihtiko possession, transformation and violence remained real enough to provoke pre-emptive killings even of family members. Wihtiko beliefs also influenced Algonquian manifestations and interpretations of generic mental and moral failures. Consciously or not, others used it to scapegoat, manipulate, or kill. Newcomers threatened by moral and mental failures attributed to the wihtiko often took Algonquian beliefs and practices seriously, even espousing them. Yet Algonquian wihtiko behaviours, beliefs and practices sometimes presented Newcomers with another layer of questions about mental and moral incompetence. Collisions arose when they discounted, misconstrued or asserted control over Algonquian beliefs and practices. For post-colonial critics, this has raised a third layer of questions about intellectual and moral incompetence. Yet some critics have also misconstrued earlier attempts to understand and control the wihtiko, or attributed an apparent lack of scholarly consensus to Western cultural incompetence or inability to grasp the wihtiko. In contrast, this study of wihtiko phenomena reveals deeper commonalities and continuities. They are obscured by the complex evolution of Natives’ and Newcomers’ struggles to understand and control the wihtiko. Yet hidden in these very struggles and the wihtiko itself is a persistent shared conviction that reducing others to objects of power signals mental and moral failure. The wihtiko reveals cultural differences, changes and divisions, but exemplifies more fundamental commonalities and continuities. Windigo wihtiko wendigo cannibal Native-Newcomer Aboriginal Indigenous intercutural culture cross-cultural James Bay Cree Mushkego Indigenous law court anthropology trans-cultural psychiatry madness monstrous insanity monster problem of evil power-knowledge Foucault religion spiritual Christian mission inter-religious common ground fur trade Rupert's Land Hudson's Bay Company Colonialism imperialism British North America postcolonial postmodern penal law insanity defence values ideals
120	A Memory of Self in Opposition: Identity Formation Theory and its Application in Contemporary Genre Fiction Basile, Jeffrey Allen 07 November 2022 (has links) No description available. Literature Psychology Classical Studies Folklore Gender Studies Monstrous Monster Theory Posthuman Myth Jung Self Other Identity Queer Theory Identity Theory Sociology Gender Genre Fiction Analytical Psychology Contemporary Fiction Author Transhuman Posthuman Textual Analysis Symbol Archetype Identity Formation Archetypal Structures Mythological Structures Collective Unconscious

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