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Postmodernism and the dilemma of an appropriate Christian paradigm for ethical descision makingFoshaugen, Edvard Kristian 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2000. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Church is facing a dilemma in how to apply and live out its message in
a postmodern world. For many in the Church an understanding and
application of morals and ethics has become bewildering. This assignment
attempts to develop a Christian vocabulary and conceptual framework for
morality.
This is done by firstly elucidating the milieu out of which postmodernism
arose. Modernism, through universal claims of reason and instrumental
rationality, believed in the ultimate mastery of the world. The failure of the
Enlightenment project to develop universal morality and law led to a new
perspective on reason and reality and new reflection on life, morality and
meaning. Thus, I reflect on' the parturition and value of postmodernism
through offering an evaluation and critique of the ideology of
postmodernism. Next, I propose the need for Christian ideology to be firstly
separated from cultural interpretations so as to avoid ethnocentrism and
cultural imperialism. After exploring the development and purpose of
worldviews I argue for the building of cultural bridges and for the Gospel
and Biblical worldview to be suitably encoded.
Finally, I posit an understanding of what postmodern ethics entails and how
then to define and respond to ethical issues. Through case studies I apply
the key principles identified in the study. These are that moderation is a
virtue; that many timeless truths are customary truths that arise in a specific
historical/cultural situations; that many problems are not ethical issues but
are rather a comprehension and/or a misinterpretation of the Scriptures
regarding what it means to be a Christian and how we are to live our
Christian profession to mention a few. I reason and plead for a Christian
ethical system of incarnational engaged compassion in a postmodern world. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: geen opsomming
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Framing the text : an investigation of collage in postmodern narrative illustrationHalse, Joanne 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2006. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Collage, as a verbal and visual medium, epitomises the heterogeneity, indeterminacy and
fragmentation of the postmodern moment. In this thesis I argue that visual collage - in the context
of book illustration - presents an ideal form with which to illustrate the state of contemporary
(postmodern) narrative. Postmodernism, as a term or concept, evades any form of absolute or
definitive account. Hence, in my discussion of the postmodern condition I move towards an
understanding of this complex theoretical and cultural phenomenon. Postmodern cultural artifacts
reflect the state of a modernised, Western-orientated, globalised consciousness, which resists
arborescent structures in past and contemporary texts. In both postmodern narratives and in
literary fictional narratives the condition of artifice is amplified. Thus, this thesis explores various
characteristics evident in postmodern fiction in order to understand and demonstrate the changes
manifest in contemporary narratives in general. Many of the stylistic and figurative devices
employed in the postmodern novel foreground the excessive appropriation and self-reflexive
textualism of contemporary texts - these literary devices often reflect particular collage-like
tendencies or characteristics.
Contemporary literary theory, in addition, provides many useful terms and concepts with which
to describe visual texts and, for the purposes of this discussion, narrative illustration. This thesis
is centred primarily on an analysis of the practical component completed as part of the Master of
Arts degree in Fine Arts. The discussion of the practical work is embedded in the wider fields of
book art - particularly the postmodern artist's book (livre detourne) - and in contentious debates
around the role of visual narrative illustration. In both the thesis and the illustrated book objects, I
challenge the secondary and supplementary position traditionally held by illustration in the
context of the book. I argue for a form of visual narrative that is not required to function as a
mere translation of the primary verbal text. Instead - working within the context of the artist's
book and through the utilisation of collage as a visual (and verbal) medium - I demonstrate that
illustration may complement, supplement or subvert the written text. Furthermore, I show that
illustration may assume the role of the primary text in the context of the codex.
Finally, this study creates a space for a creative and participatory reader who, through the
intertextual processes made evident in the book objects, becomes an active 'reader-writer' of the
visual and verbal narratives under discussion. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Collage, as beide 'n verbale en visuele medium, verpersoonlik die onbesliste, gefragmenteerde,
heterogene moment van postmodemisme. In hierdie tesis voer ek aan dat visuele collage, binne
die konteks van boekillustrasie, 'n ideale vorm van uitbeelding hied om die toestand van
kontemporere (postmodeme) narratief te illustreer. Postmodemisme, as 'n term of konsep,
ontwyk enige volslae of beslissende betekenis. Gevolglik poog ek in my bespreking van die
postmodeme toestand om nader aan 'n begrip van hierdie komplekse teoretiese en kulturele ,
fenoneem te beweeg. Postmodeme kulturele artefakte reflekteer die toestand van 'n
gemodemiseerde, Westers-georienteerde, geglobaliseerde bewustheid wat liniere strukture in
tekste uit die verlede en die hede weerstaan. In beide postmodeme narratiewe en fiktiewe literere
narratiewe word die gesteldheid van kunsskepping toegelig. Dus ondersoek hierdie tesis verskeie
opvallende eienskappe van postmodeme fiksie ten einde die veranderinge wat in die algemeen in
kontemporere narratiewe manifesteer te verstaan en te demonstreer. Vele van die stilistiese en
figuratiewe tegnieke van die postmodemistiese roman plaas die oormatige toe-eining en selfrefleksiewe
tekstualisme van konteporere tekste op die voorgrond; die literere gebruikswyses
reflekteer dikwels bepaalde collage-agtige tendense of eienskappe.
Hierbenewens, bied kontemporere literereteorie vele nuttige terme en konsepte waarmee visuele
tekste sowel as, vir die doe] van hierdie ondersoek, visuele narratiewe, beskryf kan word. Hierdie
tesis is hoofsaaklik gevestig op 'n analise van die praktiese werk wat dee) van die Magister
Artuim-graad in Beeldende Kunste uitmaak. Die bespreking van die praktiese werk is veranker in
die wyer terreine van boekkuns - spesifiek die postmodeme kunstenaarsboek (livre detourne) -
en in kontensieuse debatte oor die rol van visuelenarratief-illustrasie. In beide die tesis en die
gelllustreerde boekobjekte bevraagteken ek die tradisionele siening dat illustrasie binne
boekkontekse 'n sekondere of aanvullende posisie inneem. Ek argumenteer ten gunste van 'n
vorm van visuele narratief waarvan daar nie bloot verwagword om as 'n beskrywing van die
primere verbale teks te funksioneer nie. In plaas daarvan, deur binne die konteks van die
kunstenaarsboek te werk en deur collage as 'n visuele (en verbale) medium te benut, demonstreer
ek dat illustrasie die geskrewe teks kan aanvul, daartoe kan toevoeg of dit kan ondergrawe.
Verder toon ek dat illustrasie die rol van die primere teks in die konteks van die kodeks kan
inneem.
Laastens skep hierdie studie die geleentheid vir 'n kreatiewe en bydraende leser - vanwee 'n
intertekstuele proses wat in die boekobjekte aan die Jig kom - om as 'n aktiewe 'leser-skrywer'
van die visuele en verbale tekste onder bespreking op te tree.
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Pija Lindenbaum: Doris drar : - En övergripande studie i nutida bilderböckerSellin Isaksson, Ylva January 2016 (has links)
Syftet med uppsatsen är att göra en övergripande studie av nutida svenskspråkiga bilderböcker, exemplifierad genom Pija Lindenbaum och en genuin bilderbok av henne: Doris drar (2015). Uppsatsen diskuterar kring hur den nutida bilderboken har sin kontext i flera konstnärliga uttryck och successivt blivit alltmer estetiskt kvalificerad. Bilderboks-skaparna som debuterade under 1980- och 1990-talen, däribland Lindenbaum, fo-kuserade på nutida bildskapande, ord och bild i samverkan, barnrättsperspektivet, nedtonandet av pedagogiken samt ett kommersiellt tänkande. Barnlitteraturens grundmönster är handlingsförloppet: hem – uppbrott hemifrån – äventyr – hemkomst. Igenkänning, mönster och åtstramning är centralt. Detta är karakteristiskt för Lindenbaum och Doris drar. Den ingår i en följd av bilderböcker från 2000-talet där Lindenbaum utvecklat en egen stil i bild, text och upplägg. Det är psykologiska små dramer fyllda av hu-mor och fantasin är surrealistisk. Barnets perspektiv är uttalat i ord och bild. Barn-språkstexterna är dramatiska. Tilltalet är dubbelt. Doris är en nutida version av den klassiska sagohjälten.
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Ghostwriting Hong Kong: post-colonial documentary and the western traditionRobertson, Robert Philip. January 1998 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Comparative Literature / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy
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Postmodern space in YaumateiNg, Ho-yi, Veronica., 吳可怡. January 2000 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Urban Planning / Master / Master of Science in Urban Planning
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Postmodernism, drama, language: Waiting for Godot and Inadmissible evidence revisitedWong, Chi-keung, Frederick., 黃志強. January 1994 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Literary Studies / Master / Master of Arts
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The phenomena of post-modern culture in contemporary Chinese literatureIp, Sui-lin, Stella., 葉瑞蓮. January 2004 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Asian Studies / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy
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Experiments in subjectivity: a study of postmodern science fictionKwan, Wing-ki, Koren., 關詠琪. January 2005 (has links)
published_or_final_version / abstract / English / Master / Master of Philosophy
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Postmodernism and globalization in Wong Kar Wai's films李雅詩, Li, Nga-sze, Sabrina. January 2002 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Literary and Cultural Studies / Master / Master of Arts
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The Tsing Ma Bridge and urban development in Hong Kong: a post-modern approachLeung, Yuen-yee, 梁婉儀 January 2000 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Urban Planning / Master / Master of Science in Urban Planning
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