This master's thesis deals with development of indie game - independently-developed game. It describes important moments in computer games history. It clarifies terms like golden age of video arcade games and video game crash of 1983. Further it explains history and origin of indie game phenomenon. It describes some of the differences between independent and commercial game development. In next chapter it presents some game engines which are suitable for independent game development. And in the last chapter it describes the design and implementation of game engine and game running on it.

Los Sueños de Quevedo es una obra satírica que contiene una incisiva crítica social, de la que no escapa la realidad jurídica de la época. Con la ayuda que prestan los puentes metodológicos generados con la combinación de las ciencias literaria y jurídica, en este trabajo de investigación interdisciplinar se analiza el componente jurídico presente de forma dispersa en esta narración ficcional de naturaleza satírica, estudiando su contenido y forma de presentación en base a la clasificación que se propone de los elementos de carácter jurídico. Mediante su comparación con fuentes documentales jurídicas de la época y con el filtro que proporciona el pensamiento pluridimensional filosófico y doctrinal del autor, se pretende además una aproximación a las circunstancias histórico-jurídicas de finales del siglo XVI y principios del XVII, así como, a la visión que tiene Quevedo de la misma y la valoración que otorga a la administración de justicia y a la justicia misma, contribuyendo con ello al mejor conocimiento de la obra literaria, de su creador y de la época en la que se escribió. / Sueños by Quevedo is a satirical work that contains an incisive social criticism, from which the legal reality of the time does not escape. This interdisciplinary research analyzes the legal component present in Quevedo’s fictional narrative with help from the methodological bridges built between the literary and legal sciences. In this paper a proposed classification of the legal elements is used as the basis for analysis of Sueños’ content and form. By comparing the results with legal documentary sources of the time and with the filter provided by the author's multidimensional philosophical and doctrinal thought, an approach to the historical-legal circumstances of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries is also reached, as well as, Quevedo's view and assessment of the administration of justice and justice itself in his contemporary society. The analysis contributes to a better understanding of Sueños, its author and the time in which it was written.

Denna kandidatuppsats undersöker den nederländska kompositören Jacob van Eycks verk Der Fluyten Lust-hof och den variationsstil som används inom verket. Detta skedde genom studier av Ruth van Baak Griffioens avhandling Jacob van Eyck’s Der Fluyten Lust-Hof och Thiemo Winds avhandling Jacob van Eyck and the Others samt egna studier av variationerna inom verket. Detta kulminerade i sju egenskrivna variationer över den svenska psalmen Den blomstertid nu kommer i Jacob van Eycks ikoniska stil. Genom arbetet har jag uppnått en ökad förståelse om van Eycks liv, hans variationsteknik samt en friare interpretation och stilistisk säkerhet vid framtida framförande av hans musik / This essay investigates the Dutch composer Jacob van Eycks work Der Fluyten Lust-hof and the style of diminution which is used within the work. Previous works about Jacob van Eyck, such as Jacob van Eyck’s Der Fluyten Lust-Hof by Ruth van Baak Griffioen and Jacob van Eyck and the others by Thiemo Wind, as well as my own studies of the work are consulted in the studying of van Eycks variation style. This culminated in seven variations of the Swedish psalm Den blomstertid nu kommer written by my own hand in Jacob van Eycks iconic style. Throughout this work I have gained a better understanding about van Eycks life, his diminution technique as well as achieved a freer interpretation and stylistic confidence when preforming van Eycks music. / <p>Alicia Petersson (1998-)</p><p>Variationer i Jacob van Eycks variationsstil över Den blomstertid nu kommer </p><p>Alicia Petersson, blockflöjt</p>

By the turn of the seventeenth century, the auto sacramental quickly became the most elaborate dramatic genre in Spain. Shortly after the Council of Trent, professional playwrights replaced clerics who had previously written autos for the Corpus Christi celebrations held each year, but none were more influential than Lope de Vega in refining thematic, literary, and staging elements and techniques. At the middle of the nineteenth century, critics began to study the genre that a royal decree had banned almost a century earlier; however, few have dedicated much time to Lope's autos. As a result, most critics have misunderstood Lope's contributions to the genre. This study addresses some of the issues that scholars have particularly misunderstood or ignored, namely, Lope's treatment of the Eucharistic theme in his autos, the level of dramatic unity displayed in his Corpus Christi plays, and the contribution of spectacle to the overall performance. Using a textual analysis of three of Lope's autos, I conclude that Lope could and did write profound, unified liturgical plays designed to disseminate Catholic dogma in an effective and entertaining manner. Each of the three autos used in this study, Las aventuras del Hombre, El viaje del Alma, and Los dos ingenios y esclavos, presents a protagonist representing mankind, who must learn to disregard evil influences faced in mortality and turn to Christ and the Eucharist for salvation. These elaborate liturgical performances, whose budgets exceeded those of the popular comedias of the day, all took place in city plazas around the country. In order to understand the deserved popularity that Lope's autos clearly enjoyed in their original setting, scholars need to return to the texts themselves and not merely rely on criticism.

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Este trabalho tem como objetivo propor um diálogo entre a leitura do Quixote em contexto escolar e os estudos literários, por meio da análise do processo de transferência da obra canônica de Miguel de Cervantes para o sistema literário infantil. Apontamos, neste percurso, as principais questões, enfrentadas tanto por adaptadores da obra quanto por educadores, no que tange à complexa tarefa de colocar a obra ao alcance dos leitores infantojuvenis. Esta pesquisa permite discutir aspectos textuais, históricos e culturais das adaptações, além de sugerir uma abordagem prática da introdução do Quixote em contexto escolar que estimule o empoderamento do leitor infantojuvenil, resgatando seu papel de leitor ativo na própria narrativa cervantina. Palavras-chave: Dom Quixote de la Mancha, Escolarização da leitura, Ensino de espanhol, Adaptação, Literatura infantojuvenil, Formação do leitor, Empoderamento do leitor, Literatura espanhola século de ouro, Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), Recepção de Quixote / This research aims to propose a dialogue between the reading of Quixote in the school context and the literary studies, analyzing it by the process of transferring the Miguel de Cervantes canonical book to the childrens literary system. We focus on the main issues, faced by adapters and educators, in the complex task of providing the work to the childrens readers. This thesis allows us to discuss textual, historical and cultural aspects of the adaptations, as well as it suggests a practical approach to use of the Quixote in the school context, stimulating the empowerment of the childrens reader, and resignifying their active role in the Cervantes narrative.

This thesis discusses contemporary Scottish crime fiction in light of its transatlantic contexts. It argues that, despite participating in a globalized popular genre, examples of Scottish crime fiction nevertheless meaningfully intervene in notions of Scottishness. The first chapter examines Scottish appropriations of the hard-boiled mode in the work of William McIlvanney, Ian Rankin, and Irvine Welsh, using their representation of traditional masculinity as an index for wider concerns about community, class, and violence. The second chapter examines examples of Scottish crime fiction that exploit the baroque aesthetics of gothic and noir fiction as a means of dealing with the same socio-political contexts. It argues that the work of Iain Banks and Louise Welsh draws upon a tradition of distinctively Scottish gothic in order to articulate concerns about the re-incursion of barbarism within contemporary civilized societies. The third chapter examines the parodic, carnivalesque aspects of contemporary Scottish crime fiction in the work of Christopher Brookmyre and Allan Guthrie. It argues that the structure of parody replicates the structure of genre, meaning that the parodic examples dramatize the textual processes at work in more central examples of Scottish crime fiction. The fourth chapter focuses on examples of Scottish crime fiction that participate in the culturally English golden-age and soft-boiled traditions. Unpacking the darker, more ambivalent aspects of these apparently cosy and genteel traditions, this final chapter argues that the novels of M. C. Beaton and Kate Atkinson obliquely refract the particularly Scottish concerns about modernity that the more central examples more openly express.

Cette thèse présente une édition philologique et annotée du roman peu connu, écrit et publié par le maître d’escrime de Philippe IV, Luis Pacheco de Narváez, dont le titre est Historia ejemplar de las dos constantes mujeres españolas, imprimé pour la première fois à Madrid par l’Imprenta del Reino l’année 1635. Le travail est divisé en cinq chapitres, puisque en plus de celui consacré à l’édition du roman (chap. V), qui établit un texte annoté basé sur les deux seules éditions connues (Madrid, 1635 et Séville, 1744) avec son catalogue de variantes, quatre autres lui servent de contexte. Ainsi, nous présentons une biographie de Pacheco de Narváez (Baeza, 1560-Madrid, 1640), rédigée autour de la documentation conservée, qui est accompagnée par une liste de références littéraires d’époque qui évoquent sa figure et son œuvre, et une épigraphe qui se veut une réflexion scientifique sur ses relations avec Francisco de Quevedo (chap. I); une histoire du texte qui étudie la date de composition du roman, la première édition et le moment compliqué pour publier des romans dans ces années à cause de la censure (1625-1635), d’un projet de publication non abouti et de la seconde édition, ainsi que la trajectoire critique du roman et l’absence d’éditions ultérieures (chap. II); une étude de nature taxonomique (bien que l’accent soit mis aussi sur la moralité présente dans le roman) qui implique son rattachement, en dépit de son extension, au genre du roman «courtois» (chap. III); et enfin un chapitre dédié au contexte littéraire, divisé en deux grands blocs: l’un consacré aux sources et aux matériaux que l’auteur a utilisés pour donner forme au roman, et un autre qui étudie, à titre d’exemple, l’un des sujets présent dans ce dérnier et qui était aussi très courant dans la littérature de l’époque: la descriptio tempestatis. Cette dernière partie est complétée par un appendice qui analyse le sujet de la tempête dans la Jerusalén conquistada (1609) de Lope de Vega (chap. IV). / This thesis present a critical edition of the non-well known novel written and published by the fencing master of Philip IV, Luis Pacheco de Narváez, whose title is Historia ejemplar de las dos constants mujeres españolas, printed for the first time in Madrid by the Imprenta del Reino the year 1635. The work is divided into five chapters. In addition to the section dedicated to the edition of the novel (ch. V), which establishes an annotated text based on the only two known editions (Madrid, 1635 and Seville, 1744) with her list of variants, another four serve as context to it. Thus, we present a biography of Pacheco de Narváez (Baeza, 1560-Madrid, 1640), drafted in accordance with the preserved documentation, which is complemented by a literary list of references of this period about the figure and the work of the author, and an epigraph that wants to be a scientific consideration on his relations with Francisco de Quevedo (ch. I); a history of the text that studies the date of composition, the first edition and the complicated situation to publish novels in these years due to censorship (1625-1635), an aborted publication project and the second edition, as well as the critical trajectory of the novel and the absence of later editions (ch. II); a taxonomic study (although emphasis is placed on the morality present in the story) that implies its attachment to the genre of the so-called “courtly novel” (ch. III); and finally a chapter dedicated to the literary context, divided in two large parts: one dedicated to the sources and materials that the author could use to form the novel, and another that studies, by way of example, one of the literary topics present in the text and in the literature of the time: the descriptio tempestatis. This last part complements, as addition, with a study of the subject of the storm in the Jerusalen conquistada (1609) by Lope de Vega (ch. IV). / El objeto de esta tesis es presentar una edición filológica y anotada de la poco conocida novela escrita y publicada por el maestro de esgrima del monarca Felipe IV, Luis Pacheco de Narváez, cuyo título es Historia ejemplar de las dos constantes mujeres españolas, impresa por vez primera en Madrid por la Imprenta del Reino el año de 1635. El trabajo se divide en cinco capítulos, pues además del específico dedicado a la edición de la obra (Cap. V), que establece un texto anotado sobre la base de las dos únicas ediciones conocidas (Madrid, 1635 y Sevilla, 1744) junto con su aparato de variantes, otros cuatro sirven de contexto a la misma. Así, presentamos una nueva y completa biografía de Luis Pacheco de Narváez (Baeza, ha. 1560-Madrid, 1640), redactada en torno a la documentación conservada, que se complementa con un importante elenco de las menciones literarias de época que hacen referencia a la figura y la obra del autor, y un epígrafe que quiere ser una reflexión científica sobre sus relaciones con el escritor Francisco de Quevedo (Cap. I); una historia del texto que estudia la fecha de composición de la obra, la primera edición madrileña de 1635 y la complicada tesitura para publicar novelas en estos años a causa de la censura imperante (1625-1635), un proyecto de publicación abortado y la segunda edición sevillana de 1744, así como la trayectoria crítica de la novela y la inexistencia de ediciones posteriores (Cap. II); un estudio de carácter taxonómico (aunque se haga hincapié en la moralidad presente en el relato) que supone su adscripción al género, pese a su extensión, de la denominada como novela «cortesana», bien que se constate y analice también la presencia de elementos de otros géneros como la novela bizantina, caballeresca, etc. (Cap. III); y por último un capítulo dedicado al contexto literario, dividido a su vez en dos grandes bloques: uno dedicado a las fuentes y materiales que pudo utilizar el autor para conformar la novela, y otro que estudia, a manera de ejemplo, uno de los tópicos literarios presentes en la misma y en la literatura de la época: la descriptio tempestatis. Este último bloque se complementa, en tanto que apéndice, con un estudio del tema de la tormenta en el libro VII de La Jerusalén conquistada (1609) de Félix Lope de Vega (Cap. IV). Se cierra la tesis con el consabido apartado bibliográfico.

This research examines the career of Robert Searle, an English privateer, that conducted state-sponsored attacks against the Spanish and Dutch in the Caribbean from 1655 to 1671. Set within the Buccaneering Period of the Golden Age of Piracy (1650-1680), Robert Searle’s personal actions contributed to the rise of the English in the Caribbean to a position of dominance over Spain, which dominated the region from 1492 until the 1670s. Searle serves as a window into the contributions of thousands of nameless men who journeyed to the Caribbean as a member of Oliver Cromwell’s Western Design Fleet. These men failed in their endeavor to take Hispaniola from the Spanish, successfully invaded Jamaica, and spent the next fifteen years securing England’s largest possession in the region, transitioning Jamaica from a military outpost to a successful plantation colony. These men, including Searle himself, have been overshadowed in the history of English Jamaica by more well-known figures such as Sir Henry Morgan, the famed “Admiral of the Buccaneers.” Searle and his compatriots pursued the objectives of the core in London throughout the contested periphery of the Caribbean region. These goals were first framed as the complete destruction of the Spanish Empire in the Americas and later as achieving trade between Jamaica and Spain’s American colonies. The examination of Robert Searle through the core-periphery relationship between the metropole and the Caribbean illustrates how the totality of his actions contributed to the rising English position in the Caribbean. Ultimately, Searle and his fellow privateers proved vital to Spain conceding to England the rights of trade and formal recognition of their colonies in the region with a series of succeeding Treaties of Madrid.

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