Thèse--Université de Montpellier III, 1979. / Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis is based on a study of the basic concepts of Concha Espina de Serna as revealed through the outstanding characters in ten of her novels and five volumes of short stories: Despertar para morir(1910), Agua de nieve (1911), La esfinge maragata(1914), La rosa de los vientos (1916), Ruecas de marfil(1917), El metal de los muertos (1920), Dulce Nombre(1921), El cáliz rojo(1923), Tierras del Aquilón (1924), El príncipe del cantar(1929?), Altar mayor (1926), Llama de cera(1927), La virgen prudente(1929), Candelabro(1933), and. La floor de ayer(1934).

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This dissertation analyzes the prose works of the “Nova Novorum,” a fiction series created and published by José Ortega y Gasset between 1926 and 1929. This collection included six works by four authors, five of which will be discussed in this dissertation. Pedro Salinas’ Víspera del gozo (1926) inaugurated the series. Benjamín Jarnés published two works: El profesor inútil (1926) and Paula y Paulita (1929). Antonio Espina is also responsible for two works: Pájaro pinto (1927) and Luna de copas (1929). The dissertation is divided into five sections. The first chapter introduces the topic of avant-garde prose during the 1920s in Spain, and the concept of ekphrasis as a methodological approach. Prose authors of the avant-garde were prolific during the first third of the twentieth century in Spain. They produced a new aesthetic sensibility with their experimental narrations. All of the works analyzed are examined through the lens of ekphrasis, which is the verbal representation of visual representation. Chapter Two discusses three relational aspects of ekphrasis: word and image, time and space, and the hermeneutics of ekphrasis. The first section examines the difference between narration and description. The second explores the relationship between time and space and the implications of the fact that a visual object is normally associated with space, while a verbal representation is associated with time. This section examines how authors incorporate spatial techniques into their narrations in ways that are commonly employed by painters. The third section of Chapter Two examines iconology and the hermeneutics of ekphrasis and how the authors use the trope of mimesis not to imitate nature but rather to distort reality. Chapters Three, Four and Five closely examine the images described by each author. This study draws on understanding of ekphrasis from literary studies and art history as well as theories of the literary avant-garde that stems both from Europe and from Spain in particular. Ortega y Gasset’s ideas about the novel and the avant-garde informed the basic assumptions of the authors of the “Nova Novorum,” who often used ekphrasis as a means of avoiding narrative progress. In many cases of ekphrasis found in the “Nova Novorum” collection, the representations of art are deployed in the same way in which the authors utilize metaphor, as a means of digressing from the narrative. These ekphrastic moments allow each author to withdraw from or slow down the narration, providing the author with the opportunity to focus on the use of language itself.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [242]-256). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [242]-256). Also available on the Internet.

El desarrollo de la presente tesis forma parte de un estudio realizado en una empresa que brinda servicios de mantenimiento y reparación de motores eléctricos para minería, industria y generación de electricidad. La tesis tiene como finalidad proponer un modelo de gestión que permita agilizar el tiempo de reparación de motores eléctricos de corriente continua, debido a que los clientes se vienen quejando por incumplimientos en la fecha de entrega del servicio, esto genera pérdida de credibilidad, imagen de la empresa y futuros negocios. Para remediar la problemática se utilizaron herramientas de mejora continua tales como análisis de Pareto, espina pescado, 5 por qué y matriz de priorización para determinar el estado actual del servicio de reparación de motores y determinar cuál será nuestro foco para la investigación, basado en este diagnóstico se ha establecido un estándar en la nomenclatura de actividades de un servicio completo de reparación de motor y se implementó un análisis de muestreo de trabajo para determinar el tiempo de estas actividades sin cabida a los tiempos improductivos. Una vez determinado los tiempos se implementó la Hoja de Ruta la cual sirve de fuente para el seguimiento y supervisión más exacta de las actividades durante la ejecución del servicio y de esta manera cumplir con el tiempo de entrega prometido al cliente. El modelo propuesto logra disminuir el tiempo de ejecución de un servicio completo de motor eléctrico del tipo CC en un 17%, así mismo se obtuvo un incremento significativo en nuestro indicador de cumplimiento con la fecha de entrega pactada y una disminución de quejas de los clientes. The development of this thesis is about of a company that provides maintenance and repair services of electric motors for mining, industry and electricity generation. The thesis aims to propose a management model that allows speed up the repair time DC electric motors, because customers have been complaining about violations on the date of delivery of the service, which entails loss of credibility, image of the company and future business. To remedy the problems we used quality tools such as Pareto analysis, fishbone, 5 why’s and prioritization matrix to determine the current state of the service engine repair and determine what will be our focus for research, based on this diagnosis it has set a standard in the nomenclature of activities of a full-service repair, also Work sampling was used to determine the time to accommodate these activities without downtime. Once determined the times we set the Roadmap which serves as a source for more accurate monitoring and supervision of the activities during the execution of the service and thus meet the promised delivery time to the customer was implemented. It managed to reduce the execution time of a full service type DC electric motor by 17%, also a significant increase was obtained in our indicator of compliance with agreed delivery date and a decrease in customer complaints.