Denna uppsats innehåller en komparativ studie kring karaktäriseringen av den fiktiva figuren Madeleine Usher i Edgar Allan Poes 1800-tals novell "The Fall of the House of Usher" och Bethany Griffins re-telling av novellen i sin skräckroman The Fall, publicerad 2014. Syftet är att synliggöra hur Madeleine porträtteras och karaktäriseras ur ett genuskritiskt perspektiv med hjälp av bland annat Yvonne Hirdmans teori om genussystem och genuskontrakt, samt Maria Nikolajevas narratologiska teori om konvenansen kring litterärt kön. Utifrån denna analys ämnar jag tolka effekterna av Madeleine Ushers skilda subjektspositionering i verken, samt vilken kritik Griffins re-telling därigenom framför.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 353-369). / Microfiche. / xxi, 369 leaves, bound 29 cm

Doct. thesis--Deprtment of English--Uppsala, 1993.

This purpose of this document is to examine risk as a thematic element in the practice of comedy as performed by women. Risk is evident in various ways: individual female comedic performance, the labeling of someone as "female comedic performer" and in being an individual female who strives to undertake comedy as a means of personal performance. Through an analysis of comedians Tina Fey, Kathy Griffin, Sarah Silverman and myself, this thesis recognizes an appreciation of that risk, argues for the importance of context in thinking about comedy, and ultimately calls for the further inclusion of women in the historical canon of comedic performance.

The Hebrew words (cherub) and (seraph) are well-known terms, but it is unclear exactly to what they refer. Many sources agree that the word cherub refers to a composite creature such as a griffin, sphinx or winged bull. Less research has been done on the meaning of the word seraph. This study employs a textual and iconographic analysis to attempt to reconstruct a picture of what the authors of the Hebrew Bible had in mind when they wrote about cherubim and seraphim. Every text in the Hebrew Bible mentioning one of these words is listed, translated and analysed with the aid of various sources. Special attention is paid to texts that discuss cherubim or seraphim at length, such as the description of the Ark of the Covenant in Exodus, the visions of cherubim in Ezekiel and the reference to seraphim in Isaiah. Artefacts from certain cultures and dating within a specific timeframe, depicting composite creatures, are studied and analysed. Possible depictions of seraphim are identified, using information from the texts of the Hebrew Bible and through analogy with widely-accepted depictions of cherubim. The study contends that where cherubim were seen as winged composite creatures with parts of two or more of the eagle, lion, ox/bull and human, seraphim was a term used to describe winged composite creatures including parts of the serpent. It is also argued that seraphim are generally not associated with dragonlike composite creatures because of the negative connotations that modern symbolism has of snakes and dragons, and that the ancient Hebrews did not necessarily share this view. / Afrikaans: Die Hebreeuse woorde (gerub) en (seraf) is bekende terme, maar dit is onduidelik waarna hulle verwys. Baie bronne is dit eens dat die woord gerub verwys na ‘n gedierte met buitengewone en verskillende saamgestelde liggaamsdele soos ‘n griffioen, ‘n sfinks of ‘n gevleulde bul. Minder navorsing is al gedoen oor die betekenis van die woord seraf. In hierdie studie word ‘n tekstuele en ikonografiese analise benut om te poog om ‘n beeld te rekonstrueer van wat die skrywers van die Hebreeuse Bybel in gedagte gehad het toe hulle geskryf het oor gerubs en serafs. Elke teks in die Hebreeuse Bybel wat een van hierdie woorde gebruik, word gelys, vertaal en geanaliseer deur ander bronne ook te benut. Spesiale aandag word gegee aan tekste wat breedvoerig oor óf gerubs óf serafs handel, soos die beskrywing van die Verbondsark in Eksodus, en die visioene van gerubs in Esegiël en van serafs in Jesaja. Artefakte van bepaalde kulture en wat binne ‘n sekere tydraam gedateer kan word, wat diere uit saamgestelde dele uitbeeld, word bestudeer en geanaliseer. Moontlike uitbeeldings van serafs word geïdentifiseer deur gebruik te maak van inligting in tekste van die Hebreeuse Bybel en deur middel van analogie met algemeen aanvaarde uitbeeldings van gerubs. Die studie beoog om aan te dui dat waar die gerubs beskou was as gevleuelde gediertes bestaande uit saamgestelde gedeeltes met twee of meer dele van ‘n arend, ‘n leeu, bul en mens, verwys die term seraf gewoonlik na ‘n gevleuelde gedierte wat dele van ‘n slang bevat. Dit word ook geargumenteer dat serafs nie algemeen met ‘n draakagtige gevleulde gedierte geassosieer is nie weens die negatiewe konnotasies wat geheg word aan slange en drake in moderne simbolisme en dat die antieke Hebreërs nie noodwendig hierdie beskouing gedeel het nie. / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Ancient Languages / MA / Unrestricted

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A evolução continua dos computadores levou a várias modificações na maneira de fazer ciência, fazendo surgir uma infinidade de novas opções para resolvermos problemas científicos. A implementação computacional de métodos teóricos possibilitou a tratamento de sistemas grandes, complexos e em diferentes áreas da ciência.Uma área particularmente em destaque e a química de moléculas, atualmente podemos descrever sistemas moleculares relativamente complexos com extrema precisão. Os métodos teóricos em química molecular podem ser divididos basicamente em métodos clássicos ou quânticos, dependendo do que queremos estudar, podemos também utilizar métodos híbridos ou seqüenciais, contudo para uma descrição detalhada da estrutura eletrônica e de ligações químicas é necessária a utilização de métodos quânticos.Cálculos ab initio da estrutura eletrônica de átomos e especialmente moléculas foram realizados pela primeira vez utilizando-se o método de expansão de Roothaan na década de cinqüenta. Em 1986, uma versão integral das equações de Griffin-Wheele-Hartree-Fock (GW-HF) foi apresentada na literatura , inspirada no Método da Coordenada Geradora (MCG), introduzido por Griffin e Wheeler na década de cinqüenta. A versão integral das equações de Hartree-Fock foi denominada de Método da Coordenada Geradora Hartree-Fock (MCG-HF), e uma de suas primeiras aplicações foi na geração de bases atômicas universais . De fato, uma integração numérica cuidadosa das equações de GW-HF permite a geração de bases universais bem mais generalizadas do que as já publicadas na literatura.Recentemente, Barbosa e da Silva propuseram uma modificação na metodologia da discretização com o intuito de melhorar a obtenção de conjuntos de funções Gaussianas (GTF) por meio do MCG-HF, tornando possível a geração de GTF tão boas ou melhores quanto as até agora obtidas na literatura, porém mais compactas e precisas (acuradas). / The ongoing evolution of computers has led to several changes in the way of doing science, to create a multitude of new options for solving scientific problems. The implementation of computational methods allowed the theoretical treatment of large systems, complex and different areas of science. One area of particular focus and chemistry of molecules, now can describe relatively complex molecular systems with extreme precision. The theoretical methods in molecular chemistry can be basically divided into classical and quantum methods, depending on what we consider, we can also use sequential or hybrid methods, however for a detailed description of the electronic structure and chemical bonds is required the use of quantum methods. Ab initio calculations of the electronic structure of atoms and molecules have been specially made for the first time using the method of Roothaan expansion in the decade of the fifties . In 1986, a full version of the equations of Griffin-Wheeler-Hartree-Fock (HF-GW) was presented in the literature , inspired by the Method of Coordinate Generator (MCG), introduced by Griffin and Wheeler in the decade of fifty . The full equations of the Hartree-Fock method was called the Generator Coordinate Hartree-Fock (HF-MCG) and its first applications was the generation of atomic universal bases In fact, a careful numerical integration of equations of GW-HF allows the generation of universal bases and more widespread than those already published in the literature .Recently, Barbosa and Silva proposed a modification in the methodology of the discretization to improve the collection of sets of Gaussian functions (GTF) by means of MCG-HF, making possible the generation of GTF as good or better as the so far obtained in the literature, but more compact and precise (accurate). A polynomial expansion is proposed as a new way to discretize the Griffin-Wheeler-Hartree-Fock equations of the Generator Coordinate Hartree-Fock method. The implementation of the polynomial expansion in the Generator Coordinate Hartree-Fock method discretizes the Griffin-Wheeler-Hartree-Fock equations through a numerical mesh, which is not equally spaced. This procedure makes the optimization of Gaussian exponents in the Generator Coordinate Hartree-Fock method more flexible and more efficient. The results obtained with the polynomial expansion for atomic Hartree-Fock energies show this technique is very powerful when employed in the design of compact and high accurate Gaussian basis sets used in ab initio non-relativistic (Hartree-Fock) and relativistic (Dirac-Fock) calculations.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:46:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luciana Teixeira Gomes.pdf: 2757741 bytes, checksum: 16c23d6fe64c800c3e69db2e17c6ef33 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-08-21 / This study discuss about how the work Griffin & Sabine Trilogy contempletes the gender and the tradicional epistolar romance. The paper will consider some aspects and conceptions about the gender and the epistolar narrative consolidated ond the Nick Bantock s Triology. The resources used by the author are detached to considerer a new and instigated epistolar romance that could sustain the tension existed between the two speechs: literature and plastics arts One becomes, therefore, essential not only the analysis of the relations of the literal and pictorial contents of the postcards and letters of the trilogy (delimited in 2º volume of the trilogy, intitled Sabine´s Notebook: In Which The Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues),but also the study of the double one as a possibility of reading of the trilogy. / O presente trabalho discute em que medida a obra Griffin & Sabine Trilogy contempla o gênero e o romance epistolar tradicional. Para isso, aborda alguns conceitos e características do gênero e da narrativa epistolar incorporados na trilogia de Nick Bantock. Destaca os recursos utilizados pelo autor para conceber um romance epistolar instigante e inovador que mantêm em tensão dois diferentes discursos: literatura e artes plásticas. Portanto, torna-se, imprescindível não somente a análise das relações dos conteúdos textuais e pictóricos dos postais e cartas da trilogia (delimitada no 2º volume da trilogia, intitulado Sabine´s Notebook: In Which The Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues), mas também o estudo do duplo como uma possibilidade de leitura da trilogia.

A evolução continua dos computadores levou a várias modificações na maneira de fazer ciência, fazendo surgir uma infinidade de novas opções para resolvermos problemas científicos. A implementação computacional de métodos teóricos possibilitou a tratamento de sistemas grandes, complexos e em diferentes áreas da ciência.Uma área particularmente em destaque e a química de moléculas, atualmente podemos descrever sistemas moleculares relativamente complexos com extrema precisão. Os métodos teóricos em química molecular podem ser divididos basicamente em métodos clássicos ou quânticos, dependendo do que queremos estudar, podemos também utilizar métodos híbridos ou seqüenciais, contudo para uma descrição detalhada da estrutura eletrônica e de ligações químicas é necessária a utilização de métodos quânticos.Cálculos ab initio da estrutura eletrônica de átomos e especialmente moléculas foram realizados pela primeira vez utilizando-se o método de expansão de Roothaan na década de cinqüenta. Em 1986, uma versão integral das equações de Griffin-Wheele-Hartree-Fock (GW-HF) foi apresentada na literatura , inspirada no Método da Coordenada Geradora (MCG), introduzido por Griffin e Wheeler na década de cinqüenta. A versão integral das equações de Hartree-Fock foi denominada de Método da Coordenada Geradora Hartree-Fock (MCG-HF), e uma de suas primeiras aplicações foi na geração de bases atômicas universais . De fato, uma integração numérica cuidadosa das equações de GW-HF permite a geração de bases universais bem mais generalizadas do que as já publicadas na literatura.Recentemente, Barbosa e da Silva propuseram uma modificação na metodologia da discretização com o intuito de melhorar a obtenção de conjuntos de funções Gaussianas (GTF) por meio do MCG-HF, tornando possível a geração de GTF tão boas ou melhores quanto as até agora obtidas na literatura, porém mais compactas e precisas (acuradas). / The ongoing evolution of computers has led to several changes in the way of doing science, to create a multitude of new options for solving scientific problems. The implementation of computational methods allowed the theoretical treatment of large systems, complex and different areas of science. One area of particular focus and chemistry of molecules, now can describe relatively complex molecular systems with extreme precision. The theoretical methods in molecular chemistry can be basically divided into classical and quantum methods, depending on what we consider, we can also use sequential or hybrid methods, however for a detailed description of the electronic structure and chemical bonds is required the use of quantum methods. Ab initio calculations of the electronic structure of atoms and molecules have been specially made for the first time using the method of Roothaan expansion in the decade of the fifties . In 1986, a full version of the equations of Griffin-Wheeler-Hartree-Fock (HF-GW) was presented in the literature , inspired by the Method of Coordinate Generator (MCG), introduced by Griffin and Wheeler in the decade of fifty . The full equations of the Hartree-Fock method was called the Generator Coordinate Hartree-Fock (HF-MCG) and its first applications was the generation of atomic universal bases In fact, a careful numerical integration of equations of GW-HF allows the generation of universal bases and more widespread than those already published in the literature .Recently, Barbosa and Silva proposed a modification in the methodology of the discretization to improve the collection of sets of Gaussian functions (GTF) by means of MCG-HF, making possible the generation of GTF as good or better as the so far obtained in the literature, but more compact and precise (accurate). A polynomial expansion is proposed as a new way to discretize the Griffin-Wheeler-Hartree-Fock equations of the Generator Coordinate Hartree-Fock method. The implementation of the polynomial expansion in the Generator Coordinate Hartree-Fock method discretizes the Griffin-Wheeler-Hartree-Fock equations through a numerical mesh, which is not equally spaced. This procedure makes the optimization of Gaussian exponents in the Generator Coordinate Hartree-Fock method more flexible and more efficient. The results obtained with the polynomial expansion for atomic Hartree-Fock energies show this technique is very powerful when employed in the design of compact and high accurate Gaussian basis sets used in ab initio non-relativistic (Hartree-Fock) and relativistic (Dirac-Fock) calculations.

This study engaged with the architecture of the ‘Initial Structure’ at Newman College, 1915-1918, so as to establish this building’s place in the oeuvre of Walter Burley Griffin (1876-1937). Griffin’s architecture at Newman College was unparalleled in Melbourne yet it has never been the subject of a comprehensive study. Further, a measure for Griffin’s creative method and architectural style has not been developed to date although much scholarship has been devoted to the identification of events and works in Griffin’s career. Furthermore a substantive analysis of the architecture of Walter Burley Griffin was lacking that defined and distinguished his work from that of the so-called ‘Prairie School’, and of Frank Lloyd Wright. / Walter Burley Griffin was the conceptual designer of Newman College, while Marion Mahony Griffin (1871-1961), his wife and architectural practice partner was its facilitator. An evaluation of Griffin’s university education, 1895-1899, drew out the compositional concepts of parti, types and architectonics, as his own preferred means of working. Griffin’s mature style in the college design was also indebted to his architectural practice and experiences in Chicago, 1899-1914. An initial assumption in this study was that Griffin was eclectic, as were the American predecessors he admired, Thomas Jefferson and Henry Hobson Richardson, as were Griffin’s contemporaries, Louis Henri Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. Thus the sources of Griffin’s architectural ideas, elements, and methods of composition, have been traced in this study. / American campus designs were surveyed and comparisons made with the other three late 19th Century college buildings at the University of Melbourne to distinguish Griffins’ innovations in college planning, construction and form at Newman College. The description of the commissioning, committee-work and program for the Newman College building revealed the social and political idealism that linked Griffin with his supporters among Melbourne’s Roman Catholic community. Griffin worked with ‘structure’ in mind, both compositional and constructional. Particular partis, typologies and architectonic patterns have been 3 identified in the compositional structures of the college building design. Similarly Griffin’s adaptations of new and exploratory building techniques were investigated. / Griffin’s sources were not only American. He derived inspiration equally from seminal European and Asian precedents, which provided instances of an underlying compositional structure. In the architecture of Newman College the composite plans, mixed construction techniques and materials, and richly layered forms allowed Griffin scope to express ideal college purposes, spiritual universality, and organic wholeness.