Diploma thesis Bc. Anna Fauknerová (2018) Transformationand Adaptation of the Cupid and Psyche Myth in Literature Abstract This thesis deals with the myth of Cupid and Psyche. It is concerned with the version of the myth found in Apulei's novel The Golden Ass as well as in other works such as fairy tales and novels. Some of these other works refer to the myth directly while others' connections to it have not been established and they merely demonstrate similar motifs. The first part of the thesis deals with Apuleius and his text The Golden Ass, which is the oldest surviving version of the myth of Amor and Psyche. The main characteristics of the myth as well as its characters, the story and the meanings that are hidden in it are examined. The character of Psyche and the way her heroism manifests itself are examined in greater detail. The second part of the thesis compares the myth with three fairy tales and three novels based on the conclusions of the previous chapter. The greatest emphasis is placed on the development and adaptation of individual motifs, similarities and disimilarities in content and form and on the way in which the myth is reflected in literature. The third part of the thesis looks at three possible ways of interpreting the myth. Keywords: Cupid, Psyche, myth, fairy tale, motif of light...

Mme de Marans (1719-1784) est issue d'une famille de noblesse récente et vit en châtelaine dans le Bas-Vendômois. Elle tient la plume dès son enfance et écrit en son for privé toute sa vie. Trois de ses journaux personnelsont été conservés : recueils de miscellanées, ils s'apparentent aux livres de lieux communs. La forme et le fond de cesécrits privés révèlent la personnalité de leur auteure, très cultivée, les raisons de sa prise de plume et ses pratiquesd'écriture. À l'aide de ces sources principales, de la correspondance de Mme de Marans et d'actes de la pratique, il estpossible de restituer l'éducation reçue par la diariste et les voies d'accès à la culture pour cette provinciale curieuse detout. Mme de Marans mobilise l'univers de la sociabilité des élites et celui du livre (elle offre même le fruit de sesréflexions au public via les anonymes Pensées errantes) pour satisfaire son ambition d'en apprendre davantage.Introspection, morale, théologie, histoire, littérature ancienne et moderne, sciences, intéressent Mme de Marans. Elleporte aussi sa réflexion sur des sujets d'actualité : place de la noblesse dans la société, nature du pouvoir royal etdroits des femmes. Le profil de Mme de Marans correspond à celui d'autres écrivantes et curieuses de la France et del'Europe des Lumières, mais elle subit les mêmes contraintes que ses contemporaines dans son accès à laconnaissance. Son cas montre ce qui est possible en matière de réception et d'appropriation des savoirs à lacampagne, et contribue à la réévaluation de l'éducation et la culture des femmes au château au XVIIIe siècle. / Mme de Marans (1719-1784) was born in a noble but new family and lives amongst the Bas-Vendômois gentry.She starts writing as a child and keeps private writings her whole life. Three of her diaries, or commonplace books, werepreserved. Form and content of these private writings reveal their author's character, her great culture, the reasons whyshe started writing and her writing practice. Those main sources, Mme de Marans' correspondence and notary sourceshelp reconstituting her education, and the ways her inquiring mind can access knowledge. Mme de Marans takesadvantage of her social network and of the book industry (she even publishes her thoughts in the anonymous Penséeserrantes) to fulfill her ambition of always learning more. Mme de Marans is interested in introspection, ethics, theology,history, science, ancient and modern literature. Topical issues such as nobility's place in society, nature of royal powerand women's rights concern her as well. Mme de Marans shares similarities with other women writers from France orEurope of the Enlightment, but she experiences the same restrictions as her contemporaries in her access toknowledge. Her case is an example of what can be appropriation of ideas in the countryside, and contributes to thereassessment of women's education and culture amongst the 18th century gentry.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:48:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Donizeti Rodrigues Ladeia.pdf: 29867 bytes, checksum: 7b7c84172c4404208499b83aa8f8ad2a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-12-14 / Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie / This research introduces the Thomas Reid philosophy, as a philosophical matrix, through the north american presbyterianism, represented by the North American Presbyterian Church, and how the Igreja Presbiteriana do Brasil, received the influencies of that philosophy through foreign mission. The environment of this analysis was the crisis period, that the Scotish Philosophy appeared. The analysed factors in that environment was, the crisis that influenced the philosophical thinking, specialy in knowledge field in a time starts from Middle Age English School inquiring up to epistemologics crisis context of Reid s thinking. After that, the Reid s formulation of thinking was studied, the common sense. At this point we have the study about how Reid faced the ceticism based in David Hume s conception. The final part shows how the common sense philosophy became de philosophical matrix of protestanism through North American Presbyterian Church, and subsequently by the Princeton missionaries actions in Brazil. / Esta pesquisa introduz o estudo da filosofia de Thomas Reid, como matriz filosófica, através do presbiterianismo norte americano, representado pela denominação da Igreja, Presbiteriana Norte Americana, e de como a Igreja Presbiteriana do Brasil recebeu as influências desta filosofia, através das missões estrangeiras. Analisou-se o período de crise, no qual eclodiu a filosofia escocesa. Os fatores analisados neste ambiente foram a crise que atinge o pensamento filosófico principalmente na área do conhecimento em um período que vai dos questionamentos da Escola Inglesa na Idade Média até o contexto epistemológico do período vivido por Thomas Reid. Posteriormente, estudou-se a formulação do pensamento de Reid, o senso comum. Nesta parte temos o estudo sobre como Reid enfrentou o ceticismo formulado nas concepções de David Hume. A parte final mostra como a filosofia do senso comum se tornou a matriz filosófica do protestantismo através da Igreja Presbiteriana da América do Norte, e depois pela atuação dos missionários formados em Princeton no Brasil.