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This dissertation concerns the multilingual structure found in the fictitious works of French writer Raymond Queneau (1903-1976) by examining the different languages of genres that occur in this author's first novel, Le Chiendent (1933). The distinctive style of literary discourse and the diversity in the languages of interspersed genres found in this novel are examined. The stylistic analysis is inspired primarily by the Bakhtin theory and aims to shed light on Queneau's language-related practices in a fictitious context. The author's linguistic theory is then examined in order to better understand the philosophy that underlies this innovative practice. The dialogic function of the spoken language and the encyclopedic variety of discourses are some of the aspects considered as essential for accessing the ethos of this novel.

The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of scholarly research on the orchestral performance practice of conductor Raymond Leppard.This study presents, with supporting evidence, what an international conductor does today to incorporate the results of research into the interpretation of music. From this study, the writer has presented the influence scholarly research has had on orchestral performance practice, how one of today's conductor and orchestras deal with the issues raised and how they are carried into current performances, and to what degree do musicologists influence his performance. Orchestra conductors continue to learn from performance practice research and young conductors must be encouraged to gain knowledge from this field.Three scholarly musicians, Arnold Dolmetsch (1858-1940), Edmund H. Fellowes (1870-1951), and Thurston Dart (1921-1971), among many others, did much to revive authentic performances of earlier music. Their critical and historical writings are based on original sources and the concept of interpretation by studying composers' original manuscripts and editions in order to better present their musical style and heritage. This developed a strong movement towards the study of incorporating authentic music research into music performance.Maestro Leppard is known particularly for his interpretations of seventeenth and eighteenth century music. He prepared the revivals of Monteverdi and Cavalli's Italian operas. Maestro Leppard has had many experiences with European and American orchestras and has made many recordings. The contents of the interview focused on (1) orchestra size and seating, (2) the authenticity of music, (3) some basic performance practice elements such as tempo, rhythm, dynamics, articulation and phrasing, ornamentation, vibrato, and portamento, (4) string bowing, (5) editions, and (6) interpretation and personal observations. / School of Music

Zugl.: Bonn, Univ., Diss., Wintersemester 2005/2006

Thesis--Catholic University of America. / Bibliography: p. 169-178.

Thèse (M.A.)--Université Laval, 1997. / Bibliogr.: f. 79-80. Publié aussi en version électronique.

A teoria dos temperamentos de David Kersey indica que há diferentes disposições de agir e comportar-se de acordo com tipos psicológicos. Diferentes temperamentos têm diferentes interpretações dos fatos, reagem de modo distinto a essas interpretações, tomam decisões baseados em diferentes critérios e lidam com as situações de modo diverso. A presente tese pretende tornar os tipos (ideais) de Keirsey (ISTP, ESFJ etc.) visíveis e concretos, por meio da análise de personagens de ficção: a família Barone da série televisiva Everybody Loves Raymond, e assim poder oferecer subsídios para a educação, tornando visíveis, em perfis biográficos, temas nos quais o temperamento deve ser levado em conta por educadores para aperfeiçoar sua compreensão dos educandos. São assim analisados em detalhes, dos personagens bem elaborados de Everybody Loves Raymond, pessoas comuns, vivendo seu quotidiano de acordo com seus tipos de temperamento e mostra-se em vida real um ESFP, uma ESTJ, uma ESFJ, um ISTP e um NF/SJ. Eles nos propiciam um melhor reconhecimento, melhor compreensão e discussão de importantes temas pedagógicos (aprendizagem, concepção de escola, lidar com a culpa e o dever etc.), tal como vivenciados por diferentes tipos de temperamento. / The temperament theory of David Kersey indicates that each individual was born with a disposition to act and behave in certain ways according to his type. People with different temperaments have different interpretations of events, will react to these interpretations in different manners, will make choices based on different criteria, and will deal with situations in different manners. Keirseys theory is also important for education: teachers and parents should take temperament into account in order to improve their understanding of the students. This thesis aims to make Keirseys (ideal) types (ISTP, ESFJ etc.) more concrete by fleshing them out into fictional characters: the Barone family of the TV series Everybody Loves Raymond. Throughout the episodes of the sitcom, we can see three-dimensional and believable characters: ordinary people living ordinary lives according to their temperament types. In Everybody Loves Raymond we have in action, like in real life, an ESFP (Raymond), an ESTJ (Debra), an ESFJ (Marie), an ISTP (Frank) and a NF/SJ (Robert). They make easier to recognize, understand and discuss different types of temperament on important educational matters (learning, conception of the school, guilt, duty etc.)

O materialismo cultural é uma abordagem metodológica contemporânea em Teoria Cultural. Trata-se de \"uma teoria das especificidades da produção material de cultura e literatura dentro do materialismo histórico\", conforme define Raymond Williams (1921-1988), um dos principais nomes ligados a essa perspectiva. Fundador da tradição britânica dos estudos culturais, Williams concebe a cultura, na contramão da crítica literária tradicional - de base romântico-idealista -, como produção material da sociedade. O trabalho expõe o sistema de axiomas e categorias do materialismo cultural e investiga as conexões intelectuais e políticas entre o materialismo cultural e a tradição marxista, por meio de um diálogo envolvendo o marxismo clássico e as obras de Gramsci e Raymond Williams. Argumenta-se que o materialismo cultural contribuiu para o avanço da concepção materialista histórica no campo da cultura, permitindo uma ampliação de horizontes e o enfrentamento dos notáveis dilemas que o marxismo sofreu ao abordar problemas da comunicação e da cultura. Mostra-se de que maneira o materialismo cultural pode servir de referência conceitual para as lutas políticas contemporâneas pela democratização da comunicação e da cultura. / Cultural Materialism is a methodological approach in contemporary cultural theory. It is \"a theory of the specificities of material cultural and literary production within historical materialism\", as defined by Raymond Williams (1921-1988), a leading figure associated with this perspective. Founder of the British tradition of cultural studies, Williams conceived culture not from traditional, romantic/idealist viewpoint of established literary criticism, but as being the material product of society. The work investigates the intellectual and political connections between Cultural Materialism and the Marxist tradition, through a dialogue involving classical Marxism and the works of Gramsci and Raymond Williams. The author argues that Cultural Materialism has contributed to an advance in the historical-materialist conception of culture, helping to expand its horizons and to overcome the difficulties that Marxism previously faced when addressing problems of communication and culture. The author also shows how Cultural Materialism can serve as a conceptual reference in contemporary political struggles for the democratisation of communication and culture.

La présente thèse de doctorat est consacrée à la problématique du Néant dans les œuvres romanesques de Georges Bataille et Raymond Queneau. Une lecture comparée de ces deux auteurs ne semble pas a priori évidente tant leurs œuvres sont éloignées, aussi bien d’un point de vue thématique que d’un point de vue stylistique. Pourtant, les deux auteurs entendent faire du roman, et de la littérature en général, le lieu d’une expérience de pensée leur permettant d’envisager les problèmes fondamentaux de l’homme. C’est à ce titre qu’ils se confrontent au néant de l’existence, sujet d’angoisse qui suscite volontiers le vertige. Nous nous intéressons dans un premier temps à la constitution de cette expérience du Néant, en soulignant qu’elle relève d’une configuration de pensée aussi bien variée qu’hétérodoxe, reflétant l’émulation intellectuelle qui caractérise l’amitié de Bataille et Queneau. Dans une deuxième partie, nous nous interrogeons plus spécifiquement sur l’intérêt de l’écriture romanesque pour traiter de la question du Néant, en particulier au regard de la philosophie. La dernière partie aborde la problématique de la lecture qui permet de faire du Néant inscrit dans les textes une véritable expérience. Tout au long de ce travail, nous montrons ainsi la singularité d’une pensée littéraire dans le rapport problématique qu’elle entretient avec la philosophie. / This PhD work is devoted to the subject of Nothingness in the fiction works by George Bataille and Raymond Queneau. A comparative reading of those two authors is far from obvious in theory because their works are so remote from each other, from a thematic point of view as well as from a stylistic point of view. However, both authors are intent upon turning the novel, and literature in general, into a thought provoking place enabling them to face the fundamental problems of Man. It is for that reason that they address the nothingness of life, a source of anguish prone to provoke vertigo. In a first part, we will reflect upon the building of that experience of nothingness, by underlining that it derives from a frame of mind as varied as heterodox, mirroring the intellectual emulation that is a key feature of the friendship between Bataille and Queneau. In a second part, we will more specifically wonder about the interest of fiction writing to deal with the subject of nothingness, in particular in relation with philosophy. The last part focuses on the question of reading which enables to turn Nothingness inscribed in the texts into a real experience. Throughout this work, we thus show the uniqueness of a literary thinking in its problematic relation with philosophy.

O materialismo cultural de Raymond Williams, como formulação de uma nova teoria da cultura inscrita no materialismo histórico, centra-se em um dos debates mais polêmicos e fecundos da tradição marxista - a questão da determinação econômica da cultura e da arte. O presente trabalho visa a uma leitura crítica do livro Marxismo e Literatura, no qual Williams expõe sua teoria de forma abrangente. Por tratar-se de um livro expositivo, sua discussão será acompanhada de diversas análises culturais e literárias do crítico, trazendo à tona seu método teórico-prático as análises criando a teoria, que reorganiza, por sua vez, as formas de entendimento da realidade. / Raymond Williamss Cultural Materialism, working as a formulation of a new cultural theory inscribed in Marxs historical materialism, takes part in one of the most polemical and productive debates in the Marxist tradition the question of the economic determinantion of culture and the arts. The present dissertation has as its aim a critical reading of Marxism and Literature, book in which Williams thoroughly exposes his theory. Being of an expositive kind, its discussion will be conducted along with the study of some of Williamss literary and cultural analyses, bringing forth his method both theoretical and practical the analyses producing the theory that, in its turn, reorganizes the forms of understanding reality.