Esta dissertação examina as formas como três instâncias se embaraçam na arte de Oscar Wilde: a pessoa, o autor e a obra. O objetivo da pesquisa é compreender como se dá o processo criativo desse escritor, cujas peças levitam entre o irreverente e o polêmico. O humor refinado e a sagacidade na análise do trato social, traços marcantes no estilo de Wilde, são aqui aproximados à habilidade demonstrada tanto pelo autor quanto por seus personagens de se adaptarem a diferentes circunstâncias através do uso de máscaras, ou personas, que lhes possibilitam contornar situações intrincadas. Apoio-me no pensamento de Carl Gustav Jung para as teorizações sobre o conceito de máscara. O trabalho se constrói em três capítulos, nos quais são analisados aspectos e circunstâncias da vida do autor que contribuem para forjar seu estilo único, e que se refletem nas obras por ele criadas. O primeiro capítulo trata sobre a pessoa de Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde, e os movimentos que empreendeu para que sua personalidade forte e o rígido ambiente vitoriano em que vivia pudessem aos poucos se harmonizar. Abordo as formas como a sociedade em que cresceu o afetou, apontando aspectos em que ele também a influenciou em retrospecto. Ao longo desse processo, Wilde criou as máscaras que utilizaria, durante a vida, para transitar da maneira desejada entre os diversos grupos com que se relacionou. O segundo e o terceiro capítulos apresentam o autor Oscar Wilde e a sequência de diferentes tipos de obras por ele criadas, avaliando de que formas as circunstâncias da vida da pessoa se consolidaram formando o estilo do autor. Além da estética de Wilde, também é considerada a recepção de sua obra pelo público contemporâneo a ele. No segundo capítulo apresento os conceitos de máscara e de sombra, e como se refletem em sua obra e em sua vida pessoal. Ali são examinadas as primeiras tragédias e, a seguir, as obras que o tornaram um autor polêmico na Inglaterra Vitoriana: “The Portrait of Mr. W. H” e The Picture of Dorian Gray. No terceiro capítulo comento seu momento mais prestigiado, o da produção das comédias sociais, bem como o momento mais sombrio, o das obras escritas durante os anos de prisão, nos últimos anos de sua vida. Ainda discuto, no terceiro capítulo, o legado deixado por Wilde, comentando como as mudanças sociais levaram a uma nova recepção de suas obras, e como essas obras continuam relevantes tendo-se passado um século de sua criação. Nas considerações finais, reitero o propósito da pesquisa, que é contribuir com uma leitura sobre o estilo do grande escritor, com base na análise das relações que se deram entre esse irlandês excêntrico e a inclemente sociedade Vitoriana em que viveu. / This dissertation examines how three strings tangle together in Oscar Wilde’s art: the person, the author and his literary works. The goal of this research is to understand the creative process of this author, whose plays go from irreverent to polemic. The polished humor and wit applied in his analysis of social behavior, trademarks in Wilde’s writing style, approximate the ability shown by the author, as well as by his characters, to adapt to different circumstances through the use of masks, or personas, that enable them to escape intricate situations. The concept of mask is supported on Carl Gustav Jung’s theory. This paper is constructed in three chapters, in which it is analyzed aspects and circumstances of the author’s life that contributed to his unique writing style and is reflected on his literary works. The first chapter deals with the person Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde, and the movements that he partook in so that his strong personality and the strict Victorian environment could harmonize themselves in his life. This paper approaches the ways the society he was brought up into affected him, pointing out aspects in which he affected this society in return. Throughout this process Wilde created many masks that he would use his whole life to be able to navigate through different groups he was related to however he wished. The second and third chapters present the author Oscar Wilde and the sequence of different literary works written by him, evaluating how the circumstances in his personal life shaped him, creating the author’s writing style. Not only this paper considers the Aesthete in Wilde, but also the reception of his works by the public that was contemporary to him. In the second chapter it is presented the concepts of mask and shadow, and how they reflect on Wilde’s work and personal life. It is also examined his first tragedies and the literary works that made him become a polemic author in Victorian England: “The Portrait of Mr. W. H.” and The Picture of Dorian Gray. In the third chapter it is mentioned the brightest moments in his career, his comedies of society, as well as his soberest, with the work he wrote in prison and in the last few years of his life. Still in the third chapter, it is discussed the legacy left by Wilde, commenting on the social changes that led to a new reception of his works, as they continue to be relevant even a century after their creation. On my final considerations, I reiterate the goal of this research, which is to contribute with a reading on the style of this great writer, based on the analysis of the relation between this eccentric Irish man and the unmerciful Victorian society that he lived in.

Orientador: Orna Messer Levin / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T16:26:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Toffoli_Tania_M.pdf: 4489343 bytes, checksum: 7ed0bd40c4c0b187ed4497cc828dfc8c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho é comparar o contexto de publicação do único romance de Oscar Wilde, \O Retrato de Dorian Gray", na Inglaterra e no Brasil. A obra aparece pela primeira vez no Reino Unido e EUA em 1890 na Lippincott's. É editada em livro em 1891. A tradução do texto para o português, feita por João do Rio, circula no Brasil em folhetim no jornal A Noite, em 1911. A publicação em livro é feita pela Garnier, em 1923, após a morte do tradutor. A partir dessas informações, se faz relevante considerar alguns tipos de leituras que são possibilitadas nos dois casos. Para compreende-las, analisei dois aspectos ligados á estrutura do romance: o uso do narrador, pelo viés da narratologia de Genette, e a presença de descrições / Abstract: The purpose of this study is to compare the context of publication of the only novel by Oscar Wilde, \The Picture of Dorian Gray", in England and in Brazil. The work appears for the first time in UK and US in 1890 at Lippincott's. It is edited as a book in 1891. The translation of the text in Portuguese, by Joao do Rio, circulates in Brazil as feuilleton at the newspaper A Noite, in 1911. The publication as book is made by Garnier, in 1923, after the death of the translator. From this information, it is relevant to consider some types of readings enabled by these two cases. To understand them, I've analyzed two aspects concerning the structure of the novel: the use of the narrator, by bias of narratology of Genette, and the presence of descriptions / Mestrado / Historia e Historiografia Literaria / Mestra em Teoria e História Literária

En el siguiente estudio se analiza la novela La vida simplemente del escritor chileno Oscar Castro publicada póstumamente en 1951. El fin de nuestra investigación es estudiar la existencia de estereotipos de género en la obra y cómo estos se reproducen o bien son desafiados en la novela. La interpretación hecha se basa principalmente en la teoría de las dicotomías (Hirdman, 2001), la cual pone énfasis en las cualidades que, históricamente, se le han atribuido a los respectivos géneros. Aplicamos un análisis crítico de texto para identificar cómo el lenguaje usado por el escritor contribuye a reproducirlos o los desafía. Para limitar nuestro trabajo hemos decidido concentrarnos en tres personajes de la obra: Berta, Roberto y la madre de Roberto. El resultado muestra que la obra de Castro tiende a contribuir a la reproducción y el mantenimiento de los estereotipos de género típicos de las dicotomías de las cuales problematiza Hirdman a excepción del personaje femenino representado por la madre de Roberto que los desafía en cierta forma.

In this thesis I describe the transformation process of Tepito, the "brave neighbourhood" in Mexico City, from 1960 to the present day. In this microhistory, I intend to explore how the great socio-economic changes, that have occurred in Mexico in the last 60 years, have been reflected locally. I especially focus on the incorporation of the traditional Mexican society into the modern and globalized world; The process of corporatization of the popular sector into the politics of the single party; The transition from the stabilizing development economic model (characterized by the Import substitution industrialization) to neoliberalism; The gradual rupture of the social fabric hastened by the urban planning in the 60s and 70s, the 1985 earthquake and the proliferation of drug trafficking and armed violence; And the beginning of the digital era. I also try to explore the validity of the Culture of Poverty theory which was formulated by the anthropologist Oscar Lewis during his field research in Tepito in the late 50's of the last century and I describe which of the aspects of the theory have changed.

Se centra en el estudio de la novela Rosa Cuchillo del escritor peruano Oscar Colchado Lucio. Considera que el autor propone una mirada andina sobre la violencia de los años ochenta entre el Estado peruano y Sendero Luminoso e identifica los mecanismos que utiliza el autor para plantear dicho enfoque. La interacción de relatos que provienen de la tradición oral andina constituye el denominador común en la estructura narrativa del texto. Sin embargo, sostiene que Colchado explota, con mayor intensidad, el mito de Inkarri, y el relato del pishtaco o nakaq. Las demás narraciones apoyan la interacción entre ambos personajes antagónicos. Por ello, plantea que la novedad de la investigación gira en torno a la tensión narrativa que el autor genera mediante dichos personajes. La solución que propone el autor, ante el desequilibrio cósmico que origina el conflicto, es un puente de diálogo, es decir, un yanantin. De esta manera, Colchado plantea un mundo andino abierto, capaz de considerar e integrar al otro distinto. / Tesis

A comparison of Oscar Bie’s monographies Die Oper and Das deutsche Lied shows that opera and ‘Lied’ are two extremes in Bie’s understanding of musical genres. While opera according to Bie is an “impossible work of art” which arises from countless contradictions, the low-conflict ‘Lied’ forms an opposite pole. Bie’s perception influences the way he deals with the two genres in writing: while opera is suitable for an adequate feuilleton, ‘Lied’ is not. Bie’s comparison gives him the possibility to break with established patterns of genres. It becomes apparent that for him opera takes on a special role in that it represents the culmination of the basic features of music. As a critic, Bie demands utmost congruence between object and written representation. Writing about music means to be an artist who deals with the same work of art but in another medium.

The United States manufacturing employment decreased 33% from 1985 to 2014. During the same period, the United States semiconductor manufacturing, accounting for 1.7% of the total of the United States manufacturing workforce, lost 35% of its employees. The decline in semiconductor manufacturing jobs began in 1985 when semiconductor firms began offshoring product manufacturing overseas because of low cost of qualified labor force and facilities. This qualitative case study explored the analytical approaches and strategies business leaders of semiconductor firms that offshore manufacturing use in making informed strategic outsourcing and offshoring decisions conducive to sustainability and profitability of operations. The location theory provided the conceptual framework for this research study. Semistructured interviews were conducted using video conferencing with 5 midlevel managers who conducted offshoring or were currently offshoring semiconductor manufacturing. There were 10 themes identified and analyzed from transcription software. The themes were manufacturing cost, onshore manufacturing, offshoring site selection, competitive cost analysis, offshoring advantages, offshoring disadvantages, national manufacturing program, offshoring, reshoring, and social Impact. The findings showed that offshoring of the semiconductor product manufacturing will continue because of lower cost of operation. Social change could ensue if the leader of firms, together with the educational institutions and lawmakers, establish a national program for the industrial type of knowledge to build skills in the United States.

Costa Rica embodies many of the characteristics which the United States would like to foster in Central America and elsewhere. In recent years, however, misunderstandings have often been present in the development of relations between both nations, and leaders. These differences have been particularly visible between Presidents Reagan and Arias when carrying out their foreign policies towards Central America. Recent developments in warfare, social and political unrest and economic crises in the region added to the emergence of a Central American political leadership--independent of U.S. decision making-have increased international misunderstandings between both political speakers. These misunderstandings are shown by Reagan and Arias' through their public discourses which have revealed deterioration in communication and cooperation between them. Since Reagan and Arias come from different cultures, their values are different, making it difficult for the two men to communicate effectively. Towards discovering the differences m cultural values underlying arguments between them, this study uses the Toulmin model to provide a critical and interpretative analysis of the exchange of political arguments from both leaders concerning Central America. Data were collected from public discourses by Reagan and Arias. An intercultural communication perspective is then used to assess the effects of the arguments on international understanding. This research was successful in isolating a number of political arguments concerning Reagan and Arias' respective policies toward Central America, it revealed consistently different underlying cultural values. These differences in cultural values may affect the mutual understanding between the two political leaders, since their discourses did not acknowledge each other's cultural values or patterns of thinking. At the core of Reagan and Arias' disagreements is the ethnocentric assumption that each is similar to the other. This assumption is not a recommended strategy for intercultural interaction. Because of the novelty of this type of interdisciplinary interpretative research, the results can not be compared adequately with previous research on values in public discourse. Further investigation in this area should support the worth of studying political argumentation from the combines approaches of rhetorical analysis and intercultural communication.

Tänk, en plats, ett palats för kunskap. En byggnad gjord för lärande, förståelse och insikt: Kunskapspalatset! Kunskapspalatset är först och främst ett vuxengymnasium där man läser in kurser från grundskolan eller gymnasiet. Parallellt är det en byggnad för konferenser, mässor, möten, föreläsningar och annan kunskapsspridning. Jag tog utgångspunkt i Rafaels Skolan i Aten som inspiration, där kunskapen finns som i luften. Kunskapspalatset är ett försök på att i nutiden skapa en realitet av den bilden. Byggnaden ger plats åt och släpper in parken utanför, och är inspirerad av en kombination av antik arkitektur och postmodernism. För att anknyta till det antika har jag också haft i åtanke Vitruvius grundelement för arkitektur: firmitas (kvalitet/hållbarhet), utilitas (användbarhet/funktion) och venustas (det vackra/skönhet), som tillsammans skapar en välfungerande helhet. Av olika arkitektoniska stilar är det den antika, med de klassiska kolonnerna, som kanske mest associeras med värdighet och stolthet, något som vuxenutbildning förtjänar mer av. Genom att leka med arkitektoniska traditioner med ett eftertänksamt förhållande till platsen skapas en byggnad som både sticker fram näsan och ger utrymme, och kombinationen av det antika och klassiska med det postmoderna och nyskapande blir en självklarhet. Folkflödet längs det centrala stråket genom parken mellan de två noderna Medborgarplatsen i öst och Södra Station i väst hälsas nu av Kunskapspalatsets front av vad jag har kallat för ”inverterade pelare”. Byggnaden är avlång, ren, helgjuten, utan utstickande delar. En byggnad som triggar tänkande. Vuxenutbildningen står där med stolthet och dignitet i hjärtat av Södermalm. Tänk om man kunde stiga in i Kunskapspalatset ... / Imagine, a place, a palace, made for knowledge. A building made for learning, understanding and insight. A Palace of Knowledge! The Palace of Knowledge is a building for adult education, for grown-ups taking up courses from ordinary school. It is at the same time a building for conferences, trade fairs, events, meetings, lectures and other means of the growth of knowledge. As an outset for the project I took inspiration from Rafael’s School of Athens, where knowledge is to be felt in the air. The Palace of Knowledge is an attempt to, in present time, make it a reality. The building lets the park outside in while at the same time giving it room. It is inspired by a combination of antique architecture and postmodernism. In order to link to the antique, I have had in mind Vitruvius’ elements of architecture: firmitas (strength) utilitas (utility) venustas (beauty), that together form a unified whole. Among the variety of architectural styles, it is the antique, with its classical columns, that perhaps is most readily associated with dignity and pride—something that adult education deserves more of. Through a playfulness with architectural traditions and a thoughtful relationship with its context, a building is formed that makes a bold mark while simultaneously giving room, and the combination of the antique and classical with the postmodern and original is thereby given. The constant flow of people along the central path through the park between the two nodes Medborgarplatsen in the east and Södra Station in the west is now greeted by the Palace of Knowledge and its front with what I have termed “inverted pillars”. The building is clean, as if cast in one piece, without protruding parts. A building that triggers thinking. Adult education is now standing with pride and dignity in the heart of Södermalm. If only one could step inside the Palace of Knowledge ...

This work explores Junot Daz as an author of decolonial imagination, and more specifically, how the carnivalesque nature of Dominican machismo as influenced by Trujillos el tguere masculinity creates liminal space for self-determination in opposition to colonial imagination. In exploring Dazs primary masculine characters, Oscar de Leon and Yunior de Las Casas, I trace the initial decolonial turn engendered by tigueraje performance, namely its projective creation of self outside of colonial domination. El tguere machismo as empowering for Dominican males, however, is problematized by its reciprocal domination of both women and men who fail to meet the tigueraje ideal. It becomes an attempted cure that is ultimately symptomatic of the extent to which the effects of insidious ideologies and political policies, in this case, imperialism, perpetuate themselves across time, space, and perhaps most significantly, cultures. Ultimately, identifying Junot Daz as decolonial author is a misrepresentation; though Daz writes to break free of coloniality, his failure to largely acknowledge in his writing the cost and damage done to Dominican women reveals a narrow focus antithetical to the larger goals of decoloniality.