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21	The Psychological Orientation Towards Growth in Lawrence Durrell's "The Alexandria Quartet" Fordham, Glenn Wayne, Jr. 05 1900 (has links) In this dissertation I argue that in the characters in Lawrence Durrell's The Alexandria Quartet there is consistently evidenced a psychological orientation towards growth. An introductory Chapter One surveys and a concluding Chapter Six summarizes the dissertation, but the body of the text is four chapters demonstrating the growth-orientation in four characters. growth-orientation The Alexandria Quartet psychological orientation towards growth Durrell, Lawrence -- Characters.
22	Cavafy hero : literary appropriations and cultural projections of the poet in English and American literature Dimirouli, Foteini January 2014 (has links) The present thesis examines the way E.M. Forster, Lawrence Durrell, W.H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Joseph Brodsky, and James Merrill appropriated C.P. Cavafy in writings that were disseminated and consumed amongst culturally dominant literary circles, and which eventually determined the Greek-Alexandrian poet’s international reputation. I aim to contribute a new perspective on Cavafy, by evading the text-based tradition of reception studies, and proposing an alternative method of discussing the production of Cavafy's canonical status. Inspired by Pierre Bourdieu's sociological theory, I view literary canonization as involving a variety of factors at play beyond creative achievement: in particular, relationships of 'authorial consecration' whereby writers create and circulate cultural capital through their power to legitimize other artists. The critical and fictional texts I analyse perform readings of Cavafy's poetry alongside imaginative portrayals of the poet's life and personality. I take this complementary relationship - between the image of the poet each author projects and their reading of his work - as a starting point to explore the broader ideas of aesthetics and authorial subjectivity that inform the renderings of Cavafy generated by prominent literary figures. Rather than passive recipients of influence, these figures are considered as active agents in the production of 'Cavafy narratives', appropriating the poet according to their own agendas, while also projecting onto him their own position within the cultural field. Eventually, Cavafy becomes a point of insight into the multiplicity of networks and practices involved in the production of cultural currency; in turn, the study of the construction of Cavafy's authorial identity sheds light on the cumulative processes that have defined the way the poet is read and perceived to the present day. This duality of perspective is essential to a study concerned with the cultural contexts framing the poet's steady rise to international fame throughout the 20th century. 889.1
23	The echo structure of death as a regenerative force in Clea, the fourth book of Lawrence Durrel's [sic] Alexandria quartet Tucker, Mareta Suydam 01 January 1972 (has links) One of the principal techniques used by Lawrence Durrell in creating the rich and varied Alexandria Quartet is echo structure. Echo structures of similar construction (ether directly stated or implied) suffuse the text with additional meanings and achieve thematic significance and completeness. The symbolism of death and a new birth, or rebirth is a dominant means of conveying this in the Quartet, and particularly in Clea, its fourth and final book. Echo structure is created by the writer’s establishing actions, images, archetypes, allusions and characters in an early portion of the Quartet and generally suspending that entity until changed or unchanged, it recurs ata climactic moment to make its final appearance, in every case transformed because of the pressure of thematic resolution or to conform with overriding themes. The meaning is service precisely from the changes that occur in the entity between the first and final appearance. Rebirth may be nothing more than a metamorphosis in outward appearance or a change of an entity which generally produces something better for the person involved. It may be as profound as the spiritualization of the human being or a release of long pent-up creative energy. The change itself contributes to the meaning of the rebirth structure. IN any work of art there is usually a dominant theme, but many variations of the theme work throughout whenever some minor or superficial change occurs; this profoundly changes human destiny. Precisely this device of the echo structure furnishes a means for Durrell to convey his major theme of rebirth. Lawrence Durrell Alexandria quartet Death in literature Arts and Humanities English Language and Literature
24	Écritures dramatiques et romanesques des XXe et XXIe siècles à l’épreuve des arts non verbaux. Modèles et dispositifs / Dramatic and Novelistic Writings of 20th and 21st centuries in relation with non-verbal arts. Models, Patterns and Devices Rascle, Floriane 09 December 2016 (has links) L’observation de la présence des arts non verbaux au cœur des œuvres de Marguerite Duras, Lawrence Durrell, Elfriede Jelinek et Péter Nádas nous invite à considérer la musicalité et l’iconicité des écritures dramatiques et romanesques contemporaines en termes de modèle mais aussi de dispositif. Des phénomènes de dialogue, d’hybridation, de polyphonie, de dialogisme, d’intermédialité, de ce que Jacques Rancière nomme « l’impurification » au cœur d’un « régime esthétique de l’art » révèlent les rêves, désirs et pulsions du verbal pour d’autres arts, mais aussi pour des représentations à l’artisticité discutable. La fabrique d’un corps organique, sexuel, érotique voire pornographique par les écritures contemporaines nous convie à envisager le métissage entre art et non-art en termes de dispositif performatif et à proposer une lecture queer des œuvres. À l’heure du postmodernisme, le recours des écritures au non-verbal se donne à lire à la fois comme la manifestation d’une crise du logos et de la représentation et comme l’enjeu d’une rénovation esthétique et politique de la littérature. Qu’ils modélisent le verbal ou fassent brutalement irruption et déchirure en son sein, les arts non verbaux concourent au renouvellement des formes littéraires, mais aussi à leur politicité et au renouveau de la fiction. Cette étude ambitionne donc d’explorer le carrefour esthético-politique que dessinent, entre le milieu du XXe siècle et ce début de XXIe siècle, les relations plurielles entre les arts verbaux et non verbaux dans l’art verbal par excellence, la littérature. / The observation of the presence of non verbal arts within the works of Marguerite Duras, Lawrence Durrell, Elfriede Jelinek and Péter Nádas leads us to examine the musicality and the iconicity of contemporary dramatic and novelistic writings in terms of model, pattern and devices. Dialogue, hybridization, polyphony, dialogism, intermediality, and what Jacques Rancière calls “impurification” within the “Aesthetic Regime of Art”, display the dreams, desires and longings of verbal art for other arts, but also for representations whose artistic content is arguable. The fact that contemporary writings produce an organic, sexual, erotic, even pornographic body invites us to focus on the interactions between arts and non-arts with regard to their performative devices and to propose a queer reading of the works. In Postmodernism, the fact that writings draw on non verbal forms can be understood as the expression of the failure of Logos – both language and reason – and of representation. Moreover, what is also at stake is an aesthetic and political reform of literature. Whether they tend to impose new verbal models or break into them, non verbal arts contribute not only to reshape literary forms but also to emphasize their political substance and renew their fictional content. This dissertation aims to investigate the crossroads between aesthetics and politics that the various relationships between verbal and non-verbal arts display, from mid-20th century to the beginning of the 21st century, within Literature, the verbal art par excellence. Marguerite Duras Lawrence Durrell Elfriede Jelinek Péter Nádas Roman Théâtre Fiction Dialogue interartistique Contexte postmoderne Musicalité et iconicité de l'écriture Modèle Dialogisme Polyphonie Dispositifs musicaux et iconiques Corps Sexualité Politicité de l'écriture Impurification Régime esthétique de l'art Dispositifs critiques Dispositifs performatifs Intermédialité Marguerite Duras Lawrence Durrell Elfriede Jelinek Péter Nádas Novel Theatre Fiction Interartistic Dialogue Postmodern Context Musicality and Iconicity of Writing Model and Pattern Dialogism Polyphony Musical and Iconical Devices Body Sexuality Politicity of Writing Impurification Aesthetic Regime of Art Critical Devices Performative Devices Intermediality

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