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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Berättelsens framhävda existens : En läsning av Patrick Rothfuss två romaner The Name of the Wind och Slow Regard of Silent Things / The emphasized existence of the narrative : A study of Patrick Rothfuss’ two novels The Name of the Wind and Slow Regard of Silent Things

Johansson, Carl January 2016 (has links)
No description available.
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Tout l'hiver, récit suivi de Surgissements : la tension entre corps et récits dans Infrarouge de Nancy Huston et Les cheveux mouillés de Patrick Nicol

Blanchette Lamarche, Sarah January 2016 (has links)
Le présent mémoire est formé de trois parties. La première consiste en un récit intitulé Tout l'hiver. Il raconte l'histoire d'une jeune femme qui se retrouve, malgré elle, responsable de sa mère mourante et d'un amoureux dépressif, alors qu'elle-même vit chaque jour avec une douleur intense et constante. Elle appréhende cette tâche dont elle ne se sent pas capable, mais en viendra plutôt à veiller deux absences, dans l'attente d'un dénouement. La deuxième partie se consacre à l'analyse des romans Infrarouge de Nancy Huston (2010) et Les cheveux mouillés de Patrick Nicol (2011) et, en s'aidant notamment des théories de la psychologie narrative, de l'intersubjectivité et de l'empathie narrative, tâche de démontrer trois choses : d’abord, que l’identité et le rapport au monde des personnages des deux romans procèdent largement du récit; ensuite, qu’une tension entre sens et expérience s’y manifeste, notamment par l’entremise des corps; finalement, que ladite tension participe du surgissement au cœur même du texte d’une certaine matérialité. La troisième partie, écrite sous forme d'essai réflexif sur le processus de création, discute, en regard des conclusions de l'analyse des romans de Huston et Nicol, des enjeux relatifs à l'écriture de la douleur.
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Australian national identity/ies in transition in the fiction of Patrick White

Ungari, Elena January 2006 (has links)
No description available.
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From Natural History to Orientalism, The Russell Brothers on the Cusp of Empire

Larson Boyle, Jenna January 2010 (has links)
Thesis advisor: Dana Sajdi / The British physicians Dr. Alexander Russell M.D., FRS (c.1715 - 1768) and Dr. Patrick Russell M.D., FRS (1726/7 - 1805), both British Levant Company servants, wrote and published two editions in 1756 and 1794, respectively. These brothers resided in Aleppo, Syria, when it was a provincial capital of the Ottoman Empire and recorded their observations and empirical observations in a literary work that would later become the two editions of The Natural History of Aleppo. These editions are vital references for modern scholars concerned with Ottoman Syria, Levantine commercial activity and European presence, and the city of Aleppo. However, these very scholars ignore the significant fact that these two editions were written by two different individuals at two different points in history. Thus, this MA thesis aims to investigate the two editions and illustrate how the variations in these publications were the result of both coexisting and correlated processes that culminated in an eighteenth-century phenomenon of the transformation of British global presence from a commercial power to a modern empire. Various socio-economic, political, and cultural changes related to the Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, and the growth of Western, especially British, global hegemony, resulted in a particular attitude towards what became constructed as the "Orient". This thesis examines the ways in which the interrelated processes of the rise of modern scientific disciplines, the quest for order, the emergence of the culture of collecting, and the new emphasis on the value of "useful knowledge" rendered the "Orient" a place to be ordered and studied, hence, to be controlled. The eighteenth century witnessed several decisive events that facilitated this phenomenon; with Britain's victory in the Seven Years' War (1756 - 1763), particularly at the Battle of Plassey (1757), Britain deviated from its previous position as a commercial power and emerged victorious as an imperial empire. The project attempts to demonstrate how the Russell Brothers' book on Aleppo represents a movement from the fascination with natural history, that is, the topography and botany of Aleppo (Alexander Russell's edition), to an attempt at a comprehensive study of a people, language, and culture (Patrick Russell's edition). The change in focus and tenor found in Patrick's edition represents a shift from natural history to ethnographic, a shift that is essentially Orientalist. Though the book is about the relatively marginal city of Aleppo, the shift between the two editions reflects not only the change of the character of British global dominance, which was, after the 1857 Indian Mutiny, officially colonial, but also the very national identity of Britain. This thesis, then, is a study of how Aleppo was conceived and reconceived through the prism of the change of British relationship to India from a commercial entanglement to imperial domination. The variations between the two editions, then, were a result of changing circumstances and consequent shifting attitudes. I not only attempt to illustrate Britain's transformation from a mercantile and commercial power to a colonial and imperial empire, but also how the variations of the Russell brothers' two editions, from a collection of observations to a scientific contribution to a body of specialized knowledge, were the direct results of the two authors' transformations from the botanist to the orientalist. / Thesis (MA) — Boston College, 2010. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: History.
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P.G. Laurie : the aspirations of a western enthusiast

Hildebrandt, Walter H. 18 January 2007
Patrick Gammie Laurie was a western enthusiast who came west to work as a writer and printer on various newspapers in Manitoba between 1869 and 1878. Eventually he established his own newspaper, the Saskatchewan Herald, which he published from 1878 until 1903. His aspirations for the West were remarkably similar to the national and imperial sentiments expressed by the Canada First Movement. He envisaged an organic, "holistic" society for Western Canada which would be modelled on British customs and institutions.<p>A Conservative politically, Laurie was an ardent supporter of the nation building policies of Sir John A. Macdonald. He was a stern critic of those who disagreed with his visions of an Anglo-Canadian West. Laurie believed that such a society was the only factor to prevent the West from being absorbed into the United States.<p> Laurie was frustrated with the slow progress of settlement. He had difficulty, at times, reconciling his position as a westerner and as a Conservative, and his writings reveal ambiguous and sometimes contradictory arguments on policies that affected Western Canada. Laurie's uncertainties: were due, in part at least, to the difficulties the federal government had ironing out the details of their Land, Railway, Tariff and Inmigration policies to the satisfaction of most westerners.<p>But in spite of the many criticisms Laurie had of government policies, he renamed a loyal Conservative. As an immigrant from Eastern Canada he remained essentially dedicated to the imperial and national ideals as expressed by the Canada First Movement. Laurie saw the West as an integral part of Canada and the Empire and not primarily as a separate region.
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La dénomination dans Une enfance créole de Patrick Chamoiseau

Coon, Kaytie January 2013 (has links)
Le nom propre occupe une place prépondérante dans la société antillaise en raison de l’histoire de la dénomination qui ne peut pas être séparée des réalités coloniales et de l’esclavage. Dans la présente étude, nous nous intéressons à l’analyse du nom propre dans la trilogie autobiographique postcoloniale, Une enfance créole, de l’écrivain martiniquais, Patrick Chamoiseau. La triptyque se compose des ouvrages suivants : Antan d’enfance (1990), Chemin-d’école (1994) et À bout d’enfance (2005). Le premier chapitre de cette thèse est une introduction à la littérature postcoloniale antillaise, mettant un accent particulier sur l’autobiographie postcoloniale et le récit d’enfance. Nous examinons également l’émergence de ce genre au cours des dernières années aux Antilles françaises. Notre second chapitre est consacré à l’étude théorique du nom propre. Nous visons à analyser la dénomination dans l’Histoire antillaise et les effets de la colonisation et de l’esclavage sur la formation du nom propre antillais. Plus précisément, nous découvrons que l’effacement des noms africains au début de l’esclavage et le don subséquent des noms aux nouveaux affranchis suite à l’abolition en 1848 ont eu un impact durable et difficile sur les noms antillais actuels. Dans le troisième chapitre, nous étudierons les rôles explicites et symboliques du nom propre des personnages centraux dans l’autobiographie de Chamoiseau. Nous remarquons qu’Une enfance créole se caractérise par une richesse de noms. En somme, dans le cadre de cette thèse, nous nous intéressons surtout à l’analyse de l’absence des patronymes et des figures paternelles, ainsi que la présence prépondérante des surnoms qui apparaissent dans la trilogie.
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Det dokumenterade landskapet : En studie av det dokumentära landskapsfotografietsutveckling i delstaten New Mexico, USA. / The documented landscape : A survey regarding the development of the documentarylandscape photograph in New Mexcio, USA.

Olsson, Christian January 2011 (has links)
Dokumentärfotografiet befinner sig i ständig utveckling. I takt med att människan blir mer rörlig ökar även dess kontakt med andra kulturer. Den här rapporten undersöker hur människor med olika kulturell bakgrund uppfattar kulturella konnotationer i dokumentärfotografier. Området studien avser att studera är delstaten New Mexico i USA. Rapporten inleder med att definiera den dokumentärfotografiska utveckling av landskapet som skett i delstaten. Den fortsätter sedan med att gå in på att definiera en ny typ av dokumentärfotografi som praktiseras av fotografen Patrick Nagatani. Han använder sig av en metod som Joan Fontcuberta definierar som X-ray realism. Studien har genomförts genom att producera tre olika fotografier med hjälp av metoden X-ray realism för att sedan implementera kulturella och ideologiska anknytningar i dem. Studien låter sedan responsgrupper i både Sverige och USA analysera och motivera hur de förhåller sig till de kulturella referenserna och för att klargöra om Nagatanis sätt att fotografera på fungerar globalt eller om betraktaren måste vara bosatt på platsen för att förstå fotografiernas innebörd.
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Parodie et construction identitaire

Ategomo Ymele, Martial 23 April 2012 (has links)
L’œuvre de Patrick Chamoiseau se singularise par sa dimension esthétique qui fait de la parodie le style du récit épique. À travers ses œuvres, notamment Texaco et Solibo Magnifique, l’auteur semble s’approprier l’épopée traditionnelle qu’il inscrit au cœur de sa structure narrative. L’expérience douloureuse du passé esclavagiste, ayant bâillonné la parole créole pendant la période coloniale, motive la réécriture du passé historique antillais à l’époque contemporaine. Alors, comment donner une certaine fierté à ce passé, écrire le récit épique de gens simples dont le dénominateur commun est la pauvreté, la misère et un héritage ancestral peu glorieux? Par le procédé de la parodie, Patrick Chamoiseau s’approprie le genre épique traditionnel et le redéfinit. Le mécanisme de la parodie épique qu’il met en relief permet de dénoncer la domination en même temps qu’il se donne comme forme de résistance. Par ailleurs, elle démontre que Chamoiseau se donne pour tâche de réécrire l’histoire antillaise, posant, par le prétexte de l’enquête, une interrogation au cœur même de l’identité martiniquaise. Notre travail nous amène en outre à lier le recours à l’épopée à la disparition progressive d’une composante essentielle de la culture antillaise selon Chamoiseau : l’oralité. Nous appuyant sur une lecture postcoloniale inspirée de Homi Bhabha, notre analyse permettra de voir que Chamoiseau fait de l’épopée un symbole : celui de la vie des Martiniquais par l’histoire, mais aussi celui de la construction d’une identité hybride à l’image du créole parlé, qui cependant se trouve en perpétuelle transformation, en devenir constant. Il se détourne de cette histoire caribéenne communément perçue comme problématique pour mettre en exergue sa richesse africaine faite de la tradition des chefs, des maîtres de la parole dont la maîtrise de l’art oratoire ne souffre aucune contestation, faisant d’eux des hommes du peuple, des gardiens de l’histoire originale.
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P.G. Laurie : the aspirations of a western enthusiast

Hildebrandt, Walter H. 18 January 2007 (has links)
Patrick Gammie Laurie was a western enthusiast who came west to work as a writer and printer on various newspapers in Manitoba between 1869 and 1878. Eventually he established his own newspaper, the Saskatchewan Herald, which he published from 1878 until 1903. His aspirations for the West were remarkably similar to the national and imperial sentiments expressed by the Canada First Movement. He envisaged an organic, "holistic" society for Western Canada which would be modelled on British customs and institutions.<p>A Conservative politically, Laurie was an ardent supporter of the nation building policies of Sir John A. Macdonald. He was a stern critic of those who disagreed with his visions of an Anglo-Canadian West. Laurie believed that such a society was the only factor to prevent the West from being absorbed into the United States.<p> Laurie was frustrated with the slow progress of settlement. He had difficulty, at times, reconciling his position as a westerner and as a Conservative, and his writings reveal ambiguous and sometimes contradictory arguments on policies that affected Western Canada. Laurie's uncertainties: were due, in part at least, to the difficulties the federal government had ironing out the details of their Land, Railway, Tariff and Inmigration policies to the satisfaction of most westerners.<p>But in spite of the many criticisms Laurie had of government policies, he renamed a loyal Conservative. As an immigrant from Eastern Canada he remained essentially dedicated to the imperial and national ideals as expressed by the Canada First Movement. Laurie saw the West as an integral part of Canada and the Empire and not primarily as a separate region.
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From the Mornes to the Mangrove : an ecocritical approach to resistance in the French West Indian novel /

Gosson, Renée K. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-186). Also available on the Internet.

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