Tradition in the study of Beowulf has held that the discussion between Beowulf and Unferth regarding Beowulf’s victory over Breca concerns a swimming competition. However, some scholars have suggested that this section refers to a rowing or sailing adventure, due to some ambiguity in the language of the passage. Linguistic evidence for the rowing interpretation, mostly from the 1970's, is well-known but has been neither accepted by editors nor effectively countered by subsequent scholarship. By applying literary, dramatic and cultural theoretical principles to the two alternative explanations it became apparent that the rowing interpretation of the Breca episode is more appropriate within the literary and social context of Beowulf. This more-or-less ambiguous episode has been modified to fit Beowulf into a folk-tale ethos in which scholarship no longer admits it has a place. This nineteenth-century interpretation has now passed out of favour, but recent scholarship has remained committed a traditional interpretation of the Breca episode which now is clearly incongruous.

In the Swedish peasant society, the church was an important venue. In areas were the church in the parish was located nearby a lake, the easiest way to reach the church was by boat. This was the case in several parishes around the lake Siljan in the province Dalarna, which is the focal point of this study. The villages were large, and the villagers would organise themselves in large boats, so called church-boats. Due to technological innovations, as one important aspect, there were no longer any need for the church-boats at the time of the turn of the 20th century. Some decades into the new century the old boats were once again taken into use and new boats of the same type were taken into production. In 1936 an organized racing competition with church-boats was initiated, and this still lives on today. This study examines the contemporary customs surrounding church-boats on Siljan in the character of competition as well as journeys to the church. The main part of the material is collected through ethnological fieldwork, conducted through interviews and observation/participant-observation, supplemented with a wide range of other material such as internet sources as well as textual and visual material. Aspects that are highlighted is the different characters of the custom, how the custom today is expressed in relation to the past, how local identity is expressed through the custom and what role its performers see for the custom today and for the future. One aspect that is highlighted is the stagnated interest in the usage of the church-boats but narratives with a positive tone are given room as well. A crucial proposition of the study is how the custom in its era as revitalized cultural heritage is filled with new values. Its historical purpose is no longer of relevance and today the usage of the church-boats comes with other purposes such as a cultural historical interest, tourism and sport. It is also shown how changes and preservation both serves as necessary components for the further existence of the cultural heritage. Crucial theoretical frameworks that is used, apart from cultural heritage and revitalization, are performance and nostalgia.

El proyecto busca satisfacer las necesidades de un deportista de alto rendimiento de remo, para esto tiene zonas esenciales para su desarrollo y entrenamiento como un gimnasio con áreas para cardio (que incluye remoergometros) y musculación, una residencia, área de bienestar y rehabilitación, así como pozas de entrenamiento y el hangar de embarcaciones. Así mismo cuenta con una terraza para visitantes para eventos o días de competencia. La ubicación del proyecto es esencial porque al estar en un medio natural ayuda a la alta concentración del deportista y permite que el deporte se realice con eficacia, el lugar elegido es la “albufera de medio mundo” que es una laguna de 7km de largo, y que es propicia para la práctica del remo porque cuenta con aguas tranquilas las cuales son muy importantes para llevar a cabo del deporte, cabe resaltar el medio tranquilo, natural y aislado de la ciudad ayuda a la plena concentración. Ante este entorno natural y de conservación se ha optado por una construcción sostenible que respete y tenga compromiso con el medio ambiente, este implica el uso eficiente de la energía solar y el tratamiento del agua, la orientación del edificio para aprovechar los vientos y tener ventilación cruzada, así como un sistema constructivo de madera elevado sobre el nivel del suelo para reducir el impacto y que perdure ante la acción del medio costero. / The project seeks to satisfy the needs of a high performance rowing athlete, for this it has essential areas for its development and training as a gym with areas for cardio (which includes remoegometros) and fitness, a residence, wellness and rehabilitation area as well as rowing tanks and the boat storage. It also has a terrace for visitors for events or days of competition. The location of the project is essential because being in a natural environment helps the high concentration of the athlete and allows the sport to be carried out effectively, the chosen place is the "Albufera de Medio Mundo" which is a lagoon of 7km long, and that is conducive to the practice of rowing because it has calm waters which are very important to carry out the sport, it is worth highlighting the quiet, natural and isolated environment of the city helps the full concentration. Faced with this natural environment and conservation has opted for a sustainable construction that respects and is committed to the environment, this involves the efficient use of solar energy and water treatment, the orientation of the building to take advantage of the winds and have ventilation crossed as well as a constructive system of wood raised above ground level to reduce the impact and to last before the action of the coastal environment. / Tesis

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[pt] O objetivo desta dissertação é acompanhar a relação dos escritores modernistas brasileiros com o futebol nas décadas de 1930, 1940 e 1950, tendo como principal referência a figura do romancista e cronista esportivo José Lins do Rego (1901-1957). Procura-se mostrar de que maneira as questões sociais, culturais e artísticas do modernismo, entendido em seu sentido histórico mais amplo, encontram-se presentes na visão do escritor paraibano acerca do fenômeno futebolístico no Brasil. Assim como o folclore e a música popular, integrados à plataforma modernista desde a década de 1920, busca-se evidenciar de que forma José Lins do Rego insere o futebol na discussão em torno da formação da identidade e da cultura brasileira, identificando no Clube de Regatas do Flamengo tudo aquilo que ele considerava ser os aspectos genuínos da nacionalidade. / [en] The aim of this dissertation is to examine the relationship between soccer and the Brazilian modernist writers of the 1930s, 40s and 50s, among whom the novelist and sports chronicler José Lins do Rego (1901-1957) is the main reference. This study shows how the social, cultural and artistic aspects of modernism - in its broader historical sense - are reflected in this northeastern writers vision of the soccer phenomenon in Brazil. Similar to what occurs with folklore and popular music, inscribed in the modernist project since the 1920s, this study underlines how José Lins do Rego introduces soccer to the discussion on the formation of Brazilian identity and culture, identifying in the Clube de Regatas do Flamengo everything that he considered to be the genuine aspects of nationality.

This thesis examines the experience of loss in Anne Landsman’s novels The Devil’s Chimney (1997) and The Rowing Lesson (2008), and Rachel Zadok’s Gem Squash Tokoloshe (2005). Positing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as an impetus for emerging literary traditions within contemporary South African fiction, the argument begins by evaluating the reasons for the TRC’s widespread impact, and considers the role that the individual author may play within a culture which is undergoing dramatic socio-political upheavals. Through theoretical explication, close reading, and textual comparison, the argument initiates a dialogue between psychoanalysis and literary analysis, differentiating between two primary modes of experiencing loss, namely traumatic and nostalgic memory. Out of these sets of concerns, the thesis seeks to understand the inextricability of body, memory and landscape, and interrogates the deployment of these tropes within the contexts of traumatic and nostalgic loss, examining each author’s nuanced invocation. A central tenet of the argument is a consideration, moreover, of how the dialogic imagination has shaped storytelling, and whether or not narrative may provide therapeutic affect for either author or reader. The study concludes with an interpretation of the changing shape of literary expression within South Africa.

The diploma thesis "Leisure time centre Brno - Brno reservoir" is processed in the form of architectural study. The theme of architectural study is project which integrates rowing club facilities, housing for students representing University of Technology in Brno, restaurant and observation tower. The main aim of proposal is to create dignified, interconnected spaces for these functions and to make the Brno reservoir even more attractive. Area for project of the Leisure time centre is located on a gentle slope and defined by the Rakovecka road and water area of the reservoir. The proposed project replaces all the existing buildings on the defined area of interest.