A linguagem e a comunicação são processos fundamentais para o desenvolvimento humano. Mas longe de serem processos inatos ou maturacionais são processos sócio-históricos que se desenvolvem ao longo da vida. Dessa forma, quando as crianças chegam à idade escolar trazem com elas uma linguagem e comunicação oral não como produtos acabados, mas como processos sociais e em desenvolvimento Professores de séries iniciais muitas vezes são surpreendidos quando uma criança não fala, ficando sem ação, pois a expectativa deles é trabalhar apenas com a escrita. Eles pressupõem que oralidade já deveria estar desenvolvida em seus alunos. A escola tem papel fundamental nesse processo de alfabetização, mas também no desenvolvimento da linguagem como um todo incluindo as diversas formas de comunicação possíveis, pois, é de suma importância que a escola acolha todas as pessoas sem discriminações ou preconceitos. Esta pesquisa teve como foco principal propor ações mediadoras com uso de recursos e estratégias de CAA para promover o desenvolvimento da comunicação em sujeitos com TGD. As ações mediadoras foram embasadas nos pressupostos da Teoria Sócio-Histórica, focando em estratégias nas quais a interação vise à comunicação com recursos de CAA de baixa e alta tecnologia como foco principal. O presente trabalho estruturou-se como um estudo de caso (multicaso) de dois sujeitos incluídos nas séries iniciais do ensino fundamental na rede publica municipal da grande Porto Alegre. Ambos os sujeitos tem TGD, sendo que um tem diagnóstico de autismo e o outro de Síndrome de Cornélia de Lange (CdLS). Os resultados a serem apresentados mostram que é possível a utilização da CAA no processo do desenvolvimento de sujeitos não oralizados com TGD, pois, de forma geral, percebe-se que no final da pesquisa os sujeitos ampliaram suas formas de comunicação graças ao uso da CAA. Os indícios de intencionalidade de comunicação que emergiram nos sujeitos com TGD, quando utilizadas ações mediadoras com CAA, se ampliaram de forma significativa chegando os sujeitos a tornarem-se agentes intencionais em diversos momentos das interações. / Language and communication are key processes in human development. But far from being innate or maturational processes, they are socio-historical processes that develop throughout life. Thus, when children reach school age they bring with them the language and oral communication not as a finished product, but as a social process in development. Schoolteachers are often surprised when a child does not speak, and do not know what to do, because their expectation is to work only with writing. They assume that orality should have been already developed in their students. The school has a fundamental role in the process of literacy, but also in language development as a whole, including the various forms of possible communication. Therefore, it is essential that the school accepts all persons without discrimination or prejudice. This research aims to propose mediation actions through the use of resources and strategies of AAC to promote the communication development in subjects with PDD. The mediating actions were based on the principles of the Social-Historical Theory, focusing on strategies in which the interaction aimed at communicating with AAC features of low and high technology. This study was structured as a case study (multicase) of two individuals inserted in the initial grades of elementary public school at Porto Alegre. Both subjects have PDD; one was diagnosed with autism and the other with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS). The results presented show that it is possible to use the AAC in the development process of individuals with PDD and with oral language issues because, in general, at the end of the study subjects increased their forms of communication through the use of AAC. The evidence of intentional communication that emerged in subjects with PDD when using mediation actions with AAC have expanded significantly, reaching the subjects and turning them into intentional agents at different times of the interactions.

A linguagem e a comunicação são processos fundamentais para o desenvolvimento humano. Mas longe de serem processos inatos ou maturacionais são processos sócio-históricos que se desenvolvem ao longo da vida. Dessa forma, quando as crianças chegam à idade escolar trazem com elas uma linguagem e comunicação oral não como produtos acabados, mas como processos sociais e em desenvolvimento Professores de séries iniciais muitas vezes são surpreendidos quando uma criança não fala, ficando sem ação, pois a expectativa deles é trabalhar apenas com a escrita. Eles pressupõem que oralidade já deveria estar desenvolvida em seus alunos. A escola tem papel fundamental nesse processo de alfabetização, mas também no desenvolvimento da linguagem como um todo incluindo as diversas formas de comunicação possíveis, pois, é de suma importância que a escola acolha todas as pessoas sem discriminações ou preconceitos. Esta pesquisa teve como foco principal propor ações mediadoras com uso de recursos e estratégias de CAA para promover o desenvolvimento da comunicação em sujeitos com TGD. As ações mediadoras foram embasadas nos pressupostos da Teoria Sócio-Histórica, focando em estratégias nas quais a interação vise à comunicação com recursos de CAA de baixa e alta tecnologia como foco principal. O presente trabalho estruturou-se como um estudo de caso (multicaso) de dois sujeitos incluídos nas séries iniciais do ensino fundamental na rede publica municipal da grande Porto Alegre. Ambos os sujeitos tem TGD, sendo que um tem diagnóstico de autismo e o outro de Síndrome de Cornélia de Lange (CdLS). Os resultados a serem apresentados mostram que é possível a utilização da CAA no processo do desenvolvimento de sujeitos não oralizados com TGD, pois, de forma geral, percebe-se que no final da pesquisa os sujeitos ampliaram suas formas de comunicação graças ao uso da CAA. Os indícios de intencionalidade de comunicação que emergiram nos sujeitos com TGD, quando utilizadas ações mediadoras com CAA, se ampliaram de forma significativa chegando os sujeitos a tornarem-se agentes intencionais em diversos momentos das interações. / Language and communication are key processes in human development. But far from being innate or maturational processes, they are socio-historical processes that develop throughout life. Thus, when children reach school age they bring with them the language and oral communication not as a finished product, but as a social process in development. Schoolteachers are often surprised when a child does not speak, and do not know what to do, because their expectation is to work only with writing. They assume that orality should have been already developed in their students. The school has a fundamental role in the process of literacy, but also in language development as a whole, including the various forms of possible communication. Therefore, it is essential that the school accepts all persons without discrimination or prejudice. This research aims to propose mediation actions through the use of resources and strategies of AAC to promote the communication development in subjects with PDD. The mediating actions were based on the principles of the Social-Historical Theory, focusing on strategies in which the interaction aimed at communicating with AAC features of low and high technology. This study was structured as a case study (multicase) of two individuals inserted in the initial grades of elementary public school at Porto Alegre. Both subjects have PDD; one was diagnosed with autism and the other with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS). The results presented show that it is possible to use the AAC in the development process of individuals with PDD and with oral language issues because, in general, at the end of the study subjects increased their forms of communication through the use of AAC. The evidence of intentional communication that emerged in subjects with PDD when using mediation actions with AAC have expanded significantly, reaching the subjects and turning them into intentional agents at different times of the interactions.

In dieser Arbeit steht die Analyse des Schauplatzes Venedig im Abenteuerroman Herr der Diebe (2000) von Cornelia Funke im Mittelpunkt. Es wird aufgezeigt, wie das Setting die Stimmung sowie die Situation der Protagonisten spiegelt und welchen Einfluss dieses somit auf die Wirkung des Romans ausübt. Des Weiteren werden die kennzeichnenden Merkmale des Handlungsortes Venedig aufgezeigt, insbesondere die Topoider Stadt, ihr Mythos sowie ihre Bezüge zum Roman. Abschließend werden die Symboliken des geflügelten Löwen, des Mondes und des Meeres als Venedig-typische Elemente mittragender Aussagekraft analysiert. Es wird ferner die Hypothese aufgestellt, dass der Schauplatz Venedig eine still im Hintergrund agierende Protagonistin ist. / This work focuses on the analysis of Venice as a setting in the adventure story The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke. It is shown how the setting reflects the mood and the situation of the protagonists and what impact it has on the novel. Furthermore, the characteristic features of Venice are presented, like the topoi of the city, its myth, and its references to the novel. Finally, the symbolism of the winged lion, the moon and the sea are analyzed; these symbols are particularly related to Venice and thus have a significant meaning for the story. Moreover, it is hypothesized that Venice is acting like a silent protagonist in the background.

Both young adult literature and transnational literature occupy transitional spaces and defy simple classifications. Their commonalities naturally suit the two sets of literature for concurrent study. However, the field is underdeveloped, particularly in the United States. With a concentration on the exchanges taking place between the U.S. and Germany, this thesis addresses the need to assemble primary materials and pertinent critical commentary into a single place available to educators, scholars, and researchers to acquire background on transnational YAL themes. The thesis delineates methods used in conducting and compiling research on U.S.-German YAL exchange and highlights the translation and publication concerns associated with this process. It examines how prizes for translations are granted in each nation, identifying organizations that facilitate the process of exchange and describing transnational trends rising out of these circumstances. The concluding chapter visits concerns and complications raised during the investigation, posing questions for further study of the U.S.-German young adult literature relationship and advocating the pursuit of similar research in other world regions. The appendices provide sites for continued examination. They include lists of award-winning translations available in the U.S., novels by American authors that have been translated and published in Germany, and novels by German-language authors that have been translated and published in the U.S.

As an alternative to existing research which states that the phenomenon of displacement resists theorisation because of its complex nature, this study conducts a Phenomenological examination of the nature of displacement in which the interlinked losses in the key concepts of the consciousness of the displaced, namely Memory, Land and home and Identity, are navigated. It is shown that the current consciousness of society mimics these losses with the effect of displacement being experienced as a state of mind by contemporary society. By comparing selected artworks of artists Rachel Whiteread and Cornelia Parker, it is established that although manifested in diverse ways, contemporary artworks reflect displacement according to a set of broadly defined visual signifiers. The visual documentation of a site of displacement in the North West Province of South Africa and subsequently produced artworks underline these findings and highlight the elusive attributes of loss inherent in the displacement phenomenon. / Art History, Visual Arts & Musicology / M.A. (Visual Arts)

In this thesis, I examine three works of modern German fantasy fiction for young adults, their common grounding in the Romantic aesthetic framework and in particular the Romantic notion of creativity, and the implication of their unique fantasy fiction paradigm in our modern day. The novels are Michael Ende’s The Neverending Story (1979), Inkheart (2003) by Cornelia Funke and The City of Dreaming Books (2006) by Walter Moers. They represent a Germany-specific narrative paradigm which can be seen in the protagonist readers’ transformation from mere readers into storymakers/storytellers, and in the conflict between a book-loving hero and antagonists who are against literature. The protagonists embody the Romantic notion of creativity that involves the sublimation of a poet’s crisis into an exploration of the self. The mundane is infused with fantasy, thereby elevating reality to an idealised state. These Romantic storytelling readers act as tricksters, a fairy tale archetype that shares similarities with the figure of the Romantic poet. I employ the theoretical frameworks of German Romanticism, Frankfurt School critical theory, and postmodern models, including those by Deleuze and Guattari. I argue for a modern version of the trickster archetype which explains how a complacent, passive reader becomes an active storyteller. / Graduate

As an alternative to existing research which states that the phenomenon of displacement resists theorisation because of its complex nature, this study conducts a Phenomenological examination of the nature of displacement in which the interlinked losses in the key concepts of the consciousness of the displaced, namely Memory, Land and home and Identity, are navigated. It is shown that the current consciousness of society mimics these losses with the effect of displacement being experienced as a state of mind by contemporary society. By comparing selected artworks of artists Rachel Whiteread and Cornelia Parker, it is established that although manifested in diverse ways, contemporary artworks reflect displacement according to a set of broadly defined visual signifiers. The visual documentation of a site of displacement in the North West Province of South Africa and subsequently produced artworks underline these findings and highlight the elusive attributes of loss inherent in the displacement phenomenon. / Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology / M.A. (Visual Arts)