This thesis creatively reconsiders the ancient Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh and offers a design of the ancient epic as a contemporary, illustrated text. The work is concerned with notions of heroism, and methods relating to construction of imagery. The manifestation of this investigation is the illustrated book Gilgamesh, the Hero of Mesopotamia, which comprises the principal site of research in the project. It consists of thirty-six drawings that explore cyclic composition as a form of narrative discourse.

Cette thèse étudie le parallèle établi par les chercheurs et les spécialistes de la littérature comparée entre Esfandiyâr et Achille. L'objectif majeur de cette étude est de savoir si le poète iranien Ferdowsi était sous l'influence de son homologue grec, l'aède de l'Iliade et l'Odyssée, lors de la création de son œuvre le Chahnameh, épopée nationale persane, et plus précisément du héros de celle-ci, Esfandiyâr. L'étude de la figure d'Esfandiyâr suivie de celle de l'oiseau légendaire Sîmorgh, de celle de Rostam, le meurtrier du prince kayanide, et enfin, l'étude de l'espace mythique du Sistân font l'objet de la première partie de la thèse. Dans la deuxième partie, nous étudions de façon détaillée le parallèle existant entre Achille et Esfandiyâr tel qu'il a été proposé par les chercheurs étrangers et iraniens en tentant une approche plus minutieuse et approfondie de cette étude à propos du héros grec Achille. La troisième partie propose une nouvelle approche comparative des héros dans laquelle sera étudiée, à côté de la figure d'Achille et de celle d'Esfandiyâr, celle d'un troisième héros, Gilgamesh appartenant à la tradition mésopotamienne. Cet élargissement a pour but de se demander si les traits que les chercheurs précédents ont dégagés comme preuves ou indices du parallèle entre Achille et Esfandiyâr, puisqu'ils se retrouvent au moins en partie chez Gilgamesh, ne sont pas tout simplement caractéristiques du héros épique et représentatifs du genre de l'épopée. / This thesis deals with the parallelism the researchers and comparative literature specialists established between Esfandiyâr and Achille. The main goal of this study is to know whether Ferdowsi, the Iranian poet, was influenced or not by his Greek homologue, the bard of the Illiad and the Odyssey, when he created the Persian epic Chahnameh, and more precisely its hero, Esfandiyâr. In a first part, we will study this very figure along with that of the legendary bird Sîmorgh and that of Rostam who murdered Prince Kayanide. We will eventually study the mythical space of the Sistân. In a second part, we will thoroughly analyze the parallelism between Achille and Esfandiyâr the way foreign and Iranian researchers saw it. We will yet try to offer a more detailed and thorough study of the Greek hero Achille. The third part will deal with a new comparative study of the heroes in which we will ponder over a third hero, Gilgamesh, belonging to the Mesopotamian tradition, along with the figure of Achille and that of Esfandiyâr. This expansion aims to wonder if the features that previous researchers have identified as evidence or clues of the parallel between Achille and Esfandiyâr, since they exist at least partially in Gilgamesh, are not just characteristics of the epic hero and representative of the style of epic.

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Com o tÃtulo âUm filho para a pÃtria: A construÃÃo da memÃria em torno de General TibÃrcio (1887-1937)â, a presente pesquisa tem como objetivo compreender os âtrabalhos da memÃriaâ envolvidos na eleiÃÃo e promoÃÃo desse chamado herÃi do Cearà - que se desenvolveu em tempo e espaÃos especÃficos. Entendo que a maneira como se elegem esses herÃis deixa ver uma perspectiva prÃpria de pensar e escrever a HistÃria, portanto, de olhar para o passado. General TibÃrcio certamente nÃo fora o primeiro nem o Ãltimo chamado de herÃi pelo CearÃ, porÃm, nas aÃÃes de determinados grupos - Instituto HistÃrico do CearÃ, imprensa, Museu do CearÃ, publicaÃÃes militares- notamos a intenÃÃo de tornÃ-lo um herÃi cearense que representasse o Cearà (a parte) perante (o todo) a pÃtria Brasil. O recorte està proposto entre 1887 e 1937, fins do ImpÃrio e inÃcio da RepÃblica no Brasil, momento em que a RepÃblica dava seus primeiros passos e buscava se consolidar e legitimar. O Cearà pretendia ter um herÃi que figurasse na HistÃria do Brasil. Podemos dizer que a sua figura foi promovida, logo apÃs sua morte, quando, em 1887, a praÃa no centro da cidade recebe seu nome. Em 1888, ocorre a inauguraÃÃo do monumento no centro da praÃa, sendo todo esse processo divulgado na imprensa, sobretudo, pelo jornal âLibertadorâ na âColuna Monumento TibÃrcioâ, escrita pelo jornal durante 1887 e 1888. Quando se aproximava o centenÃrio de seu nascimento, que seria em 1937, teve lugar nas revistas do Instituto HistÃrico e GeogrÃfico do CearÃ, e no Museu HistÃrico do CearÃ, em 1934 e 1935, com a aquisiÃÃo de âobjetos biogrÃficosâ e uma tela encomendada pelo diretor EusÃbio de Sousa. E finalmente, com as comemoraÃÃes do centenÃrio de nascimento, com a realizaÃÃo de festa na praÃa General TibÃrcio e organizaÃÃo de uma biografia, cujo tÃtulo era: General TibÃrcio: Grande Soldado e Pensador. Essa biografia foi organizada por EusÃbio de Sousa (Diretor do Museu e do Arquivo PÃblico do estado.) As fontes utilizadas na pesquisa sÃo, em resumo: PraÃas; Monumentos; Jornais, Biografias; Revista do Instituto HistÃrico do Cearà e o acervo do Museu HistÃrico do CearÃ. / Entitled "A son to the country: the construction of memory around General Tiburcio (1887-1937)", this research aims to understand the "memory work" involved in the election and promotion of this called hero of Cearà - which has developed in specific time and space. We understand that the way they elect these heroes lets see their own perspective of thinking and writing history, therefore, to look at the past. General TibÃrcio certainly was not the first or the last called hero for CearÃ, however, the actions of certain groups - Cearà Historical Institute, press, Cearà Museum, militares poblications - we were noted the intention to make it a hero from Cearà who represented Cearà (part) in front (all) the country Brazil. The proposed cut is between 1887-1937, the empire ends and beginning of the Republic in Brazil, at which time the Republic was taking its first steps and sought to consolidate and legitimize. Cearà intended to have a hero who figured in the history of Brazil. We can say that his figure was promoted shortly after his death, when, in 1887, the square in the center of the city gets its name. In 1888, the monument is inagurated in the center of the square, and this whole process reported in the press, especially the newspaper "Liberator" in "Column Monument Tiburcio," written by the newspaper during 1887 and 1888. When the centenary of his birth was approaching, 1937, it took place in the magazines of Cearà Historical and Geographical Instituite, and the Historic Museum of CearÃ, in 1934 and 1935, with the acquisition of "Biographical objects" and ordered paint by the director, EusÃbio de Sousa. And finally, with the birth centenary commemoration with the celebration of achievement in Praca General Tiburcio and organization of a biography whose title was: General Tiburcio: Great Soldier and Thinker. This biography was organized by EusÃbio de Sousa (Director of the Museum and the State Public Archives.) The sources used in the research are, in summary: Squares; Monuments; Newspapers, Biographies; Journal of Cearà Historical Institute and the collection of Cearà Museum.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-02-26T14:52:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CamilaCremoneseAdamo.pdf: 2122000 bytes, checksum: 193cddf0255eee92caa6879765c20f0c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-08-12 / The objective of this thesis is to analyze the establishment and incorporation of the heroic figure of Lieutenant Antônio João Ribeiro in the south of the former Mato Grosso. In fact, the Paraguayan attack against the Military Colony of Dourados, which led to Antonio's death at the beginning of the Paraguayan War, was a trivial event to the conflict. It remained anonymous until it was recovered by the Brazilian Army in the early decades of the 20th century. The professionalization experienced by the Army in that period is the first step in order to understand the reason why that happened and why the figure of Antônio João was rescued and reintroduced into the present. In the same period, in Mato Grosso, a riot raises for the creation of its identity, through various actions whose aim was to enhance the qualities of the state, particularly the population; entities like IHMT and their publications tried to form an identity for Mato Grosso, unlike the depiction of savagery and wilderness, commonly associated with the region. Hence, characters like Lieutenant Antônio João started being valued and celebrated by the intellect of Mato Grosso, resulting in the consolidation and popularization of the heroic figure of the military. Based on a brief survey about the beginning of the conflict, there is an attempt to narrate the episode of the invasion and the resistance of the garrison, reinforced throughout the century by the supposed existence of a ticket or a phrase used by the military, now widespread and irrevocably accepted. The initiatives to make the military a hero were also analyzed, especially the publications of military-memoirist works by military authors or by those who identified with the institution, and also publications of the traditional Mato Grosso historiography and of the academic universe. The construction of Monumento aos Heróis da Laguna e Dourados (Monument to the Heroes from Laguna and Dourados), in Rio de Janeiro, is also crucial to understand the creation of the myth Antônio João. Finally, it checks certain elements in the incorporation of Lieutenant Antônio João Ribeiro specifically in the municipality of Dourados, presented in the speech about its historical formation, throughout the 20th century, through the analysis of identifying elements, for example, specific publications about Dourados, by laws, protocols of associations, the construction of monuments. Thus, it will be possible to understand the ownership of the hero Antônio João in the town of Dourados, in the state of Mato Grosso / O objetivo desta dissertação é analisar a criação e incorporação da figura heróica do Tenente Antônio João Ribeiro no sul do antigo Mato Grosso. O ataque paraguaio à Colônia Militar dos Dourados, que resultou na morte do comandante Antônio João no início da Guerra do Paraguai, foi um acontecimento de pouca expressão para o conflito, e permaneceu praticamente no anonimato até ser recuperado pelo Exército brasileiro nas primeiras décadas do século XX. A profissionalização vivenciada pelo Exército no período é ponto de partida para compreender por que o episódio e a figura de Antônio João são resgatados e reintroduzidos no presente, naquele período. Em Mato Grosso, no mesmo período, vê-se surgir um movimento de construção de uma identidade mato-grossense, através de diversas ações cujo objetivo era enaltecer as qualidades do estado, em especial, da população; entidades como o IHMT e suas publicações buscavam formar uma identidade mato-grossense, diferente da representação de barbárie e sertão, comumente associados à região. A partir disso, personagens como o Tenente Antônio João passaram a ser valorizados e enaltecidos pela intelectualidade mato-grossense, resultando em uma consolidação e popularização da figura heróica do militar. A partir de um breve levantamento sobre o início do conflito, buscase narrar o episódio da invasão e resistência da guarnição, reforçada ao longo do século pela suposta existência de um bilhete e de uma frase dita pelo militar, hoje difundidos e irrevogavelmente aceitos. Também foram analisadas as iniciativas tendentes a heroicizar o militar, principalmente as publicações de obras de caráter militar-memorialistas de autores militares ou identificados com a instituição, e também publicações da historiografia tradicional mato-grossense e do universo acadêmico. A construção do Monumento aos Heróis da Laguna e Dourados, no Rio de Janeiro, é outro elemento fundamental para compreender a criação do mito Antônio João. Por fim, verificaram-se determinados elementos existentes na incorporação do Tenente Antônio João Ribeiro especificamente no município de Dourados, presentes no discurso sobre a formação histórica do município, durante todo século XX, através da análise de elementos identitários como, por exemplo, as publicações específicas sobre Dourados, leis municipais, atas de associações, construção de monumentos, enfim, de modo a compreender a apropriação do herói Antônio João no município de Dourados/MS

Quem acompanha o noticiário de negócios já se acostumou com as manchetes sobre os executivos e suas incríveis realizações profissionais. Eles tiram empresas da falência, salvam empregos, investem milhões, são recebidos por presidentes e ministros. Sua ascensão ao longo do século XX acompanhou a evolução da administração de empresas como ciência pesquisada por nomes como Jules Henri Fayol, Henry Ford, Frederick Taylor e Peter Drucker. Todos tentaram explicar a forma como o executivo trabalhava e, como consequência, como as organizações poderiam obter mais sucesso. Ao mesmo tempo em que subiam na hierarquia social - Drucker chegou a chamá-los de \"indispensáveis\" ao sucesso econômico -, um novo campo de estudos se desenvolveu para entender como suas carreiras aconteciam, progrediam, seja dentro ou fora das empresas. Os estudos de carreira se intensificaram a partir dos anos 1970, coincidindo com as mudanças econômicas, sociais e tecnológicas que agitaram o mundo e exigiram uma nova postura dos profissionais frente a sua carreira. No coração das empresas, as relações de emprego passaram de estáveis para instáveis, de duradouras para efêmeras. Nesse contexto de ascensão dos executivos, um cargo em especial passou a representar as aspirações de toda uma categoria: a presidência da empresa. Chegar ao topo da hierarquia organizacional significava obter os símbolos de status e poder de alguém com capacidade para decidir o destino de pessoas e empresas. Em outras palavras, alcançava o imaginário coletivo de herói corporativo, aquele que venceu todos os obstáculos rumo ao sucesso. O objetivo central deste trabalho é o de verificar se os presidentes de empresa, ao falarem de sua trajetória profissional, também se colocam na posição de herói, representando o papel que a sociedade espera deles. Realizou-se um estudo qualitativo por meio da análise de conteúdo em doze entrevistas dirigidas, concedidas por presidentes de empresa para um programa de televisão, no qual responderam a perguntas abertas sobre sua história pessoal e profissional. Constatou-se que o relato público do presidente sobre a sua trajetória possui elementos que estão presentes no conceito de monomito do herói descrito por Joseph Campbell. Foi possível encontrar na narrativa dos presidentes características compatíveis com todas as 17 etapas da jornada do herói - desde o chamado à aventura até o retorno após as conquistas. Tais etapas - que ilustram o conceito de monomito - foram usadas como categorias de análise, assim como \"mundo comum\", que examina o período anterior ao início da jornada do herói. Foram analisados, ainda, os discursos dos presidentes sobre carreira e liderança, de maneira generalizada e em relação a suas próprias experiências. Esses resultados sugerem que o presidente de empresa, quando fala publicamente sobre sua trajetória, incorpora o papel de herói corporativo. / Those who follow the business news have got used to headlines about executives and their incredible professional accomplishments. They take companies from bankruptcy, save jobs, invest millions, and are received by presidents and ministers. Their ascension to the twentieth century followed the evolution of business administration as a science searched by names such as Jules Henri Fayol, Henry Ford, Frederick Taylor e Peter Drucker. Everyone tried to explain how the executive used to work and as a consequence, such organizations could be more successful. While they climbed the social hierarchy - Drucker called them \"essential\" to economic success - a new field of study developed to understand how their careers developed, whether inside or outside companies. Career studies have intensified since the 1970s, coinciding with the economic, social and technological changes that shook the world and demanded a new attitude of the professionals in their careers. At the heart of business, employment relations went from stable to unstable, from everlasting to ephemeral. In this executive rising context, an office in particular has come to represent the aspirations of an entire category: the presidency of the company. Reaching the top of the organizational hierarchy meant getting the symbols of status and power of someone with the ability to decide the destiny of individuals and companies. In other words, it reached the collective imagination of the corporate hero, who overcame all obstacles to succeed. The main objective of this paper is to verify that CEOs, when talking of their careers, also pose as the hero figure, playing the role that society expects of them. A qualitative study was carried out using content analysis of twelve directed interviews granted by corporate CEOs for a television program, in which they responded to open-ended questions about their personal and professional history. It was found that the CEO\'s public reporting on their path has elements that are present in the concept of the hero monomyth described by Joseph Campbell. It was possible to find in the narrative of these CEOs features that are compatible with all 17 steps of a hero\'s journey - from the call to adventure to the return after the conquests. These steps - which illustrate the concept of the monomyth - were used as categories of analysis, along with the \"ordinary world\", which examines the period before the start of the hero\'s journey. We also analyzed the CEOs\' speeches on career and leadership, both generally and with regards to their own experiences. These results suggest that CEOs, when speaking publicly about their careers, personify the role of the corporate hero.

Magister Artium - MA / In this thesis I focus on the ways I believe Jane Austen re-imagines the idea of the hero. In popular fiction of her time, such as Samuel Richardson’s Sir Charles Grandison (1753), what we had as a hero figure served as a male monitor, to guide and instruct the female heroine. The hero begins the novel fully formed, and therefore does not go through significant development through the course of the novel. In addition to Sir Charles Grandison, I read two popular novels of Austen’s time, Fanny Burney’s Cecilia and Maria Edgeworth’s Belinda. An examination of Burney’s construction of Delvile and Edgeworth’s construction of Clarence Hervey allows me to engage with popular conceptions of the ideal hero of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Burney and Edgeworth deviate from these ideals in order to accommodate conventions of the new Realist novel. I argue that Austen reimagines her male protagonist so that hero and heroine are well-matched and discuss, similarly, how Burney and Edgeworth create heroes as a complement to their heroines. Austen’s re-imagining of her male protagonist forms part of her contribution to the genre of the Realist novel. Austen suggests the complexity of her hero through metaphors of setting. I discuss the ways in which the descriptions of Pemberley act as a metaphor for Darcy’s character, and explore Austen’s adaptations of the picturesque as metaphors to further plot and character development. I offer a comparative reading of Darcy and Pemberley with Mr Bennet and Longbourn as suggestive in understanding the significance of setting for the heroine’s changing perceptions of the character of the hero. I explore Austen’s use of free indirect discourse and the epistolary mode in conveying “psychological or moral conflict” in relation to Captain Wentworth in Persuasion and Mr Knightley in Emma, offering some comparison to Darcy. This lends itself to a discussion on the ways in which Austen’s heroes may be read as a critique of the teachings of Lord Chesterfield’s Letters to His Son (1774). I conclude the thesis with a discussion of the ways in which Darcy has influenced the stereotype of the modern romance hero. Using two South African romance novels I suggest the ways in which the writers adapt conventions of writing heroes to cater for the new black South African middle class at which the novels are aimed. My reading of Jane Austen’s novels will highlight the significance of Austen’s work in contemporary writing, and will question present-day views that the writing of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-centuries is not relevant to African literature.

This study examines Russian-American author Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead, as a development of a heroic personae in the twentieth century. The Fountainhead examines the traditional hero defined by Joseph Campbell and the antihero's break from the traditional hero's code. The information gathered comes from books, interviews, and journals discussing the studies of the traditional hero, the antihero, and The Fountainhead. Through the actions of the protaganist, Howard Roark, the antihero is explained and vindicated. Howard Roark's role as the antihero is examined through Ayn Rand's philosophy and by the roles of the other characters in the novel. The development and emergence of the antihero is further explained through the actions of Dominique Francon. This study allows the reader to gain an understanding of the evolving roles of the hero and the emergence of the twentieth century's hero, the antihero.

This thesis seeks to first understand why individuals play Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Several motivational factors are looked at including fantasy, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and the desire to play a real instrument. In addition to the motivation factors, the communication theories of uses and gratifications and deficient self-regulation are used to define the gamers who play Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Once the paper defines a theoretical framework, a survey is used to test the variables. The significant findings are then discussed and suggestions are made as to how these games can more effectively be used as marketing tools for guitar manufacturers and music companies.

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This essay will study how the two main characters Eragon and Roran in Christopher Paolini’s fantasy series The Inheritance Cycle conform to the literary ideal of the hero and traits of a traditional male according to Jeffrey A. Brown and Leanna Madell who both use Hegemonic Masculinity Theory. The essay does this by a qualitative reading of Inheritance which is the final part in a fantasy novel series and studies how Paolini’s characters fit within the Hero archetype and if their masculinity could be considered hegemonic as per Brown and Madell’s definition of the term.