This thesis explores the relationship between Marcel Duchamp’s oeuvre and the texts of the Comte de Lautréamont, arguing that the author’s works comprise an overlooked and undervalued source of interest and ideas for the artist. Scholars have done an extraordinary job of documenting and analyzing a number of Duchamp’s literary sources and inspirations. Their work has elucidated the roles of Raymond Roussel, Alfred Jarry, Stéphane Mallarmé, Jules Laforgue, and Jean-Pierre Brisset, among others, for Duchamp. The work of Lautréamont, however, has received proportionally little attention, despite several indications of its importance for the artist. Among the few who have proposed such a connection, none have yet offered a broadly documented or sustained argument. Other historians, generally working under the premise that Lautréamont only came to Duchamp’s attention by way of the Surrealists, have explicitly rejected the possibility that the Uruguayan-French poet had any meaningful position in Duchamp’s library prior to the Surrealist championing of the author. This thesis proposes otherwise, making the case that Lautréamont was more fundamentally important to Duchamp than yet realized. Historical documents as well as statements by the artist himself and those closest to him suggest a stronger engagement by Duchamp with the works of Lautréamont than has been previously proposed. This relationship seems to have begun by as early as 1912, well in advance of the Surrealists’ discovery of the author, and it lasted throughout Duchamp’s life. Furthermore, an examination of Duchamp’s body of work demonstrates a number of strategic and thematic resonances between artist and author that reinforce what the archival evidence suggests. These resonances should be understood as open readings, rather than exclusive readings. They are proposed as additions to the existing constellation of understanding of Duchamp’s oeuvre, rather than as foreclosures upon other ways of reading Duchamp’s body of work. / text

近年來中國籍與外籍配偶家庭快速的增加，成為台灣社會備受到關注的一個新興議題。面對日益普遍的台灣外籍配偶現象，本文以2001年至2005年台灣各縣市的追蹤資料，並以固定效果模型分別針對整體、中國籍以及東南亞籍外籍女性配偶進行估計，來檢驗影響台灣外籍女性配偶規模的決定因素。總體而言，本文發現台灣外籍配偶現象已相當普遍，在經濟高度發展下，選擇外籍配偶並不只侷限在發展相對落後的地區。 此外，薪資所得高低會影響外籍配偶的規模，即表示多數的外籍配偶家庭經濟情況屬於中低階層，與一般社會大眾認知相同。而失業率與整體外籍配偶規模的估計結果呈現負相關，亦即失業率越高的地區，外籍配偶規模越小。顯示在失業率居高不下的情形下，降低台灣男性結婚的動機，以及外籍配偶來台意願。但是東南亞籍的外籍配偶在失業率高的地方規模較大，與本文實證變數假設相符。 最後，由模型的固定效果與時間效果分析可知，各縣市間並無顯著的特質效果影響外籍配偶的規模，也就是說外籍配偶的現象在台灣已經相當普遍。而由時間效果來看，外籍配偶的熱潮近兩年來有顯著趨緩的現象，這是否意味著外籍配偶所帶來之社會問題層出不窮，帶給民眾過多的負面印象，使得未婚男性對於選擇外籍配偶有所保留，值得後續研究來檢驗。 / In recent years, foreign bride has become a new issue, and there are more and more families with foreign brides in Taiwan. This study adopts fixed-effect model to investigate the determinants of foreign bride’s scale in Taiwan with 23 regions’ panel data during the period of 2001-2005. The result shows the phenomenon of foreign bride is general in Taiwan society. In addition, wage and unemployment rate are the most important factors to affect foreign bride’s scale in Taiwan. Wage reflects the living standard, and most families with foreign brides in Taiwan are bottom feeders. Furthermore, unemployment rage has a negative relationship to foreign bride’s scale in Taiwan, and the amount of foreign bride has a decreasing trend. Finally, in order to reduce the mistakes occurred in positive models and enable the study more rigorous, then uses more methods to the models and the result.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2000. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 61-06, Section: A, page: 2423. Adviser: Jonathon Glassman.

Inter-tribal clashes have emerged to be one of the biggest contributors to rampant insecurity witnessed in South Sudan and in Jonglei state the clashes revolve around cattle rustling. Efforts to quell the violence from government, the international community, religious movements, and other South Sudan national organizations have not yielded significant fruit yet. This qualitative case study research explores the underlying manifestation of the conflicts among three communities Nuer, Murle and Dinka, who live in Jonglei. The main objective was to explore the changing context of cattle rustling and understand the effects of conflicts related to cattle raiding in Jonglei. The approach of the dissertation is unique in that it examines both historical and current trends in cattle rustling to create a better understanding of the conflict situation. The dissertation focuses on Jonglei state because it has produced the highest number of conflicts related to cattle raiding.

Perçu pendant fort longtemps comme un saint anaphrodite et « castré » avant d’être reconnu comme l’écrivain le plus sensuel des Lettres grecques modernes, Alexandre Papadiamantis (1851-1911), auteur prolifique de près de cent quatre-vingt nouvelles et de trois romans et trésor national hellène, est un artiste antinomique qui ne cesse d’intriguer la critique et de susciter des débats contradictoires. Le présent travail propose une lecture de son œuvre complète axée sur un sujet controversé dont aucune étude systématique n’a été entreprise, malgré un siècle de surabondante critique littéraire : le désir érotique, que nous entendons essentiellement comme le rapport à un objet de convoitise explicitement ou implicitement désigné comme tel, humain ou inhumain, vivant ou inanimé, suscitant un certain nombre de réactions physiques et/ou psychiques et sollicitant un réseau complexe de sens, de sensations, de méditations, d’excitations et de significations représentées par le biais des mots. Une telle définition emphatise l’imbrication de la pulsion et du langage et distingue le désir de l’amour, ce dernier constituant plutôt une stase du désir, un arrêt et une fixation sur l’« autre ». Notre objectif est de comprendre comment l’érotisme ainsi défini s’exprime dans les textes, quels en sont les enjeux psychologiques, les interconnexions avec les techniques narratives, les choix stylistiques et les particularités linguistiques et quelles transformations littéraires il subit dans l’œuvre, en somme, quels sont sa destinée mythique, son aboutissement idéologique et son apothéose thématique, en somme son issue dans l’écriture. / Viewed for ages as an anaphrodite and « castrated » saint before being recognized as the most sensual writer in modern Greek literature, Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851-1911), prolific author of approximately one hundred and eighty short stories, and three historical novels, and deemed to be a Hellenic national treasure, is an antinomic artist who keeps intriguing critics and arousing open debates. The present thesis offers a reading of his complete work based on a controversial subject of which no systematic study has been undertaken before, despite a century of numerous literary comments : erotic desire, defined as the connexion with an objet of lust explicitely or implicitely defined as such, human or inhuman, alive or inanimated, and which rises a number of physical and/or psychological reactions, a complex network of meanings, sensations, meditations, actions and fantasies represented through words. This definition emphasizes the interweaving of drive and language and discerns between desire and love, the latter being rather a stasis of desire, and a fixation on the « other ». Our goal is to understand how eroticism thus defined is expressed throughout the texts, to point out the psychological issues associated with it, its interconnections with the narrative techniques, stylistic choices and linguistic particularities and the literary transformations it undergoes throughout the Papadiamantian opus, that is to say its mythic destiny, its ideological culmination and its thematic apotheosis, in short its outcome in writing.

A dissertação traz uma aproximação entre os poetas simbolistas Alphonsus de Guimaraens e Georges Rodenbach por meio da análise dos temas da cidade morta e da noiva morta. Inicialmente, é feita uma leitura panorâmica da obra em verso e prosa do poeta mineiro, em que se pontua a discussão acerca da religiosidade em sua produção, a fim de mostrar que a presença desse tema está a serviço de um projeto estético consciente e contribui com a criação de uma atmosfera de mistério comum às cidades mortas e de devoção à amada morta, da mesma forma como ocorre no romance Bruges-la-morte. Nesse romance de Georges Rodenbach, a cidade morta aparece como uma espécie de entidade mística, e sua imagem confunde-se com a imagem da mulher morta, num jogo de espelhamentos. Baseado, em especial, no conceito de espelhamento de Starobinski, este estudo pôde evidenciar nas obras de Alphonsus e Rodenbach a percepção das cidades como estados de alma e a imagem da noiva morta como consequência dessa condição anímica. Essa proximidade entre as obras dos dois autores é evidência de como Alphonsus poderia ter se apropriado de temas advindos da obra de Rodenbach, da qual ele era leitor. Isso deixa em aberto a possibilidade de certos temas conhecidos da obra de Alphonsus, normalmente associados à sua vida pessoal, advirem da influência que sofreu das tendências a ele contemporâneas da poesia e prosa europeia. / The dissertation brings an approximation between the Symbolist poets Alphonsus de Guimaraens and Georges Rodenbach through the analysis of the themes of the dead city and the dead bride. Initially, a panoramic reading of the works in verse and prose of the Brazilian poet is done, in which a discussion concerning religiousness in his work is pointed out with the intention of showing that the presence of such theme serves a conscious aesthetic project and contributes with the creation of a mysterious atmosphere, which appears both in the dead cities and in the devotion to the dead loved one, just like it happens in the novel Bruges-la-morte. In this novel by Georges Rodenbach, the dead city appears as a kind of mystical entity and its image mixes with that of the dead bride, in a mirroring game. Based mainly on Starobinskis concept of mirroring, this study was able to evidence the perception of the cities as states of mind and the image of the dead bride as a consequence of such psychic condition in the works of Guimaraens and Rodenbach. These proximities between the works of both authors is evidence of how Guimaraens could have appropriated themes from the works of Rodenbach, of whom he was a reader. That leaves open the possibility that certain themes known in the works of Guimaraens, which are usually associated with his personal life, may have come from the influence he suffered from the European poetry of his time.

This paper explores the construction of multicultural identities in the postcolonial world in relation to nonresident Indian women depicted in mainstream cinema. The dissertation traces the distorted representation of Indian women from its colonial and diasporic origins to its contemporary neo-colonial evolution. The analysis of two films, directed by Gurinder Chadha, Bend It Like Beckham (2002) and Bride and Prejudice (2004), speaks back to Indian women‟s agency and ownership of multicultural identities. These film texts were chosen as they are both contemporary examples of Indian class, gender and culture in relation to the postmodern concept of multicultural societies. The films are products of formerly colonised people commenting on issues of class, gender and power as seen in Indian diasporic communities in England and the USA. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2009.

La performance des mécanismes est intimement liée à la précision des surfaces qui composent les liaisons. La démarche habituelle de l’analyse de ces surfaces est basée sur des hypothèses fortes concernant leurs comportements. Ainsi, les défauts de forme et de rugosité sont négligés et les surfaces sont supposées infiniment rigides. L’objectif principal de ces travaux est de développer une méthode permettant d’étudier l’influence des défauts de forme sur les performances des assemblages. Elle repose sur une méthodologie et des outils pour l’identification des défauts qui vont optimiser ou pénaliser les exigences fonctionnelles de l’assemblage. Dans ce manuscrit, deux cas d’étude sont proposés.Dans un premier temps, un montage de type bride (centrage court, appui plan) est étudié afin de valider l’ensemble de la démarche développée. Les outils utilisés reposent essentiellement sur la décomposition et composition modale des défauts, le concept de surface écarts, la recherche de zone d’appui stable ainsi que la quantification des déformations de surfaces de contact basées sur des modèles analytiques ou numériques. L’influence des défauts de forme sur la précision de mise en position est quantifiée par un domaine écart de liaison. Une confrontation entre la démarche théorique et un dispositif expérimental permet de valider l’approche. Par la suite, une liaison sphérique est considérée constituant une prothèse totale de hanche en matériau céramique. Pour ce cas d’étude, l’objectif est d’identifier, au regard des typologies de défauts, leurs conséquences sur l’apparition d’un phénomène sonore assimilable à du grincement appelé le squeaking. La démarche reprend les mêmes étapes que celles utilisées avec l’étude de la bride. Différents dispositifs expérimentaux sont mis en place confirmant la pertinence de cette approche. Des mesures spécifiques apportent des éléments d’analyse et de compréhension sur le comportement dégradé de la liaison. Ce travail de thèse s’inscrit dans une collaboration entre 3 laboratoires : SYMME d’Annecy, I2M-IMC de Bordeaux-Talence, et la société Tural localisée à Marignier (74), laboratoire de recherche industrielle qui travaille sur des implants médicaux. / The performance of a mechanism is closely correlated with the accuracy of the surfaces that make up the mechanical joint. The most common approach used to study these surfaces is based on strong assumptions about their behavior. Form errors and roughness are neglected and the surfaces are assumed infinitely rigid. The main objective of this work is to develop an original approach to study the impact of form errors on the assemblies. It is mainly based on a methodology and associated tools to predict which defects will optimize or penalize the functional requirements of the assembly. In this manuscript, two case studies are proposed. In a first step, a plate flange (ball and cylinder joints added to a planar joint) is designed to validate the overall approach. Modal decomposition of defects, sum-surface concept, the determination of a stable contact area and quantification of contact deformation of surfaces correspond to the main theoretical tools used in this framework. The influence of form errors on the positioning accuracy is quantified by a clearance domain. Comparisons between theoretical approach and experimental setup are used to validate the models. Subsequently, a spherical joint is considered corresponding to a total hip implant with ceramic material. The objective of this study is to identify which type of form errors can impact the appearance of the squeaking phenomena. The same procedure is followed as for the first example. In parallel, several experimental devices are designed to validate the relevance of this approach. Specific measurements provide some key elements to understand the behavior of the implant subject to squeaking. This work is part of a collaboration between three laboratories : SYMME Annecy, I2M-IMC Bordeaux, and Tural company located in Marignier (74), an industrial research laboratory working on medical implants.

A dissertação traz uma aproximação entre os poetas simbolistas Alphonsus de Guimaraens e Georges Rodenbach por meio da análise dos temas da cidade morta e da noiva morta. Inicialmente, é feita uma leitura panorâmica da obra em verso e prosa do poeta mineiro, em que se pontua a discussão acerca da religiosidade em sua produção, a fim de mostrar que a presença desse tema está a serviço de um projeto estético consciente e contribui com a criação de uma atmosfera de mistério comum às cidades mortas e de devoção à amada morta, da mesma forma como ocorre no romance Bruges-la-morte. Nesse romance de Georges Rodenbach, a cidade morta aparece como uma espécie de entidade mística, e sua imagem confunde-se com a imagem da mulher morta, num jogo de espelhamentos. Baseado, em especial, no conceito de espelhamento de Starobinski, este estudo pôde evidenciar nas obras de Alphonsus e Rodenbach a percepção das cidades como estados de alma e a imagem da noiva morta como consequência dessa condição anímica. Essa proximidade entre as obras dos dois autores é evidência de como Alphonsus poderia ter se apropriado de temas advindos da obra de Rodenbach, da qual ele era leitor. Isso deixa em aberto a possibilidade de certos temas conhecidos da obra de Alphonsus, normalmente associados à sua vida pessoal, advirem da influência que sofreu das tendências a ele contemporâneas da poesia e prosa europeia. / The dissertation brings an approximation between the Symbolist poets Alphonsus de Guimaraens and Georges Rodenbach through the analysis of the themes of the dead city and the dead bride. Initially, a panoramic reading of the works in verse and prose of the Brazilian poet is done, in which a discussion concerning religiousness in his work is pointed out with the intention of showing that the presence of such theme serves a conscious aesthetic project and contributes with the creation of a mysterious atmosphere, which appears both in the dead cities and in the devotion to the dead loved one, just like it happens in the novel Bruges-la-morte. In this novel by Georges Rodenbach, the dead city appears as a kind of mystical entity and its image mixes with that of the dead bride, in a mirroring game. Based mainly on Starobinskis concept of mirroring, this study was able to evidence the perception of the cities as states of mind and the image of the dead bride as a consequence of such psychic condition in the works of Guimaraens and Rodenbach. These proximities between the works of both authors is evidence of how Guimaraens could have appropriated themes from the works of Rodenbach, of whom he was a reader. That leaves open the possibility that certain themes known in the works of Guimaraens, which are usually associated with his personal life, may have come from the influence he suffered from the European poetry of his time.

(anglicky) The goal of my diploma thesis is to analyze Yury Buida`s prose mainly focusing on his cycle Prussian Bride, in which I will be looking for the elements typical for magical realism literature. Another question I will be exploring in this work is going to be a reflection of a historical memory of Kaliningrad Oblast inhabitants. I will be working with the works about magical realism including the one about the magical realism in Yury Buida`s work specifically, as well as with a selection of materials about historical and traumatic collective memory. The contribution of this work will be in a form of Yury Buida`s work analysis (which has not been properly studied until now) and its` representation in a context of a modern European literature studies. Key words: cycle, magical realism, memory, trauma, Yury Buida, Russian Literature of the 20th century