The Journey to the West (西游记) is one of the masterworks of classic Chinese fiction. It was written by Wu Cheng‘en (吴承恩) in the 16th century CE. Many of the scholars, both Chinese and Western, who have studied the narrative of this Ming era (1368-1644) novel, have considered it to be an epic of myth and fantasy, heavily laden with allegorical meaning. Most scholars have chosen to interpret the novel by means of an encompassing framework of meaning rooted in the convergence of the teachings of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. I propose to look at the Journey’s narrative structure as a heroic adventure or monomyth of the kind proposed by Joseph Campbell, following the insights of Carl Jung on the nature of the collective unconscious. To analyze the component parts of the quest story that forms the bulk of the novel‘s narrative, I shall turn to Vladimir Propp‘s categorization of the functioning of elements of plot and character in his morphology of folktales. I shall also argue that the Journey is not an allegory that serves the beliefs and practices of a number of religions and philosophies, but a specifically Buddhist allegory. The Journey is seen as intentionally composed of symbols, images, and codes that function to project a heroic adventure with a complex pattern of meaning, primarily representing the eternal human struggle for identity and a fully realized existence, that are Buddhist in nature.

This exegesis examines the landscape of heaven depicted in the contemporary novel, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I examine the various characteristics of the heaven (or 'afterlife') depicted in Sebold's novel, with the aim of ascertaining the narrative effects of using this device. Using Ingrid Daemmrich's analysis of the paradisiacal motif in literature as a framework (Daemmrich, I 1997, Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature: Enigmatic Bliss, The Paradise Motif in Literature, Peter Lang, New York), I reveal characteristics in The Lovely Bones that are both consistent with and challenge traditional literary representations of heaven and which therefore demonstrate that the text utilises the established literary motif of heaven for symbolism and meaning, but in a contemporary context. I explore the growing trend of contemporary literary heavens by reviewing two other literary heavens that are relevant to this scholarship. I examine where as writers and readers, we ascertain our concept of heaven (in society's religious foundations and from prior literature), and for the relevance of the key text, I briefly discuss the author's likely cultural influences. Having established the novel's lack of alignment with a religious version of heaven, I then examine the nature of and the narrative effect of, the personalised heaven depicted in the novel, The Lovely Bones. In doing so, I explore one of the new portraits of heaven in literature, an example which represents a growing trend away from portraying a classic edenic heaven shared by all humanity (and traditional to literary representations of heaven), toward a contemporary, personalised heaven that seeks to meet the wants and desires of the individual in our modern society. With reference to literature's ability to reflect back to us, our society's beliefs and values, I examine what this new portrait of heaven reveals about society. Access to the project examined in conjunction with this exegesis has been restricted due to copyright.

Submitted by Emanuel Varela Cardoso (emanuel.varela@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-09-25T18:04:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MARIA ALINE SOUZA GUEDES – DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGH) 2018.pdf: 4237655 bytes, checksum: bb336ae67b1d4110a5a97841d98e8950 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-25T18:04:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MARIA ALINE SOUZA GUEDES – DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGH) 2018.pdf: 4237655 bytes, checksum: bb336ae67b1d4110a5a97841d98e8950 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03 / Esta dissertação é um estudo sobre a trajetória de Maria Elenita de Vasconcelos (1944-1984), professora e cientista social, natural de Pedra Lavrada-PB. O eixo norteador desta escrita será o de discutir as suas memórias construídas, a partir de seus familiares, amigos e habitantes da cidade. No primeiro momento, apresentaremos uma discussão sobre as amizades que ela teve na cidade e percebemos que as relações afetivas foram uma marca de destaque em sua vida, principalmente nas lembranças de ações que demonstraram ser ela uma mulher que tentava viver com seus amigos uma relação de carinho e companheirismo. No segundo momento problematizamos a memória dela enquanto mãe e esposa e percebemos a importância de Iêdo teve na construção desta e por ter sido uma das principais pessoas que tentou preservar o papel dela enquanto esposa e mãe. No terceiro e último capítulo, analisaremos os últimos acontecimentos na vida de Elenita, principalmente a partir da descoberta da terceira gravidez e do diagnóstico câncer. Procuramos também, refletir os seus desejos pós-morte e compreendemos a partir da leitura das fontes que a professora fez dos seus últimos acontecimentos na terra, um espetáculo final se apropriando do seu poder simbólico afetivo de forma consciente ou não para que seus desejos fossem cumpridos. Como fontes, utilizamos fotografias da educadora e de alguns locais que fizeram parte da sua história, entrevistas com parentes e amigos, um cartão postal escrito pela própria alguns meses antes do seu falecimento e uma carta testamento endereçada aos lavradenses, alguns parentes e amigos. Para fundamentar nossas discussões, foram utilizadas as contribuições de Foucault (1981) através dos seus estudos sobre estética da existência, como um relacionamento que conduz o sujeito à transformação de si, a partir da relação e existência do outro. As obras de Pinsky (2014), Louro (1997) e Perrot (2017) sobre o ideário construído em torno da mulher nos “Anos dourados”, período do qual este trabalho está inserido, também nos foram fundamentais, assim como Halbwachs (2006) e Delgado (2010), através dos quais discutimos a memória e a sua relação com a história. Para compreendermos a relação entre a pesquisa histórica e a biografia, foi analisada a obra de Dosse (2009) que discute a tensão existente entre este gênero e a abordagem moderna que tem como parâmetro o relativismo e as leituras historiográficas, enriquecidas pelas contribuições de outras áreas do conhecimento como a psicanálise e sociologia. / This dissertation is a study about the trajectory of Maria Elenita de Vasconcelos (1944-1984), teacher and social scientist, born in Pedra Lavrada-PB. The guiding axis of this writing will be to discuss their memories built, from their relatives, friends and residents of the city. In the first moment, we will present a discussion about the friendships that she had in the city and we noticed that the affective relations were a mark of prominence in her life, mainly in the memories of actions that demonstrated to be a woman that tried to live with its friends a relation of affection and companionship. In the second moment we problematized the memory of Elenita as mother and wife and we realized the importance of Ido had in the construction of this one and for having been one of the main people who tried to preserve the paper of her as wife and mother. In the third and final chapter, we will look at recent events in Elenita's life, mainly from the discovery of the third pregnancy and the diagnosis of cancer. We also seek to reflect upon her wishes after death and we understand from the reading of the sources that the teacher made of her last events on earth, a final spectacle appropriating her affective symbolic power consciously or not so that her wishes were fulfilled . As sources, we used photographs of the educator and some places that were part of her story, interviews with relatives and friends, a postcard written by her own a few months before her death and a letter testament addressed to Lavradenses, some relatives and friends. In order to base our discussions, the contributions of Foucault (1981) were used through his studies on the aesthetics of existence, as a relationship that leads the subject to the transformation of self, from the relation and existence of the other. The works of Pinsky (2014), Louro (1997) and Perrot (2017) on the ideals built around women in the "Golden Years", period of which this work is inserted, were also fundamental to us, as Halbwachs (2006) and Delgado (2010), through which we discuss memory and its relation to history. In order to understand the relationship between historical research and biography, we analyzed the work of Dosse (2009) that discusses the tension between this genre and the modern approach that has as a parameter relativism and historiographical readings, enriched by the contributions of other areas of knowledge such as psychoanalysis and sociology.

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo conhecer atravÃs da narrativa de duas educadoras o seu universo de formaÃÃo e prÃtica docente aonde se deslindam questÃes mÃltiplas sobre o professor polivalente dividido entre a profissionalizaÃÃo, o trabalho e a idealizaÃÃo em seu cotidiano com as crianÃas e a comunidade. A busca à a articulaÃÃo de saberes formais, informais, nÃo formais, histÃricos a fim de que esses estudos possam contribuir para uma teoria histÃrica e social do indivÃduo e, por extensÃo dos grupos sociais. O objeto sÃo as narrativas de histÃria de vida/experiÃncia/confronto com o saber/conhecimento transformado em prÃtica docente durante o ensino infantil/fundamental durante a passagem do sÃculo XX ao XXI em Fortaleza/CearÃ. Utilizamos da histÃria de vida como metodologia de pesquisa, mas, tambÃm a anÃlise bibliogrÃfica e documental, onde destacamos a AssociaÃÃo Nacional pela FormaÃÃo dos Profissionais da EducaÃÃo (ANFOPE). O referencial teÃrico à discutido atravÃs de NÃvoa com aspectos da formaÃÃo docente no mundo contemporÃneo e o conceito de ânarrativa de siâ representado por Passegi (UFRN) e Souza (UNEB). O significado da manutenÃÃo do paradoxo entre a idealizaÃÃo e a sua real condiÃÃo de vida à percebido atravÃs da fala dos prÃprios professores pela narraÃÃo de suas histÃrias de vida num diÃlogo Ãntimo entre a formaÃÃo e a prÃtica irrigado por suas identidades. / This research aims to know through the narrative of two educators its universe of training and teaching practice where they deslindam multiple questions about the versatile teacher divided between professional, work and idealization in their daily lives with the children and the community. The search is the articulation of formal knowledge, informal, non-formal, historical so that these studies can contribute to social and historical theory of the individual and, by extension of social groups. The object are the narratives of life story / experience / confrontation with knowledge / knowledge transformed into teaching practice during childhood / elementary school during the passage of the twentieth century to the twenty-first in Fortaleza / CearÃ. We used the life story as a research methodology, but also the bibliographical and documentary analysis, where we highlight the National Association for Training of Education Professionals (ANFOPE). The theoretical background is discussed by NÃvoa with aspects of teacher education in the contemporary world and the concept of "narrative itself" represented by Passegi (UFRN) and Souza (UNEB). The meaning of the paradox of maintaining between idealization and his real condition of life is perceived through the speech of the teachers themselves by telling their life stories in an intimate dialogue between training and practice irrigated by their identities.

Imperfektioner i skådespelares hy upplever vi sällan visas inom film och medier relaterade till film. Många gånger i film tycks hy användas för att gestalta olika stereotyper. Kan detta leda till att ideal och fördomar stärks hos publiken? I denna uppsats har vi valt att undersöka detta genom att analysera filmer vars handling har en koppling till high school samt genom ett utförande av två fokusgrupper med filmstudenter som informanter. Utifrån dessa gick det tydligt att se hur den porträtteringen som ofta förekommer i film av personer med till exempel finnar hade fått informanterna att tänka mer negativt om sina egna finnar och sin hy. Det gick även att se att informanterna snabbt drog kopplingar mellan karaktärernas utseende och vilken stereotyp de tillhörde.

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This study examines the translation of three forms of reader address from English to Swedish in a gardening guidebook – the pronoun you as a second person reference and generic reference, modal verbs, and imperatives. The translation was made by the author of this study. The aim of the study is to investigate how the three forms of reader address is translated. The quantitative analysis shows that the most used form of reader address out of the three investigated are imperatives, while the pronoun you followed closely behind. While modal verbs were used frequently in the ST, the modality was not translated in the TT. The qualitative analysis shows that the pronoun you was translated into second person du, third person generic man or was omitted in the translation in almost equal measure. How the pronoun you was translated in the TT depended on how the translator interpreted the author’s target audience. Only two modal verbs occurred frequently in the ST, and in the TT they were either translated as modal verbs or into present tense. Lastly, the imperative verbs were most commonly translated as imperatives in the TT. About 10% were translated into tensed verbs. Furthermore, half of that was translated to form suggestions.

Teen Shakespeare films have largely been dismissed as films which “dumb down” Shakespeare’s original texts and which are marketed in a manipulative way in order to sell teens fantasies that appeal to them. Among the most popular and recognizable actresses of this genre is Julia Stiles, known for her leading roles in 10 Things I Hate About You, O, and Hamlet. Several scholars have critiqued Stiles’s films for the ways that they depict feminism and American teen girlhood. In this thesis, I argue that Stiles’s films present a spectrum of, an admittedly limited, feminism that becomes increasingly more progressive. By exploring Stiles’s portrayal of feminism in these films, the hope is to move away from the idea of teen Shakespeare films as merely dumbed down versions of the plays and to, instead, move towards an understanding of the political and social role of this generic category.

Uppsatsen tar sitt avstamp i en våldtäktsdiskurs där förövaren osynliggörs och den utsatta utmålas som ansvarig. Syftet är att undersöka hur manlighet konstrueras i kampanjen ”Where Do You Stand?” i förhållande till hegemonisk maskulinitet. En semiotisk analys av kampanjens bildmaterial kopplas till rådande diskurser om maskulinitet och teoretisk inspiration hämtas från representations- och genusteori. Dessutom presenteras en bakgrund som behandlar mäns syn på våldtäktsmän, hur mäns våld har en direkt koppling till alkohol och manlig samvaro, och en diskussion kring den nya feministiska mannen. Bilderna analyseras utifrån ett semiotiskt och diskursivt perspektiv. De fyra bilderna tar på många sätt avstånd från rådande våldtäktsdiskurs och försöker skapa en mer rättvisande bild av sexuella övergrepp än den som syns i media, och en ny sorts manlighet som inte är beroende av styrka och våld, men misslyckas i sin okritiska representation av män som något annat än goda allierade. Representationerna speglar på många sätt den rådande hegemonin genom sina bestämda kroppsuttryck och blickar.

This study explores the application of object detection models for detecting Arctic Foxes in camera trap images, a crucial step towards automating wildlife monitoring and enhancing conservation efforts. The study involved training models on You Only Look Once version 7(YOLOv7) architecture across different locations using k-fold cross-validation technique and evaluating their performance in terms of mean Average Precision (mAP), precision, and recall. The models were tested on both validation and unseen data to assess their accuracy and generalizability. The findings revealed that while certain models performed well on validation data, their effectiveness varied when applied to unseen data, with significant differences in performance across the datasets. While one of the datasets demonstrated the highest precision (88%), and recall (94%) on validation data, another one showed superior generalizability on unseen data (precision 76%, recall 95%). The models developed in this study can aid in the efficient identification of Arctic Foxes in diverse locations. However, the study also identifies limitations related to dataset diversity and environmental variability, suggesting the need for future research to focus on training models during different seasons and having different aged Arctic Foxes. Recommendations include expanding dataset diversity, exploring advanced object detection architectures to go one step further and detect Arctic Foxes with skin diseases, and testing the models in varied field conditions.