Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. / Text in Spanish; abstract in English and Spanish. Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-185). Print copy also available.

Thesis (M.A. (Creative Writing))--University of Western Australia, 2008.

Thesis (doctoral)--Université de Lille III, 1985. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-369).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2006. / Thesis directed by Glenn Hendler for the Department of English. "December 2006." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 175-182).

Thesis (Ph.D. English)--University of Waikato, 2010. / Title from PDF cover (viewed July 28, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-390)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Uppsala University, 2005. / Title taken from PDF title screen (viewed September 10, 2007). Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2002. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis investigates the possibility that there are other ways in which to represent the past, not just the traditional way as practised by historians. For instance, other forms such as historical fiction in the historical novel, and therefore, narrative, can act as an important conduit for conveying historical meaning. Through the examination of the historiographic metafiction of the South African writer, Etienne Van Heerden, this study has concluded that through a reading of both the author's belletristic and theoretical texts, readers interested in history and literature will gain some understanding of the problems that come with writing up the past. At the same time, they will gain some knowledge of a different way of writing about South African history, because the author portrays the historical events in a refreshing, vivid and imaginative way. However, it needs to be said from the outset that in no way is the writer of this thesis neglecting the merits of traditional history or advocating its abolition, which is, ultimately, the scientific way of representing the past and remains sacred and paramount for the historian, both amateur and professional. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis ondersoek die moontlikheid dat die verlede volgens ander sienswyses voorgestel kan word en nie slegs volgens die tradisionele sienswyses van historici nie. Daar is byvoorbeeld ander vorme, soos historiese fiksie wat in historiese novelles gebruik word, en daarom kan die narratief as 'n belangrike kanaal dien om historiese betekenis mee oor te dra. Deur 'n ondersoek van die historiese metafiksie van die Suid-Afrikaanse skrywer, Etienne van Heerden, kom hierdie studie tot die gevolgtrekking dat deur die lees van beide die skrywer se belletristiese en teoretiese tekste, lesers wat in die geskiedenis en literatuur belangstel, 'n begrip sal kry van die problematiek wat gepaard gaan met die skryf van geskiedenis. Terselfdertyd sal hulle 'n begrip kry van 'n alternatiewe skryf van die Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis, omdat die skrywer historiese gegewens in 'n verfrissende, helder en verbeeldingryke wyse oordra. Dit moet egter beklemtoon word dat die skrywer van hierdie tesis geensins die meriete van tradisionele geskiedskrywing negeer of die afskaffing daarvan voorstaan nie, aangesien die wetenskaplike voorstelling van die verlede kosbaar en van kardinale belang vir beide amateur en professionele historici bly.

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This thesis examines the preoccupation with the relationship between history and fiction present in the work of Leonardo Sciascia and Jorge Luis Borges. By means of different narrative strategies, both authors underscore the narrative elements that underpin any reconstruction of the past, and in this way they link the process of reconstruction of past events to the process of rewriting of a literary work. They emphasise, however, that whereas the literary work can be enriched by multiple rewritings, multiple reconstructions of the same real past event risk threatening its truthfulness. This thesis investigates the different ways in which Borges’s and Sciascia’s works intersect, across three narrative forms: the detective story, the historical essay (inchiesta or ‘enquiry’ for Sciascia) and the historical fiction. The analysis of Sciascia’s texts starts from a focus on the structural similarities with the work of Borges in the detective story, paying particular attention to Il contesto (1971), Todo modo (1974), and Il cavaliere e la morte (1988). It then moves on to Sciascia’s inclusion of fragments of Borges’s texts in two of his inchieste, L’affaire Moro (1978) and Il teatro della memoria (1981). The last chapter of the thesis proposes a metafictional reading of Sciascia’s historical novel Il Consiglio d’Egitto (1963), in the light of the comparisons with Borges’s work undertaken in the previous chapters. The two key aims of this thesis are to show (1) that studying the ways in which Sciascia integrates Borges’s texts in his own writing allows a deeper understanding of Sciascia’s texts, but also underscores traits in Borges’s which might have been downplayed by previous criticism of his work, and (2) that reconsidering in the light of this understanding a number of Sciascia’s other texts where Borges’s influence is not explicit allows us to identify a preoccupation with regards to the relationship between history and fiction shared between both authors.

A presente pesquisa visa investigar as relações entre história e literatura a partir do romance histórico A ferro e fogo, de Josué Guimarães, e a obra A colonização alemã e o Rio Grande do Sul, de Jean Roche. Para isso, analisa a forma como a narrativa do historiador serve de fonte de pesquisa para o romancista. Em arquivos localizados no Acervo Literário Josué Guimarães, investiga as anotações feitas pelo escritor da ficção em um exemplar da obra do historiador para interpretar o processo de criação literária e a ressignificação dos eventos históricos. Assim, busca apontar as ressonâncias da historicidade no romance. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2016-12-23T13:25:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Eduardo Ortiz.pdf: 4793440 bytes, checksum: f104aaad14611d41d9966d189ce5e576 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-23T13:25:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Eduardo Ortiz.pdf: 4793440 bytes, checksum: f104aaad14611d41d9966d189ce5e576 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-23 / The present research aims to investigate the relations between History and Literature in the historical novel A ferro e fogo, by Josué Guimarães and the work A colonização alemã e o Rio Grande do Sul, by Jean Roche. For this, it analyzes the manner the historical narrative is used as a research source to the novelist. In the archives located at Acervo Literário Josué Guimarães, it investigates the notes left by the fiction author in one copy of the historian work to understand the literary creation process and the reinterpretation of historical events. In that way, it aspires to point out the historicity resonances in the romance.