Ce travail s’attache à étudier les éventuels féminismes de Desperate Housewives. La peinture que la série propose de femmes et mères au foyer américaines désespérées est a priori le lieu d’une dénonciation de leur vie et de leur condition qui n’est pas sans rappeler celle de Betty Friedan dans The Feminine Mystique au début des années soixante. De plus, de nombreuses contradictions du féminisme américain (en fait constitué de nombreuses sous-catégories et sensibilités) y trouvent un écho. Cette multiplicité des interprétations possibles de Desperate Housewives, ainsi que sa composante postmoderne et camp, en font le lieu privilégié d’un féminisme queer propre à la série. / This study investigates the feminist messages conveyed by Desperate Housewives. The depiction of desperate American housewives and stay-at-home mothers seems at first to be a scathing indictment of their plight, not unlike that of Betty Friedan in The Feminine Mystique.Furthermore many inner dissensions of American feminism (a term far more pluralistic than one might think) are voiced in the television series. The different ways Desperate Housewives can be interpreted, along with its postmodern and camp components, make it possible for an idiosyncratic brand of queer feminism to emerge.

Science fiction films may be viewed as existing as threads within a web, and at the same time constituting the web. The metaphor is apt: texts and contexts and their relationship have a difficult accommodation with each other, an interdependent and dynamic relationship. The text is a thread in the web, as are elements of context, yet the threads are in a symbiotic and constantly changing relationship with each other, as the web is constantly in a state of renewal and change. At the same time, the text itself is a web, as are the various contexts. The threads are both ephemeral and fleeting, while incredibly strong. This thesis is about the polysemy of science fiction film: its subject is the films of the fifties that belong to the genre of science fiction. But the area of study began as an investigation of the science in science fiction films; the way in which films construct that science, the end result of that construction and the totality of the discourse of science in relation to other discourses of power and influence. The investigation of those issues involves a multi-layered investigation into science fiction, in a similar way to Tulloch and Alvarado's approach to the Dr Who television series.1 Approaching science fiction films from a perspective of genre, as in chapter one, uncovers a set of arguments about the science in science fiction, as well as establishing the global nature of some science fiction. These concerns lead into the discussion in chapter two of the social and historical context of the fifties, specifically in the US. Science plays a major role in these contexts, in the sense of the importance of science in creating these contexts (from this perspective) as well as the effects of the application of this science. But the historical and cultural contexts tend to suggest that science fiction films are in large part both a response to the social and historical context, and also create that context. This would not be quite accurate: the production of many science fiction films mobilise other arguments, arguments relating to the industry of Hollywood, and the specific industrial context that gave rise to some very financially successful science fiction films, as well as some films where the budget was good for a few days filming. Science and technology are sometimes important elements in this industrial context as well. Part II traces the nature of science in these films, using the contexts in Part I to anchor the science and its implications and effects. Foregrounded is the debate in which science is both key player and, in many cases, antagonist. The debate is traced and the various representations of science and its nature are tracked and highlighted. Science can cause change, by virtue of its nature of uncovering superstition, but the worth or desirability of that change is open to question. The control of science is a related issue. The thesis examines science at a period that saw the efflorescence of science fiction films. The examination of those films tells us a great deal about the concerns of the time, as well as the science that figures so powerfully in the webs of culture of the fifties.

<p>Purpose/Aim: This study is an analysis of the view on masculinity, male sexuality and creation of identity with the television series Queer as folk as a base. The analysis is partly based on a semiotic analysis of the representation of masculinity and male sexuality from an episode of the chosen television series Queer as folk, and partly based on a thematic analysis of focus group discussions with young men with different sexualities.</p><p>Material/Method: This study is based on focus group interviews and a semiotic and thematic analysis. The focus groups consisted of three men in three different groups and were chosen on the criteria of gender and sexuality. All groups were presented with an episode of the television series Queer as folk to see how they perceived masculinity and male sexuality. Their discussions were analyzed with a thematic analysis and the television series Queer as folk with a semiotic analysis.</p><p>Main results: The three analyzed characters in Queer as folk showed different representations of masculinity and male sexuality. The discussions from the focus groups could be linked to the semiotic analysis and showed some similar tendencies. The focus groups perceptions were diffe-rentiated in relation to each other with certain diversity between the hetero, homo and bisexual participants. Above all, the participant’s perception was divided when it came to the male sexuali-ty that was featured in the episode but also of the representations of the homosexual characters.</p>

Purpose/Aim: This study is an analysis of the view on masculinity, male sexuality and creation of identity with the television series Queer as folk as a base. The analysis is partly based on a semiotic analysis of the representation of masculinity and male sexuality from an episode of the chosen television series Queer as folk, and partly based on a thematic analysis of focus group discussions with young men with different sexualities. Material/Method: This study is based on focus group interviews and a semiotic and thematic analysis. The focus groups consisted of three men in three different groups and were chosen on the criteria of gender and sexuality. All groups were presented with an episode of the television series Queer as folk to see how they perceived masculinity and male sexuality. Their discussions were analyzed with a thematic analysis and the television series Queer as folk with a semiotic analysis. Main results: The three analyzed characters in Queer as folk showed different representations of masculinity and male sexuality. The discussions from the focus groups could be linked to the semiotic analysis and showed some similar tendencies. The focus groups perceptions were diffe-rentiated in relation to each other with certain diversity between the hetero, homo and bisexual participants. Above all, the participant’s perception was divided when it came to the male sexuali-ty that was featured in the episode but also of the representations of the homosexual characters.

This thesis is asking whether the television series Community (2009-) can be defined as a Sitcom, combined with a look at how other genres that generally are considered to be non-comic are incorporated in the series and how those are identifiable as well as whether or not they compromise Community’s possible label as a Sitcom. In seeking to define this show’s place in its own genre I found that whilst Community does not follow the archetypal technical conventions of Sitcom, it still does follow some of its setups, tropes and ideas. It does not suffice as a classical Sitcom, but it does lean on some of the genres conventions and has not yet passed over the line where it would be part of a completely different genre. Instead I state that the series fits the term New Comedy, as devised by Antonio Savorelli, not a genre but a term representing the heightened use of metatextuality on four levels in Comedy. Thus Community suffices as a part of an evolved version of the Sitcom genre.

In this comparative study research was done into the ways in which youth novels were transformed into a youth series on TV, in order to compile a transformation model. The Afrikaans youth novels Die verklikker and Twee wenners by Marilee McCallaghan and the TV youth series Wenners, that was based on these stories, were used for this comparison. The texts (youth novels and TV script/text) were analysed and interpreted, and the variants and constants that were found in the comparison were used to compile a model according to which the transformation precedes were deduced. The model that had been compiled applies only to this study, as all stories differ and are unique in themselves, and therefore the model has to be adapted for each adaptation and production of a youth series (book) to a TV youth series. In both the youth novels, Die verklikker and Twee wenners as well as in the TV youth series Wenners all the main characters, and especially the two main characters Carl and Jackie, show identity development. Regarding their social identity Carl and Jackie are constantly aware of their positions in the smaller community of the orphanage, and specifically regarding the other characters and their positive and negative social roles. With regard to their personal identities, both Carl and Jackie had established a feeling of continuity in their existence despite the fact that their father had passed away and there mother was in a psychiatric clinic, and despite the fact that they were both initially confused and disrupted. They had undergone many changes and had developed, but despite the many changes around them and within themselves they each contained the core of his/her identity. Although they are twins, the analysis of the stories shows that Carl and Jackie had developed a feeling of individual identity - a feeling of individuality or uniqueness. Each of them, as an individual had a subjective experience of these various aspects of identity, which enabled both Carl and to experience a feeling of a unique, whole (complete) person in their own right. At this stage in the South African television industry many adaptation of books (prose) to film are made, although it is not done for television on a regular base in Afrikaans. The adaptation of a youth novel to a TV series might inspire the adolescent who is already watching the series to read the book from which the adaptation was made. This, in turn, may lead to a possible new edition of the relevant book, as well as the possible rebroadcast, or even the manufacturing of a new version of the current series, depending on its popularity. In the event of a new production of the series the challenge would indeed be not to be the same as its predecessor, but to convey the theme of the story within a new context. / Thesis (M.A. (Afrikaans and Dutch))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

In this comparative study research was done into the ways in which youth novels were transformed into a youth series on TV, in order to compile a transformation model. The Afrikaans youth novels Die verklikker and Twee wenners by Marilee McCallaghan and the TV youth series Wenners, that was based on these stories, were used for this comparison. The texts (youth novels and TV script/text) were analysed and interpreted, and the variants and constants that were found in the comparison were used to compile a model according to which the transformation precedes were deduced. The model that had been compiled applies only to this study, as all stories differ and are unique in themselves, and therefore the model has to be adapted for each adaptation and production of a youth series (book) to a TV youth series. In both the youth novels, Die verklikker and Twee wenners as well as in the TV youth series Wenners all the main characters, and especially the two main characters Carl and Jackie, show identity development. Regarding their social identity Carl and Jackie are constantly aware of their positions in the smaller community of the orphanage, and specifically regarding the other characters and their positive and negative social roles. With regard to their personal identities, both Carl and Jackie had established a feeling of continuity in their existence despite the fact that their father had passed away and there mother was in a psychiatric clinic, and despite the fact that they were both initially confused and disrupted. They had undergone many changes and had developed, but despite the many changes around them and within themselves they each contained the core of his/her identity. Although they are twins, the analysis of the stories shows that Carl and Jackie had developed a feeling of individual identity - a feeling of individuality or uniqueness. Each of them, as an individual had a subjective experience of these various aspects of identity, which enabled both Carl and to experience a feeling of a unique, whole (complete) person in their own right. At this stage in the South African television industry many adaptation of books (prose) to film are made, although it is not done for television on a regular base in Afrikaans. The adaptation of a youth novel to a TV series might inspire the adolescent who is already watching the series to read the book from which the adaptation was made. This, in turn, may lead to a possible new edition of the relevant book, as well as the possible rebroadcast, or even the manufacturing of a new version of the current series, depending on its popularity. In the event of a new production of the series the challenge would indeed be not to be the same as its predecessor, but to convey the theme of the story within a new context. / Thesis (M.A. (Afrikaans and Dutch))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

Submitted by Edileide Reis (leyde-landy@hotmail.com) on 2013-05-16T11:06:11Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Paula Queiroz Dutra P2.pdf: 2766888 bytes, checksum: e5a03cba7c22ad75ea704611c4613418 (MD5) Paula Queiroz Dutra P1.pdf: 4701850 bytes, checksum: 65dec920916566cce3c8ce3511209712 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Alda Lima da Silva(sivalda@ufba.br) on 2013-05-16T18:03:03Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Paula Queiroz Dutra P2.pdf: 2766888 bytes, checksum: e5a03cba7c22ad75ea704611c4613418 (MD5) Paula Queiroz Dutra P1.pdf: 4701850 bytes, checksum: 65dec920916566cce3c8ce3511209712 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-05-16T18:03:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Paula Queiroz Dutra P2.pdf: 2766888 bytes, checksum: e5a03cba7c22ad75ea704611c4613418 (MD5) Paula Queiroz Dutra P1.pdf: 4701850 bytes, checksum: 65dec920916566cce3c8ce3511209712 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Este estudo examina a tradução de humor nas legendas sob uma perspectiva descritiva. Através da análise das duas traduções brasileiras de 15 episódios do seriado norte americano Sex and the City, a do canal Multishow da TV por assinatura, realizada por Daniela P.B. Dias, e a dos DVDs da série vendidos no Brasil, cujo tradutor permanece desconhecido, procurou-se descrever e comparar as estratégias tradutórias utilizadas para a reconstrução do humor verbal e visual dos episódios em português. No seriado, observamos dois tipos principais de humor: o humor universal, pela temática de relacionamentos, e o humor local, baseado em referências à cultura americana. Os gatilhos de humor mais comumente encontrados nos exemplos selecionados foram jogos de palavras e comentários espirituosos e irônicos, com muitas ocorrências desses referentes culturais como elemento principal para acionar o humor. Considerando as especificidades desse tipo peculiar de tradução audiovisual que é a legendagem e o desafio que a tradução de humor sempre representou, este estudo apresenta reflexões sobre a prática de legendagem associada à tradução de humor na TV e no DVD, uma lacuna nos estudos realizados até o momento no Brasil. A pesquisa demonstrou que há uma maior formalização do estilo nas legendas do DVD, por meio de omissões e minimizações de palavrões e referências sexuais, do uso de pronomes oblíquos e de estruturas sintáticas mais formais, o que até certo ponto compromete a recriação do humor e a representação do coloquialismo dos diálogos de partida. Na TV também há minimizações, mas em menor grau do que no DVD, enquanto que os empréstimos ocorrem em um maior grau. Observamos também a tendência das legendas do DVD serem mais longas do que as da TV, o que deve ser levado em conta na análise comparativa entre as duas versões, já que o número de caracteres pode limitar a possibilidade de recriação do tradutor. De um modo geral, a versão televisiva revela uma maior liberdade do tradutor, com um maior número de adaptações e, por isso, legendas mais criativas em termos de humor. / Salvador

The thesis deals with the issue of narrative practices in television series, focusing on the adaptation of original novels of classic and canonized literary authors. In this context, the thesis focuses on the study of adaptation and narrative procedures used in movies and television series. Based on the comparison and analysis of the adaptation of a certain work, it focuses on specific issues concerning the serial narratives as compared to the original, and on features which are different in the adaptation of the television series from other serial or cinematographic works.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:24:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-07-26Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:51:13Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 costa_sm_me_bauru.pdf: 783771 bytes, checksum: f6115841d14868eb3c59d33eab2dfea9 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A diversidade de suportes e mídias que povoam o mercado tecnológico atualmente desperta preocupações por parte dos produtores de conteúdo cultural comercial devido principalmente à necessidade de atender a um novo público que busca cada vez mais interagir com narrativas, com os produtores e com demais consumidores. A web, com suas ferramentas de interatividade e construção coletiva de conhecimento, se destaca como ponto de união de interesses tanto de produtores, com a maior variabilidade de suas narrativas, quanto dos consumidores, com suas diversas formas de fruição de conteúdo. Partindo da hipótese de que as ferramentas da web interferem na forma de fruição, o objetivo da pesquisa se volta para a identificação dessas ferramentas e análise crítica de sua utilização na transmissão de conteúdo audiovisual na web. A pesquisa se debruça sobre um produto audiovisual, a série de TV Supernatural, buscando observar quais são as ferramentas envolvidas no processo de convergência midiática entre televisão e internet, mais especificamente, a apropriação feita pelo público do conteúdo audiovisual para sua transmissão na web, originalmente produzido para a TV. O objetivo é compreender criticamente esse deslocamento de conteúdo e qual a importância das características da web para essa dinâmica, buscando responder quais recursos midiáticos estão disponíveis para transmissão de conteúdo audiovisual. Esta observação se faz a partir da análise de três sites distintos, com formas diferentes de disponibilização do conteúdo de série Supernatural, buscando uma gama maior de ferramentas disponíveis próprias da web / The diversity in media and supports which populate the technology market nowadays brings about some worry on the part of the producers of culturally commercial content due, mainly, to the need of catering to a new public who looks more and mor to interact with the narrative, with said producers and with other consumers of such media. The web, with its interactivity tools and collective construction of knowledge, comes across as union focus of of interests from the part of the producers, with a greater varibility of its narratives, and also from the part of the consumers, with its many ways of fruition of such content. Coming from the bypothesis that the web-tools interfere in the ways of fruition, the aim of this research is to turn is focus on the identification of these tools and on the critical analysis of its usage in the transmission of audiovisual content over the web. The research focu on an audiovisual product, the TV series Supernatural, aiming to observe what are the tools involved in the media convergence process between television and the internet, more specifically, the appropriation made by the public of the audiovisual content for its transmission on the web, originally produced for the TV. The goal is to critically understand such content displacement and what is the importance of the web characteristics for this dynamic, trying to answer what media resources are available for the transmission of audiovisual content. This observation is made by the analyses of three distinct websites, with different ways of release of the content of the series Supernatural, trying to achieve e bigger frame of reference on the tools available over the web