A collection of poems that seeks the balance between imagination and reality that Wallace Stevens calls for in art, with a preface exploring Elaine Scarry's On Beauty and Being Just through the work of two contemporary poets.

Exquisite is defined as carefully selected or sought out. I believe myself to be a selected soul placed in a body of circumstance. My work is self-explorative and telling of those circumstances in hopes of evoking empathy. Our bodies function and exist on many different levels. What I understand as normal for most differs vastly from what is normal for me. I aim to offer my perspective on the world, establish understanding, and blur the lines of normalcy.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:25:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-08-08Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:26:23Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 recchia_c_me_arafcl.pdf: 338847 bytes, checksum: 71ed00e920472ef422b38de042265ef2 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Apresenta-se o estudo da construção do eu feminino em duas obras da literatura brasileira, uma de 1942, Minha vida de menina, de Helena Morley, e outra de 1973, As meninas, de Lygia Fagundes Telles. De um lado, tem-se a descrição do cotidiano e da vida pacata de uma pequena cidade do interior de Minas Gerias feita por Helena Morley no final do século XIX, e, de outro, a vida urbana, cosmopolita, agitada e politizada de As meninas de Lygia Fagundes Telles. A ficção introspectiva de Lygia em As meninas sonda a alma humana e explora as inquietações existenciais das personagens. Através de Lia, Ana Clara, e Lorena, a autora traduz problemas psicológicos, religiosos, filosóficos e morais relacionados à vivência urbana. As diferenças de visão de mundo das jovens narradoras, uma do século XIX e três do século XX, proporcionam também uma visão de como o papel da mulher mudou na nossa sociedade. De uma maneira surpreendente, Helena Morley coloca-se à frente de seu tempo e questionadora da condição feminina, sendo este um dos aspectos importantes da obra. Minha vida de menina e As meninas apresentam-nos diversos e distintos perfis de mulheres, que, ao mesmo tempo em que consolidam as posições femininas na sociedade em que estão inseridas, permitem-nos colocá-las em cheque. Tão distintos pontos de vista nos fazem conhecer as diversas facetas do tempo histórico em que cada uma dessas mulheres viveu. O resultado é uma nova história, a história interpretada sob o ponto de vista feminino. Momentos históricos como a Proclamação da República, a Abolição da Escravatura e a Ditadura Militar são recriados por cada uma dessas mulheres. O tratamento temporal e a representação do corpo feminino são as categorias que representam, nas obras estudadas, o surgimento e o desenvolvimento de uma nova mulher brasileira, uma mulher cada vez mais livre em relação... / The study of the construction of the self-feminine is highlighted in two major literary works of the Brazilian literature, one from 1942, Minha vida de menina, by Helena Morley; and another from 1973, As meninas, by Lygia Fagundes Telles. On the one hand, Morley describes a peaceful everyday life in a small town in Minas Gerais state in the end of the 19th century and, on the other hand, a bursting, urban, cosmopolitan and politicized life is tackled by Lygia Fagundes Telles. Tele’s introspective narrative in As meninas probes the human soul and explores the character’s existencial inquietudes. Through Lia, Ana Clara, and Lorena, the author analyses pshyhological, religious, philosophical and moral problems related to urban life. The narrators’ differing points of view, one belonging to the 19th century and the other three to the 20th century, result in na appreciation of the changing social landscape occupied by women. In a surprising way, Morley is ahead of her time when she questions the feminine condition, this being the most outstanding aspect of her book. Minha vida de menina and As meninas present us with diverse and distinct women’s profiles that, while consolidating their feminine positions in the society they are inserted, allow us to put them in check. Distinct points of view make us familiar with the many facets of the historical time these women lived. The result is a new history, a history interpreted by a female point of view. Historical moments such as the republic proclamation, slavery abolition and the military dictatorship are recreated by each of these women. The temporal treatment and the representation of the female body are categories representative, in these books, of the birth and development of a new Brazilian women, a freer woman concerning their bodies and possibilities of expression. Each author builds time in their works in a particular... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Cléo from 5 to 7 is perhaps the most famous work of influential French filmmaker Agnès Varda, who is often called the "Grande Dame of the New Wave". The depth of symbolism, the richness of imagery, the beginnings of cinécriture (a Varda-ism describing cinema as a form of writing that uses all the tools available to a filmmaker, not just words), and the charm of the story have guaranteed Cléo's popularity with scholars and audiences alike. Current scholarship has tended to focus on a few aspects of Cléo, including her role as a flâneuse, the use of mirrors and the theme of gazing, time and the division of the film into chapters, the female gaze, and femininity. I will examine the thematic of decay, nature, and beauty in Cléo. Beginning by linking it to her more contemporary documentary The Gleaners and I, I will analyze how Varda undermines conventional ideas of health, youth, and beauty by deconstructing Cléo's world through the threat of disease, only to show how Cléo regains autonomy and control of herself by learning to embrace the inevitability of decay in nature, and in her own body. I will rely on the theories in Elaine Scarry's The Body in Pain to show how Cléo's changing relationship to her body constitute the profound transformation mentioned at the beginning of the film. I will also examine Cléo's cancer in light of Susan Sontag's essay Illness as Metaphor. We will see how Varda uses cinécriture to express these ideas, especially in regards to the dialogue between characters, visual symbols, and the use of space.

La presente tesis está dividida en un bloque teórico y un bloque práctico. En la parte teórica se realiza un estudio referencial, análisis y discusión de una serie de creaciones artísticas pertenecientes a la época de los años 60 y 70 mayoritariamente en EE UU y minoritariamente en Europa, que hacen uso de la imagen en movimiento monocanal y el cuerpo en acción en la naturaleza con carácter site-specific. En la parte práctica se realiza una obra videográfica que trabaja a partir de los mismos elementos de las obras de estudio desde un punto de vista actual y dentro de la línea de creación personal de la autora, aportando temáticas, motivaciones, procesos creativos y recursos formales que complementan y dan continuidad a la investigación teórica, al tiempo que enriquecen la línea de trabajo personal. Por lo que hemos podido comprobar, no tenemos constancia de que se haya realizado una investigación que analice y compare las distintas aproximaciones a las obras de nuestro estudio desde un punto de vista unitario, sino que han permanecido consideradas como piezas aisladas en muchos casos, dentro de las trayectorias de los propios artistas y sin atender al denominador común que todas ellas comparten. En el bloque teórico se acota el marco conceptual que delimita la temática a la que nos enfrentamos, a la vez que se muestra un recorrido por los puntos más importantes de la investigación, claves a la hora de analizar, discutir y concluir acerca de las creaciones. Estos puntos son los siguientes: La naturaleza como lugar; el cuerpo en acción: performance y danza site-specific; y la imagen en movimiento: cine y vídeo monocanal, entre testimonio y creación. Una vez aplicado el marco teórico, se acomete un estudio referencial que aborda el contexto artístico de la época, una serie de obras periféricas en relación con la investigación, y finalmente las obras destacadas de la tesis. Se realiza un visionado y un análisis completo de las obras destacadas a través de una metodología de análisis creada específicamente en esta investigación para este tipo de piezas. Y se concluye con una discusión que profundiza en el estudio transversal de las obras, el marco teórico, el contexto y las periferias, poniendo a disposición de la comunidad investigadora una visión inédita sobre estas creaciones, y una serie de conclusiones novedosas acerca de la temática. / Ontiñano Abadías, MC. (2014). Cuerpo en acción, imagen en movimiento y naturaleza en el arte de EE UU y Europa durante los años 60-70, con caracter site-specific. Estudio referencial, análisis y proyecto personal [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/36868 / TESIS

This essay is the result of a close-reading of the male protagonist’s narrative in Jean Rhys’s novel Wide Sargasso Sea (1966). His narrative was examined through an interpretive lens layered with a combination of several critical onsets that form the pillars of Elaine Showalter’s theory of a metaphysical female crescent outside of male consciousness. With a combination of gynocriticism, postcolonial feminism, cultural theory and psychoanalysis, this essay charted the inner expedition of the male protagonist as he travels to the Caribbean and marries his new wife. The findings showed how his inner journey takes him to the borderlands of his consciousness and language. On the other side of the border is the female crescent, the wild zone, where women and wilderness taunt him and hide from him in plain sight. Stretching himself to the limits of his conscious mind, the male protagonist Rochester loses his grip on reality and gets overwhelmed by feelings of fear and anger.

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