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楊莉. / 論文(博士)--香港中文大學, 2000. / 參考文獻 (p. 138-142) / 中英文摘要. / Available also through the Internet via Dissertations & theses @ Chinese University of Hong Kong. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Yang Li. / Lun wen (bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2000. / Can kao wen xian (p. 138-142) / Zhong Ying wen zhai yao.

This thesis argues that ‘fairy writing’ in the nineteenth-century Scottish literature serves as a peculiar site which accommodates various, often ambiguous and subversive, responses to the processes of constructing new national identities occurring in, and outwith, post-union Scotland. It contends that a pathetic sense of loss, emptiness and absence, together with strong preoccupations with the land, and a desire to perpetuate the nation which has become state-less, commonly underpin the wide variety of fairy writings by Walter Scott, John Black, James Hogg and Andrew Lang. The disappearing fairies and elusive fairy queens who haunt subterranean realms, together with the immaterialised and etherealised homeland, are frequently depicted in the works of fairy writing explored in this study. While they metaphorise the loss of the state, the rightful monarch and the old national identity, they also serve to symbolically, and strategically, immortalise the Scottish nation through mythification and romanticisation within the subliminal textual layers of fairy writing. Choosing four authors in Scottish literature, this thesis explores the spectrum of the wide range of fairy writing created during the long nineteenth century, shedding new light on the contrast, as well as the echoes, between Romantic and Victorian writing. It specifically suggests that fairy narratives by Black and Hogg display ironic self-consciousness of those who were involved in the processes of cultural nation-building in the post-union Britain. This thesis also contends that Scottish fairy writing serves as a problematic site of experimentation where different genres, values and ideas clash and conflict, generating intensified tension, and rarely bringing negotiation without haunting aftertaste. It is contended that genre-mixing is a common methodological feature employed by the four authors, and moreover, that the act of genre-mixing itself is metaphorical of the creation of new and hybrid national identity, which also foregrounds its artificiality, inventedness and internal cracks. This study reassesses a long-forgotten material: The Falls of Clyde (1806) by John Black. It also draws attention to the relatively ‘marginal’ texts by Scott and Hogg, and attempts a radical interpretation of Langian works, arguing that Lang played a significant role in the processes of the diasporic re-imagining of Scottishness which were arguably undertaken outside Scotland by Briticised elites, and are a neglected yet important part of post-Union Scottish nation writing. Drawing on a wide range of texts and paratexts, this study foregrounds a profound complicity in the conceptions of Scotland and national identity inscribed in fairy narratives, perceiving the sub-genre as a site of realism rather than fantasy.

The use of supernatural beings in four of Shakespeare’s plays – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and The Tempest – is examined in order to show the change in Shakespeare’s thinking about magic, and how the mortal and supernatural can co-exist. The shift from properly controlled benevolent female power, to out-of-control malevolent female power, to the eradication of female power and triumph of the male magus is examined; the ideal co-existence of the human and supernatural worlds is assessed.

The Victorians obsessed over the supernatural and this fascination with the otherworldly emerges in the literature of the day. With this thesis, I look at two nineteenth century novels that exhibit supernatural phenomena: Charlotte Brontë's Villette (1853) and Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1847). Both novels, I propose, utilize this aspect of the gothic tradition to enhance their characters' psychological realism. With Villette, I examine the supernatural as a fabricated experience. First, I study the protagonist's psyche and show how her emotional state directly contributes to the appearance of fantastic material. Specifically, I examine Lucy Snowe's childhood experiences in Bretton and then look at her continuing emotional isolation at the boarding school in Villette. I then illustrate how Lucy compensates for this loneliness by transforming the identities of her acquaintances and by often embellishing her own experiences. Following this, I examine her response to an external phenomenon, the ghostly nun. I argue that as Lucy discovers emotional fulfillment via her relationship with Paul Emanuel, she grows increasingly skeptical of the nun. This skepticism climaxes in a scene of violence, after which Lucy successfully denies the existence of the otherworldly. With Wuthering Heights, I examine the supernatural as a genuine phenomenon. To begin, I analyze two significant scenes which frame the main narrative: Lockwood's dream and Heathcliff's death. Both events, I subsequently demonstrate, are instances of supernatural interaction with the real world. Finally, I examine the spiritual and occult beliefs of the lovers, Catherine and Heathcliff. I then show how their ideology influences their decisions and, ultimately, brings about their reunion in the afterlife.

Anthropomorphic portrayals of insects in popular culture reflect ongoing debates and uncertainties about the nature of human beings and their place within the environment. This thesis examines anthropomorphic portrayals of insects in popular media from the early nineteenth century to the present day. It shows how the codes of anthropomorphic representation that developed in conjunction with popular microscopy during the nineteenth century have continued to shape the portrayal of insects in popular culture. Nineteenth-century books about insects refined a literary style conducive to the description of settings and events existing outside the normal perceptual parameters of the reader. The popularity and descriptive limits of this style, along with advances in printing methods and photography, led to an increase in production and distribution of insect imagery. The public fascination with insect imagery inspired many cinematic portrayals of insects that, continuing into the twentieth century, advanced the codes of anthropomorphism already established by preceding texts. Central to these anthropomorphic portrayals is the ‘otherworldly’ status of the insect, a status ensured by its location in the so-called ‘insect world.’ Hence, insects have come to inspire a range of otherworldly beings, from the nineteenth-century fairy to contemporary representations of extraterrestrial beings. The popularity of these figures, in turn, has shaped conceptions of insects themselves. Studying these figures provides an opportunity to better understand how human-insect relations are shaped by culture, and thus to interrogate how human identity itself arises from, and is guided by, cultural practices that seek to engage with the natural world. By foregrounding the ways in which the insect has come to represent the otherworldly and the imaginal, it becomes possible to begin to alleviate psychological barriers to ecological realities, and in particular, the ecological reality of the insect’s place as the most biologically prolific species on Earth.

Anthropomorphic portrayals of insects in popular culture reflect ongoing debates and uncertainties about the nature of human beings and their place within the environment. This thesis examines anthropomorphic portrayals of insects in popular media from the early nineteenth century to the present day. It shows how the codes of anthropomorphic representation that developed in conjunction with popular microscopy during the nineteenth century have continued to shape the portrayal of insects in popular culture. Nineteenth-century books about insects refined a literary style conducive to the description of settings and events existing outside the normal perceptual parameters of the reader. The popularity and descriptive limits of this style, along with advances in printing methods and photography, led to an increase in production and distribution of insect imagery. The public fascination with insect imagery inspired many cinematic portrayals of insects that, continuing into the twentieth century, advanced the codes of anthropomorphism already established by preceding texts. Central to these anthropomorphic portrayals is the ‘otherworldly’ status of the insect, a status ensured by its location in the so-called ‘insect world.’ Hence, insects have come to inspire a range of otherworldly beings, from the nineteenth-century fairy to contemporary representations of extraterrestrial beings. The popularity of these figures, in turn, has shaped conceptions of insects themselves. Studying these figures provides an opportunity to better understand how human-insect relations are shaped by culture, and thus to interrogate how human identity itself arises from, and is guided by, cultural practices that seek to engage with the natural world. By foregrounding the ways in which the insect has come to represent the otherworldly and the imaginal, it becomes possible to begin to alleviate psychological barriers to ecological realities, and in particular, the ecological reality of the insect’s place as the most biologically prolific species on Earth.

Habilitationsschrift--Kiel. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-234).

Orientador: José Luiz Guimarães / Banca: Lucia Helena Tiosso Moretti / Banca: Wilka Coronado Antunes Dias / Resumo: O número crescente de separações vem aumentando consideravelmente, mas as pesquisas mostram que ao contrário do que se pensa, que o casamento é uma instituição falida, o que as pessoas buscam é fazer sua história de amor ser bem sucedida, mesmo que seja um recasamento, o que prova que esta é a área de maior significado na realização pessoal. Porém, o casal está constantemente sendo confrontado por duas forças: o amor idealizado, fantasiado, desejado, influenciado pelo peso que o amor romântico tem sobre as relações contemporâneas, assim como a influência dos Contos de Fadas e o amor real, que se revela ao deparar-se com a intimidade que a convivência traz, as falhas de cada um, a rotina e os conflitos que a vida a dois pode provocar. A proposta deste trabalho é investigar o ideal e o real presente no pensamento das mulheres sobre o casamento, verificando as fantasias e expectativas femininas, bem como perceber se a idealização do casamento pode conviver com o casamento real. A pesquisa foi fundamentada no referencial psicanalítico, compreendendo os caminhos para a escolha do companheiro, perpassando pela influência da transmissão psíquica e da história de vida. As participantes da pesquisa são cinco mulheres de uma mesma família, de três gerações, no estado de Mato Grosso do Sul. A coleta de dados foi feita através de entrevistas gravadas, transcritas na íntegra e orientadas por um roteiro semi-estruturado. Os resultados se apresentam construídos sobre categorias pré-estabelecidas, como a história de vida e a história do casamento de cada entrevistada, como vêem o casamento dos pais e dos avós, suas opiniões sobre o casamento, as alegrias e tristezas que... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The crescent number of separations has been increasing considerably, but research shows that contrary to what you think, that marriage is an institution bankrupt, what people seek is to love its history of success, even a remarriage, which proves that this is the area of greatest significance in personal achievement. But the couple is constantly being confronted by two forces: the idealized love, fanciful, desired, influenced by the weight that romantic love is on relations contemporary as well as the influence of Tale of fairies of love real, which is to encounter with the intimacy that brings together, the flaws of each of the routine and conflicts that life can lead to two. The purpose of this study is to investigate the ideal and the real thinking in this women about marriage, noting the women's fantasies and expectations, and realize that the idealization of marriage can live with real marriage. The research was based on psychoanalytic reference, including the paths to the choice of companion, passing through transmission by the influence of psychological and history of life. The participants of the research are five women from the same family, it's three generations in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Date collection was record through interviews, transcribed in full and guided by a semi-structured guide. The results have been built on pre-established categories such as the history of life and history of the marriage of each interviewer, like you see the marriage of parents and grandparents, their views on marriage, the joys and sorrows that the marriage has brought it, identification women, the influence of Tales of fairies and future prospects and after analysis of each topic, presents itself considerations that answer to the questions raised is proposing to search the object of study. / Mestre

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