Thesis (doctoral)--Jāmiʻat al-Qāhirah, 1988. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-349)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1972. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 180-183).

Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2006. Graduate Programme in Sociology. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101-106). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR19642

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Obituary in memory of Mu'Allim Yahya Ali Omar, a Swahili scholar

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This study was written in the belief that FitzGerald did not so much translate a poem as invent a persona based on the Persian astronomer and mathematician (but not poet) Omar Khayyám. This 'invention' opened two different lines of interpretation and scholarship, each forming its own idea of a 'real' Omar based on FitzGerald's invention. One line sees Omar as a hedonist and nihilist; the other as a mystic or Sufi. My argument first is that the historical Omar was neither the former nor the latter; second, FitzGerald's Rubáiyát is a 'Victorian' product even if the raw material of the poem belongs to the eleventh-century Persia. ¶ The Introduction tries to find a place for the Rubáiyát in the English nineteenth-century era. ¶ Chapter One sets FitzGerald's Rubáiyát in perspective. First, it surveys the general background and context to the lives and careers of Edward FitzGerald and Omar Khayyám in order to show how FitzGerald's life was affected by some of the main concerns of the period; and that Omar was neither a hedonist nor a mystic; Secondly, it surveys four major critical studies which have generated different approaches to and emphases in the study and the translation of the rubáiyát attributed to Omar Khayyám. ¶ Chapter Two reviews some examples of Persian language and literature as they were perceived by British readers and authors and shows the reception of Persian poetry in general up to and including the Victorian period. Then it traces FitzGerald's progress with Persian literature, showing how the other Persian poets he read influenced his understanding or 'creation' of the Rubáiyát, and how he discarded the great Persian poets but retained Omar Khayyám as 'his property.' ¶ Chapter Three traces FitzGerald's career as a translator and attempts to give general characteristics of Victorian poetry to show how FitzGerald's version can be seen a Victorian product. Study of the poetry of the period shows the heterogeneity of Victorian poetry and FitzGerald's poem is another example of this multiplicity. The Rubáiyát should be read as a revolt against general Victorian values: optimism, earnestness, Puritanism, and science development. ¶ Chapter Four accounts for the initial neglect of the poem and then for the popular reception of the Rubáiyát by the Pre-Raphaelites and shows aspects in particular appealed to his contemporaries (like R. Browning) which, in turn, is a way of measuring the success of FitzGerald's 'Victorian' invention.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 232-251).

Thèse (Ph. D.)--Université Laval, 2005. / Bibliogr.: f. 303-320. Publié aussi en version électronique.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-08T16:19:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 wagner.pdf: 3055659 bytes, checksum: 2f9b155877ef1311c8f91c5f076d1fbf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-10-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This present research aims to analyze the relationship between cinema and contemporary art by using certain moments of artistic and theoretical production of Arthur Omar. The beginning of his artistic trajectory is marked by rupture with traditional documentary filmmaking, period when he will introduce the notion of antidocumentário in the context of the Brazilian audiovisual production. From that moment on, he takes a path that goes from cinema to visual arts, passing through video, photography e video installations. In 2006, he performs the exposition Zooprismas: Ciência Cognitiva dos Corpos Gloriosos containing video and photographic images in many ways of displaying and projecting. These are works designed from the softening of the boundaries that separate photography, cinema, video e visual arts. Think about the pictorial devices becomes fundamental for a reflection on the artistic experience nowadays. Therefore, the research dialogues with the notion of cinema effect, procedure of filmmakers / artists whosometimes use the film material directly in production, sometimes invent forms of presentation that make you think or are inspired by effects or cinematic forms / A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo analisar a relação entre cinema e arte contemporânea abordando determinados momentos da produção artística e teórica de Arthur Omar. O início de sua trajetória artística é marcado pelo movimento de ruptura com o cinema documentário tradicional, período em que o artista vai introduzir a noção de antidocumentário no contexto da produção audiovisual brasileira. A partir desse momento realiza um percurso que vai do cinema às artes plásticas, passando pelo vídeo, fotografia e instalações de vídeo. Realiza ainda em 2006 a exposição Zooprismas: Ciência Cognitiva dos Corpos Gloriosos, constituída por imagens videográficas e fotográficas em variadas possibilidades de exposição e projeção. São trabalhos concebidos a partir da suavização das fronteiras que separam fotografia, cinema, vídeo e artes visuais. Pensar sobre os dispositivos imagéticos torna-se desta maneira tarefa fundamental para uma reflexão sobre a experiência artística na atualidade. Para tanto, a pesquisa dialoga com a noção de efeito cinema, procedimento de cineastas/artistas que ora utilizam diretamente o material fílmico em sua produção, ora inventam formas de apresentação que fazem pensar ou se inspiram em efeitos ou formas cinematográficas