A consistent feature of Saul Bellow???s fiction is the protagonist???s encounter with one or more teaching figures. Dialogue with such individuals prompts the Bellovian protagonist to reject his current state of selfhood as inadequate and provokes him to re-form as a new person. The teacher figure offers a better self to which the protagonist is attracted; or, more frequently in Bellow, the protagonist is repelled by both his teacher and his own current state to form a new, previously unrepresented self. This thesis argues that Bellow???s self inherits and modifies the perfectionist philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, in a literary reinterpretation that parallels Stanley Cavell???s philosophical revaluation of the American Transcendentalists. In Emerson and Thoreau, and in Cavell???s reading of perfectionism, the self is attracted onward only by a better representation of selfhood in another, while Bellow???s self may also be, and often is, provoked by a repellent other to inhabit a new form of selfhood. This thesis takes the evolution of selfhood in Bellow to be structured by travel. In The Adventures of Augie March, Augie???s movement between selves is impelled by conversation with teacher figures and paralleled by his unending journeys. In Herzog, Herzog???s self-transformations and travels are provoked by reading and writing, and by the ecstasy of loss revealed to him through apostrophic conversations with the dead and absent in a series of unsent and mental letters. Letter-writing, the provocation for Herzog???s self-perfection, becomes a form of travel in Herzog. This thesis further argues that Bellow???s travelling self is a critical response to two poles of modern subjectivity, structured by European mythologies of travel: Bellow???s fiction is critical, first, of a Hegelian, egoist mode of selfhood structured after the Odyssey; but equally critical of examples of Levinasian openness to the Other, patterned on Abraham???s exile. Bellow does not accept either the Odyssean or the Abrahamic mode of selfhood on its own, recognizing oppressive possibilities in both. Travelling selfhood in Bellow, initiated by conversation with others, both fuses and rereads Odyssean and Abrahamic constructs within a new, but perpetually unfinished American mode of selfperfection.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1975. / Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1972. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

SILVA, Igor Monteiro. O mundo não é tão grande: uma etnografia entre viajantes “independentes” de longa duração . 2016. 243f. – Tese (Doutorado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia, Fortaleza (CE), 2016. / Submitted by Gustavo Daher (gdaherufc@hotmail.com) on 2017-03-10T13:12:44Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_tese_imsilva.pdf: 3609443 bytes, checksum: 7a1cdf4bbe2c9172d14bb7a70218a680 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-03-10T17:00:18Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_tese_imsilva.pdf: 3609443 bytes, checksum: 7a1cdf4bbe2c9172d14bb7a70218a680 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-10T17:00:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_tese_imsilva.pdf: 3609443 bytes, checksum: 7a1cdf4bbe2c9172d14bb7a70218a680 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / Viajantes independentes de longa duração – conhecidos como backpackers, notadamente, pela indústria turística internacional e como mochileiros, no Brasil – podem ser caracterizados, em linhas gerais, em relação à qualidade não-institucionalizada de sua prática (COHEN, 1972). Eles assumem a organização independente de sua viagem, evitando, assim, a compra de pacotes e demais mediações próprias das agências turísticas. Ao configurar independentemente seus deslocamentos, buscam mobilizar valores como autonomia e flexibilidade, o que os permite, por exemplo, trocar itinerários, desfazer planos e extender sua mobilidade por longos períodos. Saber quem, concretamente, são os sujeitos desses deslocamentos, que posições sociais assumem em suas sociedades de origem, compreender por quais motivos desejam experimentar períodos tão alargados em trânsito, como atribuem sentido a essa forma específica de viajar e como vivenciam o retorno a seus países de origem, são algumas das disposições que conformam os objetivos deste trabalho. Mais claramente, a presente tese tem por objetivo apresentar uma etnografia de viagens independentes de longa duração, considerando para tanto o movimento material, bem como as políticas de significado (CRESWELL, 2006), empreendidas por seus sujeitos. Por movimento material deve-se entender os deslocamentos físicos dos viajantes, a maneira crua, como define Creswell (2006), de atingir um ponto partindo de outro. Já no que concerne às políticas de significado, tem-se como horizonte de reflexão tanto as representações partilhadas pelos sujeitos no que se refere às suas jornadas quanto a prática das mesmas, a experiência do movimento sendo incorporada e valorada individualmente. O que apresenta-se aqui, portanto, é uma pesquisa cuja construção teve como matéria empírica privilegiada as situações concretas de interação, as configurações de relações de troca, de tensão, de conflito, e, igualmente, os momentos de invenção, de criação e de elaboração de discursos presentes em uma – alegada – maneira singular de viajar.

This research investigated the use of language in the texts of the promotional brochures created for the tourist industry. The selected printed materials for the study were used in advertising the five countries most severely affected by the Asian Tsunami in 2004 (Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and the Maldives). The focus of the analysis was on the two sets of brochures of the five selected countries published by the UK’s leading travel agencies – Thomas Cook, Thomson and Kuoni before and after the disaster. The contrastive discourse analysis was applied in order to investigate the similarities and differences of linguistic features within the texts both between the two sets for each country as well as between the five selected countries. The overall results of the text analysis from the five selected countries have shown significant changes in language use. The investigation revealed that in the post-disaster set of brochures the number of destinations was broadened and their descriptions were made more vivid. The post-disaster texts represented more efforts in developing a wider range of tourism attractions and activities in order to expand the markets and increase the number as well as type of potential future tourists. The information derived from the questionnaire has revealed the potential tourists’ sensitivity to language used in promotional brochures. The results demonstrated that most respondents were aware of the change of language used before and after the Tsunami. The findings validated the hypothesis that the role of language within tourism advertising is as significant as the role of images. This has a major impact on individuals’ choosing their next holiday destination since many potential tourists still base their holiday decision-making on holiday brochures. The research has found that the role of language plays a significant role in tourism advertising representations and also has a major part as one of the marketing tools in tourism promotional strategy.

Orientador: Paulo Celso Miceli / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-10T01:51:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cattozzi_VivianeRobertaWolf_M.pdf: 639288 bytes, checksum: 8ae771352242eb1e3b8e247e20ebec08 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: Este trabalho estudou a obra Singularidades da França Antártica, de André Thevet, cosmógrafo real francês da expedição França Antártica no Rio de Janeiro. Nosso objetivo foi entender como Thevet construiu-se como cosmógrafo e como inseriu o Brasil em sua cosmografia. Notamos que utilizou-se de três mecanismos para tal: descrição dos tupinambás e seus costumes, valorização da experiência pessoal em detrimento dos escritos da Antiguidade e recorrência a alguns termos cosmográficos da época (latitude, longitude, bússola, astrolábio) / Abstract: This work studied the workmanship Singularities of Antartic France, of André Thevet, royal French cosmógrapher of the expedition Antartic France in Rio de Janeiro. Our objective was to understand how Thevet constructed himself as cosmographer and how Brazil was inserted in his cosmographia. We note that it was used three mechanisms for such: description of Tupinambás and its customs, valuation of the personal experience in detriment of the antiquity's writings and the recurrence to some cosmographical terms of the time (latitude, longitude, compass, astrolabe) / Mestrado / Historia Cultural / Mestre em História

Desde sua primeira impressão, em Londres, no ano de 1726, Viagens de Gulliver, de Jonathan Swift, tem sido amplamente lida e, conseqüentemente, reimpressa. No entanto, o evidente sucesso editorial do livro não permite concluir que ele tenha ganhado incontestável aprovação do público nem tampouco pode levar-nos a pensar que suas interpretações foram sempre consensuais. Prova disso reside nos dissensos do período pós-publicação os quais se estenderam e alargaram até a era vitoriana, no século XIX, a partir de quando a obra mais importante de Jonathan Swift adquiriu novas leituras, especialmente no mundo anglo-norte-americano, até que, por fim, ingressasse no panteão dos grandes textos da moderna literatura de língua inglesa. Apresentar algumas das leituras e interpretações de peso do período vitoriano, considerando as nuances da crítica e da historiografia que trataram de Viagens de Gulliver, bem como introduzir os argumentos de alguns autores que, do fim do século XIX até a primeira metade do XX, revisitaram tanto essa obra como certos comentários acerca dela são, pois, os objetivos primordiais deste trabalho. / Since Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift, was printed in London, in 1726, it has been largely read and, consequently, reprinted. However, the evident editorial success of the book does not let to conclude that it had gained incontestable public approval, neither lead to think that interpretations about it were always consensual. A proof for this lays on disagreements from the post-publication period which had spread and enlarged until the Victorian age, in the 19th century; since then the most important book of Jonathan Swift has acquired new readings, especially in the Anglo-North-American world, and after all it got into the pantheon of the great texts of the English modern literature. Presenting some important readings and interpretations from the Victorian age, considering the nuances of the criticism and historiography that dealt with Gullivers Travels, as well as introducing arguments of some authors whom, from the end of the 19th century to the begin of the 20th century, revisited both the book and some commentaries concerning to it, are the prime objectives of this work.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-09-02T15:26:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 mariannadealencaresouza.pdf: 2073176 bytes, checksum: c0e391457cd805db01547c5c94133772 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-09-06T14:17:42Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 mariannadealencaresouza.pdf: 2073176 bytes, checksum: c0e391457cd805db01547c5c94133772 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-06T14:17:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 mariannadealencaresouza.pdf: 2073176 bytes, checksum: c0e391457cd805db01547c5c94133772 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-12 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A presente pesquisa busca construir uma alternativa ao lugar comum em relação ao engessamento analítico de fenômenos como o consumo e o turismo, sobretudo, em sua forma mais controversa: o turismo de massa. Em um esforço reflexivo, realizado a partir das observações de campo e entrevistas, busca-se, durante o presente desenvolvimento, propor novas abordagens interpretativas que possam, assim, ser utilizadas para a discussão desses fenômenos que, hoje, podem ser considerados categorias “boas para pensar”. Este trabalho define-se como uma tentativa de relacionar temas complementares, fornecendo um feixe de luz sobre uma questão que, imersa na obscuridade da concepção natural das coisas, tem sua crítica legitimada por uma visão que interpreta o consumo e o turismo de massa como epifênomenos de acontecimentos maiores. O objetivo aqui é, basicamente, ampliar o debate sobre tal forma, se valendo, para tanto, da visão antropológica, a qual fornece a possibilidade do desenvolvimento de uma abordagem baseada na compreensão. Evita-se, então, emitir julgamentos de valor os quais interditam a busca pelo entendimento dessas realidades. / This research seeks to build an alternative to the common knowledge regarding the stringency about issues such as consumption and tourism, withal in its most controversial forms: the mass tourism. By a reflexive effort, made from field observations and interviews, this paper seeks, during this present development, to offer new interpretative approaches which could be used to discuss these phenomena’s considered “good to think” categories. This paper defines itself as an attempt to relate complementary themes, offering a ray of light on a matter that, immerse in the obscurity of natural conceptions of things, has its critics legitimized by a view that sees the consumption and the tourism as secondary phenomena’s. The goal here is, basically, to increase the debate by using the anthropological point or view which provides the possibility of developing an approach based on comprehension. Therefore, judgments that confuse the understanding of these realities are avoided.

George Heriot's, Travels Through The Canadas, Containing a Description of the Picturesque Scenery on some of the Rivers and Lakes; with an account of the Productions, Commerce, and Inhabitants of those Provinces to which is Subjoined a Comparative View of the Manners and Customs of Several of the Indian Nations of North and South America, was first published in London in 1805. Presenting the Canadas in a documentary and picturesque mode, Heriot's Travels since its publication has been valued as an important source of data and information. It has thus participated in and formed part of the received notions concerning Canada and its peoples in the 19th century. My thesis explores how Heriot's Travels constructs and represents Upper and Lower Canada and the diverse inhabitants of these regions. I argue that the text and its illustrations far from providing an objective description, in fact give form to contemporaneous perceptions and values and to aesthetic criteria that had colonialist implications. In particular the thesis examines how the visual material within the publication functions to reinforce or contradict the text's agenda. My contention is that Heriot's aims are much broader than those to which he admitted. For his readers the representation of Canada was tied to prospects of vast expansionist possibilities for British capital, technology, commodities and systems of knowledge. The unacknowledged aims of the book, as elaborated in my thesis were: to confirm the superiority of British rule in comparison to the earlier French administration in Canada; to define the British by a comparison to others, thus marking out existing inhabitants, specifically the French Canadians and First Nations peoples, as simple, indolent and inferior; to tame and commodity Canada through the use of the picturesque, thus ordering and civilizing the landscape for a British audience and would-be immigrants; and, finally, to reinforce Britain's economic claims in British North America. As in other travel writing of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Heriot employs in his representation of Canada the discursive languages of science, taxonomy, technology and ethnology. The picturesque descriptions in text and image work in conjunction with these and serve to demonstrate the role of art and aesthetics in maintaining an established order, and in asserting its classificatory regimes and exclusions. iii / Arts, Faculty of / Art History, Visual Art and Theory, Department of / Graduate

La thèse étudie les périples et les récits des voyageurs français (une quarantaine) en Californie pendant la Ruée vers l'or jusqu'à 1915. On propose une typologie des voyageurs et une analyse de leurs récits de voyage.Après une introduction faisant l'état des lieux de la France au milieu du XIXe siècle et du jeune État californien qui vient juste d'entrer dans l'Union au moment de la découverte de l'or, la thèse se divise en trois parties : la première partie porte sur le voyageur (un être aventurier et pionnier, son épopée californienne, son rapport au temps outre-Atlantique), la deuxième partie concerne le récit de voyage (entre épopée et ethnographie, les realia et topoï californiens, la naissance d'un nouveau genre littéraire, le « western littéraire » à la française), la troisième partie propose l'étude approfondie de trois variantes significatives du « western littéraire ».La thèse est accompagnée de cartes, de portraits de voyageurs et de gravures. / The thesis studies the journeys and the travel relations of French travellers (about fourty), visiting California during the Gold Rush until 1915. It aims to establish a typology of the travellers and to analyse their travel relations.After an introduction presenting the context in France in the middle of the 19th century and in California which just became the new State of the United States of America after the discovery of gold, the thesis is divided in three parts: the first one focuses on travellers (adventurers and pioneers, their epic California, their time perception in the Far West), the second part analyses the travel relations (between epic and ethnography, californian realities and places, the birth of a new genre in literature, the French « literary western »), the third part presents a choice of three particular examples of « literary western ».The thesis also includes maps, portraits of travellers and engraved pictures.