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Diss.--Universtät Marburg, 1984. / Bibliogr. p. 223-239. -

Diss. Nr. 3607 Wirtschaftswiss. St. Gallen. / Literaturverz.

Diss.--Köln--Universität, 2000. / Bibliogr. p. 379-388. Index.

This comparative project investigates different representations of the sandman between the 19th century and the 20th century. My discussion focuses on Romantic texts, in particular E.T.A. Hoffmann's 1816 literary tale "Der Sandmann." While the traditional scholarship on Hoffmann uses both psychoanalytical and feminist approaches, I show how Friedrich Schlegel's concept of chaos and Jean-François Lyotard's concept of the postmodern sublime help us to understand Hoffmann's complex narrative structure. I argue that in Hoffmann's tale there is no unified sandman figure. However, different storytellers in the tale shape the sandman's various depictions. In a way, the sandman figure becomes a fluid character whose enigma the narrative's structure sustains. Paul Berry's 1991 stop-motion animation "The Sandman" visualizes Hoffmann's narrative. However, the film also reintroduces a unified sandman figure that is characterized by uncanny strangeness. My analyses both of Hoffmann's literary and Berry's cinematographic narrative show that their complex structures allow for ceaseless interpretations. This leads me to conclude that fantastic narratives lend themselves to insightful and critical ponderings.

Submitted by RICARDO GOMES DA SILVA null (rgomesdasilva@gmail.com) on 2017-08-04T03:17:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE RICARDO_posdefesa.pdf: 2164496 bytes, checksum: 3af5608a2937437d220c8afe32640e15 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by LUIZA DE MENEZES ROMANETTO (luizamenezes@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2017-08-04T19:22:00Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_rg_dr_arafcl.pdf: 2164496 bytes, checksum: 3af5608a2937437d220c8afe32640e15 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-04T19:22:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_rg_dr_arafcl.pdf: 2164496 bytes, checksum: 3af5608a2937437d220c8afe32640e15 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-05-31 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A presente pesquisa pretende aproximar as obras do escritor brasileiro Machado de Assis (1839-1908) e do alemão E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) a partir do eixo da excentricidade literária. Como demonstramos no desenvolver da análise comparativa entre suas obras, Machado e Hoffmann buscaram desenvolver um tipo de literatura que fugisse do senso comum literário. Sendo que tal tendência em comum nasce da adesão de ambos à uma longa tradição literária de escritores excêntricos como Luciano de Samósata, Petronio, Seneca, Juvenal, Cervantes, Rabelais, Shakespeare e Sterne. Neste sentido, buscamos abordar e esclarecer como se deu esta tradição para na sequência realizar a análise comparada de elementos recorrentes nas obras de nossos dois escritores tal como o tipo de riso utilizado, a sátira, a relação entre realidade e ficção, a metalinguagem e metaliteratura e fragmentação. Ao final do estudo pudemos chegar à conclusão de que mais do que uma influência geral, a excentricidade literária em Machado de Assis e E.T.A. Hoffmann se configura como um modus operandi responsável por fazer com que suas obras ganhassem relevância no quadro geral da literatura ocidental. / The present research intends to approximate the works of the Brazilian writer Machado de Assis (1839-1908) and the German E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) from the axis of literary eccentricity. As we demonstrate in the development of the comparative analysis between their works, Machado and Hoffmann look for a type of literature that escapes the literary common sense. As such a common tendency arises from the adherence of both a long literary tradition of eccentric writers such as Lucian of Samosata, Petronius, Seneca, Juvenal, Cervantes, Rabelais, Shakespeare and Sterne. In this sense, we seek to approach and clarify how this tradition has developed with a comparative analysis of recurrent elements in the works of two writers such as the type of laughter used, the satire, the relation between reality and fiction, the metalanguage and metaliterature And the fragmentation. At the end of the study we could reach the conclusion that more then a general influence, the literary eccentricity in Machado de Assis and E.T.A. Hoffmann is configured as a modus operandi responsible for making their works gain relevance in the general framework of Western literature.

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Purpose: To pilot test the efficacy of a documented 5-week karate training intervention for rehabilitation and neuroprotection in older adults. Methods: eleven older adults (4 male, 7 female, age 59-90y; 168.4±5.8cm; 67.2±10.7kg), five older adults (4 male, 1 female, age 67-76y;176.8±6.4 cm; 69.9±17.6kg) with chronic conditions, and two young adults (2 female, age 23; 165.1±4.9cm; 60.1±6.7 kg) participated. A commercial balance board was used to assess balance through dynamic posture. Arm and leg strength, Timed Up and Go (TUG), and spinal cord excitability (via the soleus H- reflex) were assessed. Results: Over the intervention participants completed approximately 2437 steps, 1762 turns, 3585 stance changes, 2047 punches, 2757 blocks, and 1253 strikes. Dynamic postural performance improved after the intervention (tTarget (18%, p=0.128), tCenter (9%, p<0.01), and tTotal (14%, p=0.073)), with 9 participants showing improvements in balance. No significant changes were found in TUG group data (p=0.539) but 5 neurologically intact participants (4-9%; p<0.05) and 1 Parkinson’s Disease participant (3%, p<0.05) improved. There was significant improvement to strength in the left hand (2%, p=0.037) and right leg (40%, p=0.050). Spinal cord excitability remained unchanged across the group a but 5 (3 neurologically intact (195%, 215%, 48% (avg= 153%); p<0.05); 2 Parkinson’s Disease participants (19%, 23%; p<0.05)) had significantly modulated H-reflex amplitudes following the intervention. Conclusion: Five weeks of training caused improvements in balance reactions and strength suggesting that neuromechanical integrity improved. Whole-body training in martial arts enhanced neuromuscular function and postural integration. The observations of this pilot investigation provide quantitative groundwork for explorations of dose and development of martial arts interventions as functional fitness intervention for older adults. / Graduate / 2022-01-01

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