This study examines the complex interplay between textuality and bodily performance by tracing their development within these two novels. Both texts are fundamentally concerned with the body and its interaction with a dominant culture. Often, the corporeal frame is posited as a physical text in which the social mores, cultural ideologies, and historical framework of a character's society are expressed through the bodies of its citizenry. However, both protagonists struggle to achieve an autonomous subject position outside the realm of the dominant culture, with varying degrees of success. At the end of Midnight's Children, Rushdie subverts the body's position as authoritative text by aligning the voice of record with textual production. Conversely, DeLillo's protagonist refutes the ability of linguistic representation to adequately convey her pathos, and instead utilizes her body art as the most effective means of communicating the atmosphere of alienation and fear which characterizes the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. / Department of English

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1997. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [200]-205).

Thesis--Auburn University, 2009. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-56).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duquesne University, 2009. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references and abstracts.

This thesis aims to conceptualize what is often referred to in diplomacy, as a policy of “constructive engagement”, by employing neoliberal-institutionalist theories and conflict resolution approaches. The adopted “model for constructive engagement” serves as the theoretical framework and centres on the basic assumption that non-coercive diplomacy coupled with the offer of incentives is best suited at resolving conflict as well as promoting human rights in international relations. Rather than looking at determinants of foreign policy making, the thesis focuses, therefore, on the actual exercise of power and influence in international relations. As such, power, both in terms of a state’s available assets as well as seen as a form causation, is considered the crucial variable in determining diplomatic manoeuvring and negotiation behaviour. The empirical context for the research project is provided by the case of British-Iranian relations during the period from 1989 to 2004. The narrative is divided into two parts: the first one deals with the impact of the fatwa against Salman Rushdie by Ayatollah Khomeini on bilateral relations and investigates British diplomacy towards Tehran, which followed the European Union’s policy of “Critical Dialogue” with Iran. Whilst the promotion of human rights was on the agenda of the “Critical Dialogue”, findings indicate that contrary to other EU member states, most notably Germany, Whitehall was able to genuinely pursuing a policy of “constructive engagement”, demanding meaningful changes in Iranian behaviour. However, findings also show that Britain’s priority was at resolving the “Rushdie affair” and not necessarily at promoting and protecting human rights in Iran. The second part of the narrative looks at the “Comprehensive Dialogue” which was implemented by the European Union in 2000 and established a direct linkage between economic rewards and the improvements of human rights in Iran. Whilst the Iranian government and parliament met EU demands, the country’s maze of power centres, most notably those dominated by hardliners and conservatives, worked against any meaningful improvements in the protection and respect of human rights. Both narratives indicate to what extent diplomacy and negotiations were influenced by domestic constituents, referred to as the Two-Level Game, as well as by asymmetries of interdependence between the EU and Iran. Overall, the data implies that constructive engagement, whilst subject to political and economic interdependence, constitutes an effective form of human rights diplomacy.

Tsang, Tak Fai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 163-168). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.iii / Dedication --- p.iv / Contents --- p.v / Chapter Chapter 1 - --- Introduction / Postmodernism and the poststructuralist view of enunciation / Chapter A.) --- What is Postmodernism? - Three Dimensions --- p.1 / Chapter B.) --- What constitutes a problem with Postmodernism? --- p.26 / Chapter C.) --- What is an alternative framework? --- p.33 / Chapter D.) --- Conclusion --- p.41 / Chapter Chapter 2 - --- Complementary relationships between discourses and subjects / One Hundred Years of Solitude - solitudes longing for dialogue / Chapter A.) --- Introduction - a Poetics of Contest --- p.42 / Chapter B.) --- The Insufficiency of Contest and Subversion --- p.60 / Chapter C.) --- One Hundred Years of Solitude - a longing for dialogue --- p.69 / Chapter D.) --- Conclusion: Dialogism and Liberal Humanism --- p.83 / Chapter Chapter 3 - --- Subject and History / Midnight's Children - dialogues of individual and national unity / Chapter A.) --- Hutcheon's view of subjectivity and history --- p.84 / Chapter B.) --- Hypothesis: a dialogical structure of discourses in Midnight's Children --- p.93 / Chapter C.) --- Conclusion: re-defining the liberal humanist subject --- p.115 / Chapter Chapter 4 - --- Subject and Politics / Beloved 226}0ؤ Agency and the articulation of a favourable identity for ex-slaves / Chapter A.) --- p.117 / Chapter B.) --- Problems of Hutcheońةs framework in Beloved --- p.131 / Chapter C.) --- "Modifying Hutcheońةs framework: Dialogism, Centres and Discourses" --- p.137 / Chapter D.) --- Conclusion: redefining postmodernist subjectivity --- p.149 / Chapter Chapter 5 - --- Conclusion / Reconfiguring Liberal Humanism - an enunciative basis / Chapter A.) --- Significance --- p.151 / Chapter B.) --- "The Enunciating Subject, The Enonce and Power" --- p.152 / Chapter C.) --- From Epistemology to Ethics --- p.156 / Chapter D.) --- Opening the Dialogue - the Performative --- p.158 / Chapter E.) --- A Forward Glance: Dialogue in a Postmodernity --- p.160 / Epilogue --- p.162 / Bibliography / Works Cited --- p.163 / Works Consulted --- p.167

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of English, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 10, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217). Also issued in print.

Thesis (M.A.)--Acadia University, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-111). Also available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Letras, Departamento de Linguística, Português e Línguas Clássicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Linguística, 2018. / Submitted by Fabiana Santos (fabianacamargo@bce.unb.br) on 2018-08-21T19:55:04Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2018_HiolenedeJesusMoraesOliveiraChamploni.pdf: 750276 bytes, checksum: 75624dafb6652fbe2633dd8e663d207c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Raquel Viana (raquelviana@bce.unb.br) on 2018-08-27T19:19:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2018_HiolenedeJesusMoraesOliveiraChamploni.pdf: 750276 bytes, checksum: 75624dafb6652fbe2633dd8e663d207c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T19:19:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2018_HiolenedeJesusMoraesOliveiraChamploni.pdf: 750276 bytes, checksum: 75624dafb6652fbe2633dd8e663d207c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-21 / Nesta dissertação, discuto a cultura, a história e a nação indiana representadas em Os filhos da meia-noite (1981), principal romance do autor indo-britânico Salman Rushdie, vencedor de importantes prêmios literários. A escolha dessa obra se deu pelo motivo de Rushdie imbricar fato históricos a episódios ficcionais de maneira complexa: no exato momento da independência da Índia, ocorre o nascimento do narrador-personagem do romance, Salim Sinai, juntamente com outras centenas de crianças. Todas elas são dotadas de poderes extraordinários, formando a comunidade dos filhos da meia-noite. Como estratégia narrativa, Rushdie utiliza o Realismo Mágico, que analiso, para recontar e recriar eventos polêmicos ocorridos nos bastidores da história indiana, ao mesmo tempo em que alude à diversidade cultural de seu país. Como referenciais teóricos, ancoro-me em críticos da atualidade, como David Roas, Thomas Bonnici e G. N. S. Raghavam, que teorizam a literatura fantástica, o hibridismo cultural e o projeto nacional indiano. / In this dissertation, I discuss Indian culture, History and nation represented in Midnight’s Children (1981), the main novel by Indo-British author Salman Rushdie, winner of important literary awards. I chose this work because Rushdie overlaps historical facts and fictional episodes in a complex manner: at the exactly moment of India's independence, the birth of Salim Sinai, the narrator of the novel, takes place, along with hundreds of other children. All of them are endowed with extraordinary powers, forming the community of the midnight’s children. As a narrative strategy, Rushdie uses Magical Realism, which I analyze, to retell and re-create controversial events in the background of Indian history, while alluding to the cultural diversity of his country. As theoretical references, I am anchored in contemporary critics such as David Roas, Thomas Bonnici and G. N. S. Raghavam, who theorize the fantastic literature, cultural hybridity and the Indian national project.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-04-03T12:57:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Gabriel Gustavo Adolfo.pdf: 384043 bytes, checksum: 1cb3d6d8d670341f6711ef3e584b3933 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-03T12:57:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Gabriel Gustavo Adolfo.pdf: 384043 bytes, checksum: 1cb3d6d8d670341f6711ef3e584b3933 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-22 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This study intends to analyse how social interactions, often marked by hybridity and cultural translation, are represented in the plots of the novels The moor’s last sigh (1995, O último suspiro do mouro, 1996) by Salman Rushdie and Relato de um certo oriente (1989, Tale of a Certain Orient, 2008) by Milton Hatoum. The analysis will focus on the narrator ’s perspective and will try to show how the elements of the two narratives contribute to the literary concept of such novels. The conceptual framework is drawn from the perspective of cultural studies and post-colonial literary criticism, including considerations on diaspora, discursive manifestations derived from the encounter between distinct cultures and comparative literature, among others. This work is based on concepts postulated by theorists such as Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, Franz Fanon, Gayatry C. Spivak, Stuart Hall, Mikhail M. Bakhtin, Walter Benjamin, Silviano Santiago and Antonio Candido. The analysis of the two novels also seeks to demonstrate how literature can challenge traditional kinds of knowledge and discourses of ethnic-cultural "purity" and national identity / Este trabalho visa analisar nos romances O último suspiro do mouro (1995) de Salman Rushdie e Relato de um certo oriente (1989) de Milton Hatoum como são retratadas, por meio do narrador, as relações sociais representadas nos enredos, muitas vezes marcadas pelo hibridismo e pela tradução cultural, e como esses elementos contribuem para a criação literária das obras. A fundamentação teórica parte da perspectiva dos estudos culturais e da crítica literária pós-colonial, incluindo considerações sobre diáspora, criações discursivas a partir do encontro entre culturas distintas e literatura comparada, dentre outras. Os autores utilizados como referência são, dentre outros, Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, Franz Fanon, Gayatry C. Spivak, Stuart Hall, Mikhail M. Bakhtin, Walter Benjamin, Silviano Santiago, Antonio Candido. A análise dos dois romances busca também verificar como a literatura pode questionar saberes e discursos de “pureza” étnico-cultural e de identidade nacional