Thesis (D. Miss.)--Western Seminary, Portland, OR, 1998. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 187-200).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Georgia, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 228-233).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Southern California, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 185-198).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2006. / Advisor: Tom Anderson, Florida State University, College of Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance, Dept. of Art Education. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 9, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains xii, 252 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

The aim of this essay is to find signs of autofiction in the autobiographical novel Ru written by Kim Thúy. We also examine the functions of autofiction in the novel. What purpose can an autofictional strategy of writing serve?Autofiction is a literary term with many significations and that is why we have formulated our own definition of autofiction in this essay. The practice of autofiction is not new, it is in fact a historical category and we think that this shows the value of autofiction as a very human way of writing, and that this value is related to the human memory and to the wish to relate past events in a more vivid way. For exemple, a comparison can be made between the human memory and autofiction; both of them have pictures of own memories and also pictures of memories that someone else gave them. It is also possible that fiction and reality blend unconsciously when we call to mind events from the past.Ru is the first novel of Kim Thúy and it describes her and her family’s life during the Vietnam War, under the communist regime’s terror, as refugees and as immigrants in Canada. The author hop from present time to past time according to her memory. Ru does not have chapters, instead it is composed of many short stories which are linked togheter by a thought or a word. It is not an enumeration of events, places or numbers, in Ru it is the individual’s perspective that is in focus.We have analysed the autofiction in Ru according to the following points: écriture consonantique, littérarité, rétrospection dialectique, découpage temporal and reconstitution. In our analysis we have shown that there is autofiction in Ru. First of all because the novel is not written in a chronological order but also because it contains the authors search for her-self which is also a search for healing of traumatic experiences. We have also dicussed the functions of autofiction in Ru and we have seen that Kim Thúy insert stories of others which has a function for the collective history of the people of Vietnam. Kim Thúy uses fiction to make the readers imagine the real. In this way, fiction and reality are not opposed, it is just two different manners of talking about the real world.

en Essä om att göra konst trots utbrändhet psykiskohälsa och hur en överlever sin deptrition genom konst, texten är självbiografisk och nämner både minnen och beskrivningar om olika konstvärk och hur dekommit till / <p>Masterarbetet innehåller en skriftlig del och en gestaltande del</p>

Ensemble creation in Canada is a popular form of script development. It began essentially in the 1970’s with The Farm Show, and has become the site for much theoretical and critical discussion. The Electric Company Theatre began as an ensemble in 1996 and since then has created fascinating productions with a range of topics in both site specific and touring venues. Brilliant! The Blinding Enlightenment of Nikola Tesla was a cornerstone piece for this group and existed in a number of incarnations before the script was eventually published in 2004 and the production toured again in 2006. This thesis examines how the Electric Company Theatre developed material for performance as an ensemble. I also discuss how the Electrics were influenced by the various resources they used in order to generate text and imagery for the production. Through these discussions, I argue that the collective creation product has a direct influence on the process. My research has mostly been conducted through interviews with company members, through research of their production history and script. / Arts, Faculty of / Theatre and Film, Department of / Graduate

This paper analyzes the the past and current security landscape in Northeast Asia with particular emphasis on the Korean Peninsula and the United States' involvement there. The paper assess policy successes and failures and presents several new policy options. The proposals include economic and diplomatic solutions to encourage the normalization of relations on the Korean Peninsula.

There is a gap in the local tourist market for value-added goods. Curios are available in abundance at the National Zoological Gardens nearby the Panagos Building, but these are of an inferior quality and are unsuitable for export. A craft node at which the local and tourist communities intersect creates an ideal platform for related activities through which these communities can support each other. At this node, training of local talent for the production and trade of value-added craft products will take place. These activities must be undertaken at the same locale so that each activity can respond quickly to the other activities.Please note that the different chapters are not bookmarked and therefore not linked. / Dissertation (MInt(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Architecture / unrestricted

Orientador: Daniela Ponce / Resumo: A prevalência da Lesão Renal Aguda (LRA) associada ao uso da vancomicina é muito variável e diferentes fatores relacionados ao paciente e ao tratamento (tempo e dose) podem potencializar a ocorrência da nefrotoxicidade. Estudos relacionaram o desempenho de biomarcadores urinários como preditores diagnósticos e prognósticos de LRA na insuficiência cardíaca (ICC), no pós-operatório de cirurgia cardíaca e na sepse, porém, pouco se sabe sobre o desempenho dos novos biomarcadores na LRA associada ao uso da vancomicina. / Abstract: The prevalence of acute kidney injury (AKI) related to vancomycin is variable and different risk factors related to the patient and the treatment (time and dose) may potentiate the occurrence of nephrotoxicity. Studies related the performance of urinary biomarkers as predictors of diagnostic and prognostic AKI in congestive heart failure (CHF), in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery and in sepsis, however, little is known about the performance of the new urinary biomarkers in vancomycin related AKI. / Mestre