Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio University, August, 2004. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-160)

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"Retro" is a novel which attempts to depict the psychological reality of the spiritually isolated individual characterized in traditional gothic novels, in this case the alienated individual in the contemporary American South. The novel follows the doctrine set down by Roland Barthes, Frank Kermode, and other postmodern critics, which holds that, as Kermode puts it, "all closure is in bad faith." Therefore, rather than offering resolution to the problems and events presented in the text, the novel attempts instead to illustrate the psychological effects its main character experiences when confronted with a world that offers only irresolution and uncertainty. The novel's strategy is to depart from conventional, realistic modes of narration and to adopt instead certain characteristics of satire, surrealism, and the type of grotesque often associated with the gothic novel.

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Orientador: Jean Cristtus Portela / Banca: Arnaldo Cortina / Banca: Edna Maria Fernandes dos Santos Nascimento / Banca: Elizabeth Harkot-de-La-Taille / Banca: Ivã Carlos Lopes / Resumo: Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo investigar a prática da psicografia ou escrita mediúnica com base em relatos de experiência de médiuns psicógrafos da cidade de Uberaba (MG). Sob a perspectiva da semiótica greimasiana e com base nas contribuições de Jacques Fontanille para o estudo das práticas semióticas, foi possível compreender: a sintagmática do ato mediúnico e da escrita mediúnica; a constituição do actante e do ator-médium nesses relatos de experiência; seus mecanismos enuncivos e enunciativos, responsáveis pelos efeitos de sentido de "verdade", implicados no estabelecimento do contrato fiduciário; a existência, no córpus, de uma figuratividade "mediúnica" e do além-vida; e, finalmente, as relações entre corpo e transmissão, que nos permitem descrever como a memória de uma prática pode ser constituída e transmitida, enquanto configuração semiótica e cultural. A análise do córpus nos permitiu, assim, reconstruir o percurso da psicografia como prática semiótica, em seus diversos níveis de imanência. Considerando a influência sociocultural e o impacto editorial da escrita psicográfica no contexto brasileiro, bem como a inexistência de estudos linguísticos ou semióticos a esse respeito, acreditamos que o presente estudo tenha auxiliado a preencher uma importante lacuna para a compreensão dessa prática tão polêmica quanto inexplorada, e que atesta a diversidade linguística, linguageira e cultural de uma expressiva parcela de brasileiros. / Abstract: This research aimed at investigating the practice of psychography or mediumistic writing based on experience reports of psychographic mediums from the city of Uberaba (MG). From the perspective of the Greimassian Semiotics and based on the contributions of Jacques Fontanille to the study of the semiotic practices, it was possible to understand: the syntagmatics of the mediumistic act and of psychographic writing; the constitution of the actant and actor-medium in these experience reports; its enuncive and enunciative mechanisms responsible for effects of meaning of "truth", involved in the establishment of the fiduciary contract; the existence of a "mediumistic" and "afterlife" figurativity in the corpus; and, finally, the relationship between body and transmission, which made possible to describe how the memory of a practice can be constituted and transmitted as a semiotic and cultural configuration. The analysis of the corpus allowed us to reconstruct the process of psychography as a semiotic practice in its various planes of immanence. Considering the sociocultural influence and the editorial impact of psychographic writing in the Brazilian context, as well as the lack of linguistic or semiotic studies in this regard, we believe this study has helped fill an important gap in the understanding of this practice, which is so controversial as unexplored and demonstrates the linguistic and cultural diversity of a significant number of Brazilians. / Doutor

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Depuis la découverte de l’Amazonie, la région a été représentée de différentes manières, à travers les récits e voyage. Compte tenu des différentes représentations de l’Amazonie effectuées au fil des siècles, il est important d’évaluer dans quelle mesure les récits produits par des Brésiliens sur cette région incorporent ou rejettent ces perceptions, dans la dialectique entre l’élément extérieur et celui intérieur, qui constitue la principale question culturelle des pays postcoloniaux comme le Brésil. Dans ce panorama, l’analyse se concentre sur la relation existant entre la littérature, la science et l’identité nationale. L’objectif est d’examiner comment ces formes de discours entrent en compétition pour constituer l’ethos national brésilien, durant une période clé d’autodétermination au Brésil. / Since the discovery of the Amazon, the region has been represented in different ways, mainly through travelogues. Concerning the geographical borders of the Brazilian Amazon, they will only be defined in the early twentieth century. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the representations of the Amazon, from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, through the point of view of national authors. In this sense, it is important to analyze how Brazilian literature presented the relation between identity and memory, in competition with other forms of discourse.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2010. / Title from pdf file main screen (viewed on July 28, 2010). "A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosphy in English, Department of English and Film Studies, University of Alberta." Includes bibliographical references.