Texte remanié de: Diss.--Neuphilologische Fakultät--Heidelberg--Universität, 2000. / Contient le texte latin des "Cantilenae intellectuales" avec trad. allemande en regard. Bibliogr. p. [535]-581. Index.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Greifswald, 1929. / Cover title. At head of title: Deutsche Philologie. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. [6]).

Proefschrift--Utrecht. / "Stellingen": [4] p. inserted. Bibliography: p. [124]-149.

This thesis demonstrates how two literary works ? Arnold Stadler's <em>Ein hinreissender Schrotth??ndler</em> (1999) and Andreas Maier's <em>Klausen</em> (2002) ? can be read as part of the globalization discourse. As a theoretical basis for the textual analysis the thesis first develops an understanding of the concept of globalization which forms a background against which the two literary works can be read. By embedding literature into the sociological theories of globalization it is possible to examine to what extent the two novels reflect and/or generate particular aspects of globalization. <br /><br /> Both texts are set largely in provincial towns, and the regions themselves play commanding roles in the stories being told. This focus on the provincial takes on an ironic appearance in the era of globalization where one would assume that localities have lost meaning. It is therefore useful to look at theories that broach the issue of the tense relation between globality and locality. Since no universally accepted definition of globalization exists, it is necessary to establish the crucial aspects of the phenomenon to be applied in the analysis of the novels by examining the work of various theorists on the topic. <br /><br /> The prominent model of 'glocalization,' originated by the sociologist Roland Robertson to refer to 'global localization,' offers useful categories for the analysis of the provincial in the era of globalization. In this model the simultaneity of global and local processes is assumed and with it the alleged antagonism of the 'global' and the 'local' is overcome. Claiming those dynamics Robertson's model can serve as a confirmation of the arguments put forward in this thesis which looks at literature about the 'local' through the prism of globalization. Other theories relating to explicit local dynamics are presented to round out the model of 'glocalization. ' In addition, the thesis takes into account normative ideas regarding the province in the global era. <br /><br /> The textual analysis that follows the delineation of the model of 'glocalization' demonstrates how the novels illustrate the global and local processes postulated by the model. The investigation also explains how the literary texts themselves evaluate the provinces portrayed. The results of the examination show that selected aspects of the globalization discourse have found their way into two contemporary German-language novels and therefore into German literary discourse. Even though the two novels deal with different ideas from the discourse, and even reject to a certain extent some of these concepts, they each reveal a particular literary manner of echoing the processes of globalization. Finally, the thesis demonstrates that the globalization discourse is of use for the interpretation of literary texts.

This thesis demonstrates how two literary works ? Arnold Stadler's <em>Ein hinreissender Schrotthändler</em> (1999) and Andreas Maier's <em>Klausen</em> (2002) ? can be read as part of the globalization discourse. As a theoretical basis for the textual analysis the thesis first develops an understanding of the concept of globalization which forms a background against which the two literary works can be read. By embedding literature into the sociological theories of globalization it is possible to examine to what extent the two novels reflect and/or generate particular aspects of globalization. <br /><br /> Both texts are set largely in provincial towns, and the regions themselves play commanding roles in the stories being told. This focus on the provincial takes on an ironic appearance in the era of globalization where one would assume that localities have lost meaning. It is therefore useful to look at theories that broach the issue of the tense relation between globality and locality. Since no universally accepted definition of globalization exists, it is necessary to establish the crucial aspects of the phenomenon to be applied in the analysis of the novels by examining the work of various theorists on the topic. <br /><br /> The prominent model of 'glocalization,' originated by the sociologist Roland Robertson to refer to 'global localization,' offers useful categories for the analysis of the provincial in the era of globalization. In this model the simultaneity of global and local processes is assumed and with it the alleged antagonism of the 'global' and the 'local' is overcome. Claiming those dynamics Robertson's model can serve as a confirmation of the arguments put forward in this thesis which looks at literature about the 'local' through the prism of globalization. Other theories relating to explicit local dynamics are presented to round out the model of 'glocalization. ' In addition, the thesis takes into account normative ideas regarding the province in the global era. <br /><br /> The textual analysis that follows the delineation of the model of 'glocalization' demonstrates how the novels illustrate the global and local processes postulated by the model. The investigation also explains how the literary texts themselves evaluate the provinces portrayed. The results of the examination show that selected aspects of the globalization discourse have found their way into two contemporary German-language novels and therefore into German literary discourse. Even though the two novels deal with different ideas from the discourse, and even reject to a certain extent some of these concepts, they each reveal a particular literary manner of echoing the processes of globalization. Finally, the thesis demonstrates that the globalization discourse is of use for the interpretation of literary texts.

Bislang konzentrierten sich die Untersuchungen des westdeutschen Blicks auf Ostdeutschland auf den Zeitraum vor der Wende oder auf Rundfunk- und Fernseh-Medien. Die Gegenwartsliteratur stellt einen weißen Fleck in dieser Frage dar. Anhand des Chronotopos-Konzepts von Michail Bachtin werden in dieser Arbeit daher zeitliche und räumliche Tiefenstrukturen in der Darstellung Ostdeutschlands in den Werken Jan Böttchers und Andreas Maiers herausgearbeitet und mit ihrer Darstellung Westdeutschlands verglichen. Neben grundsätzlichen Unterschieden fallen dabei signifikante Übereinstimmungen auf.

Neste trabalho estudamos, no contexto de campo médio, modelos microscópicos que possam descrever o comportamento termodinâmico das fases nemáticas em sistemas líquido-cristalinos. Considerando apenas interações atrativas, investigamos modelos de interações quadrupolares para objetos intrinsecamente biaxiais. Esses modelos apresentam mesofases nemáticas uniaxiais e biaxiais, pontos triplos e multicríticos (tricríticos, pontos de Landau, etc.). Ainda no contexto de forças atrativas, introduzimos um modelo de mistura binária de objetos intrinsecamente uniaxiais e objetos intrinsecamente biaxiais, numa formulação annealed. Essa mistura apresenta diagramas de fases bastante ricos, com topologias diversas, onde identificamos estruturas uniaxiais e biaxiais, fases reentrantes e uma grande variedade de pontos multicríticos (tricríticos, pontos críticos terminais, etc.). No caso de interações estéricas, estudamos uma teoria do funcional densidade para sistemas anisotrópicos densos, construída a partir de uma aproximação de van der Waals. Para esferoides prolatos, o modelo prevê um espaço de orientações com regiões não-acessíveis para as partículas. Além disso, o sistema apresenta uma região de coexistência entre as fases nemática e isotrópica. / We study, in a mean-field approximation, microscopic models which can lead to nematic liquid-crystalline phases. Considering attractive forces, we investigate models with quadrupolar interactions for intrinsically biaxial objects. These models present uniaxial and biaxial nematic mesophases, triple and multicritical points (tricritical point, Landau point, etc.). We also introduce a model for a binary mixture of intrinsically uniaxiail and biaxial objects, in an annealed treatment. The mixture exhibits phase diagrams with very rich topologies, where we find uniaxial and biaxial structures, reentrant phases and many different multicritical behaviors (tricritical point, critical endpoint, etc.). Moreover, assuming steric interactions, we investigate a density functional theory for hard anisotropic bodies at high densities, based on a van der Waals approximation. For hard spheroids, the model leads to an orientation space with forbidden regions for the particles. Also, the system phase separates in a nematic and an isotropic phases.

Neste trabalho estudamos, no contexto de campo médio, modelos microscópicos que possam descrever o comportamento termodinâmico das fases nemáticas em sistemas líquido-cristalinos. Considerando apenas interações atrativas, investigamos modelos de interações quadrupolares para objetos intrinsecamente biaxiais. Esses modelos apresentam mesofases nemáticas uniaxiais e biaxiais, pontos triplos e multicríticos (tricríticos, pontos de Landau, etc.). Ainda no contexto de forças atrativas, introduzimos um modelo de mistura binária de objetos intrinsecamente uniaxiais e objetos intrinsecamente biaxiais, numa formulação annealed. Essa mistura apresenta diagramas de fases bastante ricos, com topologias diversas, onde identificamos estruturas uniaxiais e biaxiais, fases reentrantes e uma grande variedade de pontos multicríticos (tricríticos, pontos críticos terminais, etc.). No caso de interações estéricas, estudamos uma teoria do funcional densidade para sistemas anisotrópicos densos, construída a partir de uma aproximação de van der Waals. Para esferoides prolatos, o modelo prevê um espaço de orientações com regiões não-acessíveis para as partículas. Além disso, o sistema apresenta uma região de coexistência entre as fases nemática e isotrópica. / We study, in a mean-field approximation, microscopic models which can lead to nematic liquid-crystalline phases. Considering attractive forces, we investigate models with quadrupolar interactions for intrinsically biaxial objects. These models present uniaxial and biaxial nematic mesophases, triple and multicritical points (tricritical point, Landau point, etc.). We also introduce a model for a binary mixture of intrinsically uniaxiail and biaxial objects, in an annealed treatment. The mixture exhibits phase diagrams with very rich topologies, where we find uniaxial and biaxial structures, reentrant phases and many different multicritical behaviors (tricritical point, critical endpoint, etc.). Moreover, assuming steric interactions, we investigate a density functional theory for hard anisotropic bodies at high densities, based on a van der Waals approximation. For hard spheroids, the model leads to an orientation space with forbidden regions for the particles. Also, the system phase separates in a nematic and an isotropic phases.

Cette thèse s'inscrit dans le cadre d'une théorie de la réception de l'image: il s'agit d'une méthode qui permet d'établir la sémiogenèse d'images issues d'un contexte spécifique, la symbolique alchimique. Parce que ce type de symbolique est conditionné par une philosophie singulière, l'alchimie, et est tributaire d'une problématique du secret, les images qui la composent ne se donnent pas à comprendre d'emblée. Présentées sous la forme d'une iconographie complexe et audacieuse, elles montrent des figurations illustrant autant des formes convenues et mimétiques qu'inhabituelles et insolites. En mode de réception, nous pensons que la saisie visuo-cognitive du trajet sémantique de ces images dépend de leur complexité figurative. Autrement dit, chaque type d'image convoque un parcours sémantique distinct pour signaler des niveaux de sens variés. En analysant le fonctionnement de ces gestalts visuelles, nous entendons statuer sur les modalités énonciatives et interprétatives qui régissent leur sémiogenèse et voir comment celles-ci s'imbriquent pour donner lieu à des parcours différents. Afin de mettre en évidence le fonctionnement sémiotique des images alchimiques, nous postulons que la symbolique s'inscrit d'abord dans les dimensions plastiques et iconiques. Pour mener à bien notre réflexion théorique, nous choisissons de travailler à partir d'un corpus spécifique: Atalanta fugiens. Réalisé en 1617 par Michael Maier, ce traité alchimique présente cinquante emblèmes singuliers composés de gravures, de molto, d'épigrammes et de fugues musicales. Nous voulons nous concentrer sur l'étude des signes gravés et particulièrement sur l'interaction des signes plastiques (Wassily Kandinsky, Albert Flocon, Groupe µ.., Fernande Saint-Martin, Jean-Marie Floch), des signes iconiques (Groupe µ.., Umberto Eco) et des signes plastico-iconiques, puisque ceux-ci engendrent des modes d'énonciation de la symbolique. En nous inspirant de la méthodologie des théoriciens susmentionnés, nous proposons un modèle théorique sous la forme d'une typologie des iconicités et d'une typologie des symbolicités, l'imbrication des deux permettant de théoriser le fonctionnement de la symbolique alchimique dans les gravures de l'Atalanta fugiens. La typologie des iconicités distingue sémiotiquement divers types de codages iconiques participant à la reconnaissance des représentations. En effet, ce ne sont pas les mêmes stratégies plastico-iconiques qui nous permettent de reconnaître l'icône d'une «femme» de celle d'un «homme enceint» et d'un «hermaphrodite». Quelques-unes de ces représentations iconiques posent un problème de lecture et provoquent chez le sujet récepteur un conflit perceptivo-cognitif dont la cause (ou l'origine) se situe au niveau de la perception de certaines incongruités iconiques (ou dissonances iconiques). Celles-ci conjointes à d'autres formes figuratives moins problématiques, induisent, dépendamment de la typologie des iconicités, des niveaux interprétatifs distincts. Dans la mouvance de la typologie des iconicités, nous présentons donc une typologie des symbolicités et définissons la nature de relation qui unit les deux niveaux iconiques et symboliques. Dès lors, nous mettons en évidence l'existence de trois modalités participant au processus de symbolisation de la philosophie alchimique: les iconicités, les degrés de symbolicité et les espaces narratifs. Les iconicités s'inscrivent dans des espaces de référence que nous appelons «espaces narratifs», lesquels relèvent de différents domaines (mythologie, sciences de la nature, alchimie, astronomie, etc.). Selon l'espace narratif, l'analogie entre iconicités et symbolicités sera plus ou moins complexe, ce qui nous amène à dégager l'existence d'une échelle de symbolicité. iconicités, espaces narratifs et taux de symbolicité se conjuguent pour générer divers trajets sémantiques et déterminer différents types de symbolicité. Afin de valider la fonctionnalité de notre modèle, nous procédons à une analyse descriptive en choisissant un thème fondateur de l'alchimie, soit l'union des principes masculin et féminin, que nous examinons à partir du concept d'altérité sexuelle. Cette étude sert à démontrer que notre outil conceptuel permet de systématiser la constance méthodique d'une symbolique alchimique tributaire de la problématique du secret, de cerner ses différents niveaux de sens, de comprendre sa logique et par conséquent de saisir les enjeux épistémologiques d'une philosophie que certains disent parfois en désuétude, mais qui nous apparaît au terme de cette thèse très vivace et fascinante à considérer d'un point de vue sémiotique. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : Théorie de la réception des images, Sémiotique visuelle, Symbolique, Alchimie, Altérité sexuelle.

This thesis explores the representation of Heimat in contemporary German novels and films by authors and directors born in the 1960s and 1970s within the context of globalisation. The following texts and films are examined: Hierankl (2003) and Winterreise (2006) by Hans Steinbichler, Wer früher stirbt, ist länger tot (2006) and Beste Gegend (2008) by Marcus H. Rosenmüller, Der Geschmack von Apfelkernen (2008) by Katharina Hagena, Klausen (2002) by Andreas Maier, and Usambara (2007) by Christof Hamann. I argue that the static notion of the concept of Heimat and concomitant concepts of identity are challenged by these authors and filmmakers as they pit them against the cultural, political, and social changes brought on by globalisation with its altered notions of identity. Within German political and public discourse, globalisation is often presented as a foreign concept threatening German institutions, customs, and even national identity itself. The dynamics between dwelling and travel/movement are at the centre of the films and novels under discussion. Each of the four chapters focuses on one of the major topics of current literary discourses of Heimat and globalisation: changing images and roles of women in general and mothers in particular; the house, which has often been fundamental in representations of Heimat, as the site at which patriarchal norms and values are being renegotiated; nature and environment as sites of threatened Heimat within the context of Heimat, tourism, and Umweltschutz; and Africa as other Heimat, threatened by, yet relatively untouched by globalisation. In their exploration of notions of Heimat, all of the texts and films discussed in this thesis self-consciously refer to the texts and films of the Heimat and the anti-Heimat genre respectively. But far from focusing on the tainted notion of Heimat within the German historical and political context, as did the generation of 1968 in their films and texts, the new generation of writers and filmmakers marks notions of Heimat much more positively and appropriates them for its own purposes. Nostalgia, irony, and ambivalence are the major characteristics of the new “Heimatroman” and “Heimatfilm.” / Thesis (Ph.D, German) -- Queen's University, 2009-09-23 18:40:27.127