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Looking for monsters : mechanism of history, mechanisms of power /Lezra, Esther Margaret. January 2005 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 300-320).
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Beowulf the appeal of a poem /Haarder, Andreas. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis--Aarhus. / Summary in Danish. Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-335) and index.
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Indecent bodies gender and the monstrous in medieval English literature /Oswald, Dana M. January 2005 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2010 May 24.
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Hybrid monsters in the Classical World : the nature and function of hybrid monsters in Greek mythology, literature and artPosthumus, Liane 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil (Ancient Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this thesis is to explore the purpose of monster figures by investigating the relationship
between these creatures and the cultures in which they are generated. It focuses specifically on the
human-animal hybrid monsters in the mythology, literature and art of ancient Greece. It attempts to
answer the question of the purpose of these monsters by looking specifically at the nature of manhorse
monsters and the ways in which their dichotomous internal and external composition
challenged the cultural taxonomy of ancient Greece. It also looks at the function of monsters in a
ritual context and how the Theseus myth, as initiation myth, and the Minotaur, as hybrid monster,
conforms to the expectations of ritual monsters.
The investigation starts by considering the history and uses of the term “monster” in an attempt to
arrive at a reasonable definition of monstrosity. In aid of this definition, attention is also given to
themes that recur when considering monster beings. This provides a basis from which the hybrid
monsters of ancient Greece, the centaur and Minotaur in particular, can be considered.
The next section of the thesis looks into the attitudes to animals prevalent in ancient Greece. The
cultural value of certain animal types and even certain body parts have to be taken account, and the
degree to which these can be traced to the nature and actions of the hybrid monster has to be
considered.
The main argument is divided in two sections. The first deals with the centaur as challenger to
Greek cultural taxonomy. The centaur serves as an eminent example of how human-animal hybrid
monsters combine the familiar and the foreign, the Self and the Other into a single complex being.
The nature of this monster is examined with special reference to the ways in which the centaur, as
proponent of chaos and wilderness, stands in juxtaposition to the ideals of Greek civilisation. The
second section consists of an enquiry into the purpose of the hybrid monster and considers the
Minotaur’s role as a facilitator of transformation. The focus is directed towards the ritual function of
monsters and the ways in which monsters aid change and renewal both in individuals and in
communities. By considering the Theseus-myth and the role of the Minotaur in the coming-of-age of
the Attic hero as well as the city of Athens itself, the ritual theory is given application in ancient
Greece. The conclusion of this thesis is that hybrid monsters, as manifestations of the internal dichotomy of
man and the tenuous relationship between order and chaos, played a critical role in the personal and
communal definition of man in ancient Greece. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doelstelling van hierdie tesis is om die sin van monsters te ondersoek deur te kyk na die
verhouding wat bestaan tussen hierdie wesens en die gemeenskappe waarbinne hulle hul ontstaan
het. Die tesis fokus spesifiek op die mens-dier hibriede monster in die mitologie, literatuur en kuns
van antieke Griekeland. Dit probeer om tot ‘n slotsom te kom oor die bestaansrede van monsters
deur te kyk na die aard van die man-perd monster. Hierdie wese se tweeledige samestelling – met
betrekking tot beide sy interne en eksterne komposisie – het ‘n wesenlike bedreiging ingehou vir die
kulturele taksonomie van die antieke Grieke. Die tesis kyk ook na die rol, van monsters in die
konteks van rituele gebeure. Die mite van Theseus as ‘n mite met rituele verbintenisse, en die
Minotaurus as hibriede monster, word dan oorweeg om te bepaal wat die ooreenstemming is met die
verwagtinge wat daargestel is vir rituele monsters.
Ten einde ‘n redelike definisie van monsteragtigheid daar te stel, begin die ondersoek deur
oorweging te skenk aan die geskiedenis en die gebruike van die woord “monster”. Ter
ondersteuning van hierdie definisie word daar ook aandag geskenk aan sekere temas wat
herhaaldelik opduik wanneer monsters ter sprake kom. Dit skep ‘n basis vir die ondersoek na die
hibriede monsters van antieke Griekeland, en meer spesifiek na die kentaurus en die Minotaurus.
Die tesis oorweeg ook die houding van die antieke Griekse beskawing teenoor diere. Die kulturele
waarde van sekere soorte diere, en selfs seker ledemate van diere, moet in ag geneem word
wanneer die hibriede monsterfiguur behandel word. Aandag moet geskenk word aan die maniere
waarop die assosiasies wat die Grieke met diere gehad het, oorgedra word na die aard en
handelinge van die monsterfiguur.
Die hoofargument van die tesis word in twee dele uiteengesit. Die eerste gedeelte behandel die
kentaurus as uitdager van die kulturele taksonomie van die antieke Grieke. Die kentaurus dien as ‘n
uitstekende voorbeeld van die manier waarop die mens-dier monster dit wat bekend is en dit wat
vreemd is, die Self en die Ander, kombineer in een komplekse wese. Die aard van hierdie wese word
ondersoek met spesifieke verwysing na die maniere waarop die kentaurus, as voorstander van die
ongetemde en van chaos, in teenstelling staan teenoor die ideale van die Griekse beskawing. Die
tweede gedeelte vors die doel van die hibriede monster na en oorweeg die Minotaurus se rol as
bevorderaar van transformasie. Hier word gefokus op die rol van die monster in ’n rituele konteks en die maniere waarop monsters verandering en vernuwing teweegbring in enkelinge sowel as in
gemeenskappe. Hierdie teorie word van toepassing gemaak op antieke Griekeland deur die mite van
Theseus en die rol van die Minotaurus te oorweeg binne die konteks van die proses van inburgering
wat beide die held en sy stad, Athene, ondergaan.
Die gevolgtrekking van hierdie tesis is dat hibriede monsters, as uitbeeldings van die interne
tweeledigheid van die mens sowel as van die tenger verband tussen orde en chaos in die wêreld, ‘n
noodsaaklike rol gespeel het in die persoonlike en sosiale definisie van die individu in antieke
Griekeland.
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A feminist study of visual monster: sexual hybridity in the alien monster.January 1999 (has links)
by Phoebe Tse Wing Han. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-108). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter One --- A Simple Historical Rundown of Visual Monsters --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter Two --- Sexual Hybridity in Science Fiction Monsters --- p.32 / Chapter Chapter Three --- Monstrous Hybridity of the Alien Mother --- p.66 / Conclusion --- p.100 / Work Cited --- p.104 / Illustrations --- p.109
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Para além da construção dos personagens = o conceito de monstruosidade em Lavoura Arcaica, de Raduan Nassar / Beyond the procedure of characterization of the personages : the concept of monstrosity in Lavoura Arcaica, by Raduan NassarCaetano, Paulo Roberto Barreto 17 August 2018 (has links)
Orientador: Mario Luiz Frungillo / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T22:14:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1
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Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: O romance Lavoura Arcaica, de Raduan Nassar, é um rico objeto para se pensar o caráter referencial dos personagens. A figura paterna, encarnando uma tradição que valoriza o trabalho, o comedimento como valores essenciais à vida, encontra forte resistência nos filhos Ana e André. Assim sendo, o embate que se delineia reflete um clássico confronto entre tradição e liberdade. Tal disputa é fruto (e estopim) para atos tidos como monstruosos: o incesto e o filicídio. Indo além do procedimento da caracterização dos personagens como recurso de análise do romance, esta dissertação se ocupa em discutir a prática de ações capazes de "monstrificar" os personagens. Destarte, a investigação menciona peculiaridades que fazem com que um ser seja visto como ente horrífico. A pesquisa se ocupa também com a noção de concatenação de situações-limite como elemento construtor das idiossincrasias. Com isso, o modo como as pessoas dessa família se tratam, como tratam o tempo e algumas leis fornece subsídios para que eles sejam vistos como "ameaças morais". O lugar do incesto e do filicídio fulgura, portanto, como elemento fundamental na análise desses personagens / Abstract: The novel Lavoura Arcaica, by Raduan Nassar, is a rich object to think the referential character of the personages. The father, embodying a tradition that says how worthy is work, the restraint as values essential to life, finds strong resistance in Ana and André. Thus, the conflict that emerges reflects a classic clash between tradition and freedom. Such dispute is a result (and wick) for acts taken as monstrosity: incest and filicide. Going beyond the procedure of characterization of the personages as an analysis resource of the novel, this paper is concerned about discussing the practice of actions capable of "monsterizing" personages. Therefore, this research mentions the peculiarities that make someone to be seen as being horrifying. This research also deals with the notion of extreme concatenation of the on-the-edge situations such as a building element of the idiosyncrasies. With that, the way the personages treat the time, each other in this family and some laws provides subsidy so they can be seen as "moral threats". The incest and filicide altogether, thus, appear as a key element in the analysis of the personages / Mestrado / Literatura Brasileira / Mestre em Teoria e História Literária
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Cultural construction of monsters : The prioress's tale and Song of Roland in analysis and instructionComber, Abigail E. 15 December 2012 (has links)
This project begins by examining current trends in the study of medieval literature, particularly in the area of medieval literature dealing with religious conflict.
Literary review demonstrates that since the late 20th century, critical examination of
medieval literature has been dominated by postcolonial analyses. A dedication to
postcolonial analyses, in effect, has stagnated the field of medieval literary analysis,
particularly in regard to those texts representing religious differences. By focusing
examination on two seminal medieval texts, "The Prioress's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and the anonymous Song of Roland, this dissertation argues that traditional, postcolonially-inspired analyses are ineffective and inconsequential for modern, post-9/11 audiences, particularly high school students. More substantial and authentic readings are revealed through an application of Jeffrey Jerome Cohen's monster theory, a hypothesis articulated in his essay "Monster Culture (Seven
Theses)" (1996) which, when coupled with conventionally psychoanalytic concepts of
psychical reality and jouissance, reveals that the cultural creation of monsters is unchanging across time and culture. By illustrating this phenomenon through the Christian creation of Jewish and Muslim monsters, through literary examinations of "The Prioress's Tale" and Song of Roland respectively, this project hints that the same cultural forces feeding monster creation in the Middle Ages are alive in our modern age in the
creation of terrorist monsters. The project culminates by arguing that the most effective
way to teach literature of the Middle Ages to post-9/11 students is to focus on literature
ripe with religious conflict in order to tap into affective connections to be found between
modern students and the people of the Middle Ages. This is a bond best forged through a
discussion-driven approach to literary instruction. / A future for medieval studies -- Monster Jews in the creation of the Christian psychical reality -- The necessity of Saracen monsters in the formation of the Christian self -- The future of medieval studies : teaching The prioress's tale and Song of Roland in contemporary high school classrooms. / Department of English
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Reliable knowledge of exotic marvels of nature in sixteenth-century French and English textsLeskinen, Saara January 2008 (has links)
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