Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Esta pesquisa analisa Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929), de Alfred Döblin, e Fontamara (1933), de Ignazio Silone, baseada nas novas concepções sobre o Bildungsroman, ou romance de formação, estabelecidas pelos olhares atualizadores de teóricos do século XX. O Bildungsroman, modalidade narrativa surgida no século XVIII, cuja obra paradigma é Os anos de aprendizado de Wilhelm Meister, de Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, ressalta o desenvolvimento humano, seu processo de amadurecimento e conscientização ao longo de sua trajetória existencial. Os corpora desta dissertação são romances escritos no período conflituoso do entreguerras, cujo enredo destaca a luta interior e exterior das personagens em sobreviver àquele período e a consequente tomada de consciência adquirida neste percurso. O périplo metafórico vivenciado pelos protagonistas, de Fontamara, Berardo Viola, e de Berlin Alexanderplatz, Franz Biberkopf, tem como consequência uma nova consciência política, para o primeiro protagonista, e uma nova consciência social, para o segundo. O caminho formativo dos protagonistas constitui-se de maneira diversa. O objetivo deste estudo é, portanto, analisar como se realiza o processo de formação de Berardo Viola e Franz Biberkopf, apontando identidades e diferenças entre os dois processos, e, por fim, apontando como tais romances podem atualizar o conceito de Bildungsroman na história literária / This research studies Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929), of Alfred Döblin, and Fontamara, of Ignazio Silone, based on new conceptions of the Bildungsroman, or novel of formation, established by the looks updaters theorists of the twentieth century. The Bildungsroman, the narrative form that emerged in the eighteenth century, whose work paradigm is Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (1795-1976) , of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, emphasizes human development, the process of maturity and awareness along the path of existencial character. The corpora of this work are novels written in the interwar period conflicted, whose plot highlights the struggle within and outside of the characters to survive that period and the consequent awareness gained in this way. The metaphorical journey experienced by the protagonists of Fontamara, Berardo Viola, and Berlin Alexanderplatz, Franz Biberkopf, leads a new political consciousness for the first protagonist, and a new social conscience, for the second. The path of formation oh the protagonist is constituted differently. The aim of this study is there fore to analyze how is the process of forming Berardo Viola and Franz Biberkopf, pointing identities and diferences between the two processes and finally pointing out how such novels can update the concept of Bildungsroman in literary history

Contemporary counterinsurgency has been characterised by a shift from the ‘kill or capture’ of insurgents to prioritising winning over civilian populations. This focus on the population brings a particular skillset to the centre of military practice. Prioritising understanding culture, training, mentoring and relationships, practices previously associated with peacekeeping operations are conducted alongside combat. Feminist literature on peacekeeping has traced the relationship between entrenched hierarchies of gender and race in military institutions and abuses perpetrated by peacekeepers. This thesis contributes to that literature. It focuses on the British Armed Forces to analyse how identity is constructed in relation to contemporary counterinsurgency, in order to understand changing military roles and the potential impact on civilian populations. The thesis comprises a feminist discourse analysis of select British military doctrine. Doctrine draws together practice, teaching, and policy and offers a productive site to study institutional identity. The analysis shows how these non-combat practices are made sense of in relation to different configurations of masculinity, which don’t evoke combat or aggression. Nonetheless, they are constructed as masculine identities, hierarchical in organisation and constituting relations of power. I argue this recourse to masculinity enables the framing of non-combat practices as warfare and so valuable military activity. However, this framing simultaneously restrains the ways in which they can be understood. The thesis further highlights an ambiguity in the texts which argue both for widespread institutional adaption to the practices, and their limitation to a specific specialism and personnel. This ambiguity I argue is productive for an institution facing an uncertain future, leaving open possibilities for reform, or to revert to focussing on traditional understandings of core combat related military tasks. This thesis contributes to feminist debate about the possibility for military reform, and the capacity for Armed Forces to act as agents for peace. I argue that military reform is possible and occurring; the British Armed Forces are developing more sophisticated approaches to gender, human security and culture. However, whilst this is likely to have some benefit, the (re)establishment of gendered and raced hierarchies, limit the extent to which such reform offers meaningful change.

Over the past two millennia, dominant Western narratives of the Persian Wars have established a problematic East-West binary in which Greece is represented as a defender of democracy whose improbable victory over the Persians laid the foundation for the development of Western civilization and the Persians are represented as a power hungry, totalitarian “Other” determined to subjugate all whom they encounter. Frank Miller’s graphic novel, 300, and its subsequent film adaptations, 300, and 300: Rise of an Empire (collectively referred to as the 300 franchise) have reinforced and contributed new problematic elements to the dominant Persian War narratives with contemporary visual representations of key historical figures, locations, and events as they pertain to the conflict. In this thesis I conduct a visual rhetorical analysis of the 300 franchise to identify and explain its problematic visual representational tactics for both the Greeks and Persians. Next, I conduct a visual rhetorical analysis of a non-Western Persian Wars counter-narrative, Ramin Abhari’s Xerxes Speaks. Throughout my analysis of Xerxes Speaks I identify instances in which the counter-narrative addresses 300’s problematic representations of the East as “Other.” I conclude by discussing the importance of critiquing visual representations in order to continue to disrupt dominant Western Persian War narratives and subsequently try to establish a currently marginalized Persian perspective on the Persian Wars.

This thesis examines the massacres of the Plains Indian Wars in the United States (1851-1890) and how they relate to contemporary theories of genocide. By using the Plains Indian Wars as a case study, a critique can be made of theories which inform predictive models and genocide policy. This thesis analyzes newspaper articles, histories, congressional investigations, presidential speeches, and administrative policies surrounding the four primary massacres perpetrated by the United States during this time. An ideology of racial superiority and fears of insecurity, impurity, and insurgency drove the actions of the white settler-colonialists and their military counterparts. Still, despite the theoretical emphasis on massacre in genocide theory, massacres on the Plains were relatively rare compared to the use of other genocidal tactics. This demonstrates that contemporary genocide theorists must be careful not to unintentionally limit thinking on genocide to strict military or militia led violence.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Esta pesquisa analisa Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929), de Alfred Döblin, e Fontamara (1933), de Ignazio Silone, baseada nas novas concepções sobre o Bildungsroman, ou romance de formação, estabelecidas pelos olhares atualizadores de teóricos do século XX. O Bildungsroman, modalidade narrativa surgida no século XVIII, cuja obra paradigma é Os anos de aprendizado de Wilhelm Meister, de Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, ressalta o desenvolvimento humano, seu processo de amadurecimento e conscientização ao longo de sua trajetória existencial. Os corpora desta dissertação são romances escritos no período conflituoso do entreguerras, cujo enredo destaca a luta interior e exterior das personagens em sobreviver àquele período e a consequente tomada de consciência adquirida neste percurso. O périplo metafórico vivenciado pelos protagonistas, de Fontamara, Berardo Viola, e de Berlin Alexanderplatz, Franz Biberkopf, tem como consequência uma nova consciência política, para o primeiro protagonista, e uma nova consciência social, para o segundo. O caminho formativo dos protagonistas constitui-se de maneira diversa. O objetivo deste estudo é, portanto, analisar como se realiza o processo de formação de Berardo Viola e Franz Biberkopf, apontando identidades e diferenças entre os dois processos, e, por fim, apontando como tais romances podem atualizar o conceito de Bildungsroman na história literária / This research studies Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929), of Alfred Döblin, and Fontamara, of Ignazio Silone, based on new conceptions of the Bildungsroman, or novel of formation, established by the looks updaters theorists of the twentieth century. The Bildungsroman, the narrative form that emerged in the eighteenth century, whose work paradigm is Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (1795-1976) , of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, emphasizes human development, the process of maturity and awareness along the path of existencial character. The corpora of this work are novels written in the interwar period conflicted, whose plot highlights the struggle within and outside of the characters to survive that period and the consequent awareness gained in this way. The metaphorical journey experienced by the protagonists of Fontamara, Berardo Viola, and Berlin Alexanderplatz, Franz Biberkopf, leads a new political consciousness for the first protagonist, and a new social conscience, for the second. The path of formation oh the protagonist is constituted differently. The aim of this study is there fore to analyze how is the process of forming Berardo Viola and Franz Biberkopf, pointing identities and diferences between the two processes and finally pointing out how such novels can update the concept of Bildungsroman in literary history

Este trabalho pretende analisar a obra de Martin Del Rio, Comentarios de las alteraciones de los Estados de Flandes: sucedidas despues de la llegada del Señor Don Iuan de Austria a ellos, hasta su muerte, originalmente escrita em latim. Para fundamentação teórica, é apresentado o contexto da Bélgica no século XVI, e como este foi importante para a escrita do autor. Também são abordadas as questões da guerra, do mal e da heresia como elementos que constituem a base do pensamento de Martin Del Rio. São levados em consideração a escrita da história e os hábitos de leitura de seus contemporâneos. / This study aims to examine Martin Del Rio`s book, Comentarios de las alteraciones de los Estados de Flandes: sucedidas despues de la llegada del Señor Don Iuan de Austria a ellos, hasta su muerte, originally written in Latin. For theoretical reasons, this study presents the context of Belgium in the sixteenth century, and how it was important for the author`s writings. Also, the issues of the war, the evil and the heresy are considered as elements that form the basics of his thoughts. History books and the reading habits of his contemporaries are other subjects of this analysis.

Målet med denna studie är att undersöka om det finns några principer för hur actionsekvenser är klippta och om utvecklingen av ny klippteknik ändrat på sättet man klipper actionsekvenser i Star Wars eller om man arbetar för att behålla och återskapa samma emotionella klippkänsla som i de äldre filmerna. Studien är genomförd i form av två stycken analysmetoder, den första metoden bygger på Berry Salt's analysmetod för att få ut statistik över hur actionsekvenserna är klippta, genom att se hur många klipp det är i en sekvens och dela antal klipp med tiden som sekvensen utspelar sig under, på så sätt får man ut en så kallad "average shot lenght" (ASL). Den andra metoden är en bildanalys där jag undersöker hur man har arbetat med dramaturgin och informationen man ger publiken. Undersökningens ramverk bygger på Dancygers  (2011) kriterier för en actionssekvens och det innebär i korthet att en actionsekvens ska innehålla identifikation, excitation, en konfilkt och intensifiering för att en actionsekvens ska räknas som en actionsekvens. Undersökningens resultat visar på att de actionsekvenser som ingått i studien skiljer sig åt. Men det finns en del genomgående principer som gäller samtliga sekvenser och de är att varje bild ska ge information om var man befinner sig, vad det är som händer och vad som kommer att hända i nästa bild. Ur min studie kan man se att sekvenserna skiljer sig i tid, antal klipp och hur lång ASL varje sekvens har. Med hjälp av klippningen ska man ge publiken den information som dem behöver för att förstå berättelsen som projiceras framför dom. Utgår man ifrån hur Star Wars filmerna är klippta i en bransch som utvecklats under 40 år, då ser man hur man använt sig av en liknande klippteknik för att fånga publikens uppmärksamhet, föra berättelsen framåt och ge publiken rätt information.

Dans l’imaginaire collectif, François Ier est à la fois le Roi chevalier, le Roi mécène, le Père des Lettres ; il est aussi le Roi bâtisseur, le Roi veneur et séducteur, le Roi captif ou encore le Traître à la Chrétienté. Notre étude propose d’enrichir ce portrait kaléidoscopique en présentant une perspective toute italienne. Dès le début de son règne, ce monarque si complexe semble hanté par la domination de l’espace politique péninsulaire. À travers la lecture de la correspondance d’ambassadeurs et de nonces, ainsi que d’ouvrages historiques et littéraires de l’époque, nous nous intéressons ici à la construction de son image à l’intérieur de la péninsule, entre 1515 et 1530. Nous avons choisi d’observer des moments considérés comme significatifs pour l’espace italien dans son rapport avec le monarque : la victoire à Marignan et la rencontre bolonaise avec Léon X en 1515, l’échec à l’élection impériale en 1519, les défaites de la Bicoque, en 1522, et de Pavie, en 1525, la campagne napolitaine de 1528. Nous souhaitons montrer comment l’élaboration de l’image du monarque ne dépend pas exclusivement des succès ou des échecs politiques et militaires, mais varie au gré des espoirs et des craintes des acteurs politiques de l’époque, offrant, parfois, une représentation inattendue. En 1529, le roi signe la Paix des Dames avec Charles Quint et abandonne ses alliés italiens à la merci de son éternel ennemi. À ce moment, une cassure s’opère ; le roi ne renonce pas définitivement à ses ambitions italiennes, mais le portrait que l’on brosse alors de lui se transforme pour s’adapter à une nouvelle configuration politique. / This analysis deals with the representation of King Francis I wihthin the Italian peninsula spanning the period from 1515 to 1530. In the collective imagination, King Francis I is known as the Knight-King, the « Father and Restorer of Letters » and a Renaissance patron of the arts. He is equally remembered for his contribution to architecture, his hunting activities and amorous conquests, but also for his captivity and his alliance with the Turks. This study aims to broaden the range of King Francis I's multifaceted depictions by adopting a new Italian prespective in order to cast a new light on his representation. From the very beginning of his reign, this highly manifold monarch appears to have been haunted by the idea of dominating the peninsular political arena. The study is based on a corpus of letters written by ambassadors and papal nuncios as well as on historical and literary works. Emhphasis has been laid on several milestones in the history of Italy's relationships with its sovereign : the victory at the battle of Marignano and the King's meeting in Bolonia with Pope Leo X in 1515, the failure of the imperial election in 1519, the defeat at the Battle of the Bicocca, in 1522, and at the Battle of Pavia in 1525, as well as the Neapolitan campaigns of 1528. This thesis demonstrates that the king's image does not solely rely on his successes and defeats, but it largely depends on the changeing shifts in Italian political hopes and fears of the day. Our findings show that some of the depictions of King Francis I belie all expectations. In 1529, the king signs a treaty in Cambrai with Charles V and abandons his Italian allies to his long-lasting enemy. From that point onwards, a shift in politics occurs: the king does not wholly give up his Italian ambitions, but his representation changes, adapting to new political stakes.

This research frames the context of Rio de Janeiro as a New War, and explores the phenomenological formation of fear among residents in the middle of the socio-economic pyramid. Through eleven semi-structured interviews, the body sensations and context in which fear of violence is likely to emerge are explored in a quest to describe the consequences for the group living amidst war. The research indicates that aside from class, gender and age are also relevant for the creation of fear of violence and conclude that the experiences of Rio de Janeiro’s residents are very similar to previous studies of civilians amidst New Urban Wars. The major take-away, however, is that middle-classness does not eliminate fear, but leads it towards a specific angst about losing personal assets – like mobile phones –as opposed to direct physical harm. In knowing this, one concludes that middle-class fear is mostly psychological, and the group addresses it by using the resources available to enlarge perceived safety. The observations made here should be useful to future enquires about the experiences of civilians in urban conflict within Rio de Janeiro and other urban areas at war around the world, in addition to fomenting a scholarship about those forgotten in the middle of our cities.

I decided to do the Disney College Program as my honors thesis because Disney is something I am very passionate about. I worked for the Disney Company before and knew that I wanted to continue my experience with them. I went into the program hoping to discover what the college program could do to prepare me (or any prospective programmer) for the profession and for a life in performance. In January of 2023, I made my way to Orlando, Florida, to start my next journey with the Walt Disney World Company. I went through four different orientation processes, as well as a week of training and an assessment period. For five months I worked for the company in a performance-based position, with hopes of discovering if there could be more opportunity to advance in performance. I discovered that by simply doing the job I was assigned well, my name was already beginning to circulate amongst Disney recruitment and leadership. This is the account of my semester in Walt Disney World. This thesis will cover everything from the application process to testimonials from other cast members. My hope is that my thesis can be a starting point for prospective applicants to this program. It is my hope that this will help prepare applicants for what is to come from the program, and the endless amount of performance opportunities and growth that stem from this internship.