Thèse (D. en études littéraires)--Université du Québec à Montréal, 2006. / En tête du titre: Université du Québec à Montréal, Université de Paris - Sorbonne. Bibliogr.: f. [383]-425. Publié aussi en version électronique.

This dissertation explores the concept of reproduction as it relates to processes, images and materials in contemporary art. The concept embraces collaboration, embroidery, fragmentation, diffusion, multiplicity, inclusivity, decentralisation, copy, pastiche and appropriation. The convergence of these practices and ideas in contemporary theories and contemporary art, my own included, is explored. The concept ofreproduction intersects with traditional structures of knowledge and aesthetics, such as those of the Individual Artist, authenticity and the construct of Woman. In the process, these are questioned and inevitably redefined. A re-weaving of female identity, in particular, emerges. At the same time, the traditional notion of reproduction is itself unravelled in order to reveal the ambiguities and multi-layered meanings inherent in the concept. Reproductive or regenerative practices and ideas, as examined here, become an effective force for unfolding the complexities of a female-specific aesthetic and identity, previously reduced by traditional structures. / Fine Arts / M.A. (Fine Arts)

Les perspectives de recherche de cette étude s'organisent autour d'un axe thématique qui ouvre la dimension littéraire japonaise contemporaine au débat critique international : l'un des enjeux de notre analyse est de comprendre, par la comparaison d'un nombre limité d'œuvres exemplaires, la spécificité de l'expérience de la réécriture parodique du canon au Japon. Par ailleurs, tout en définissant de façon ponctuelle et rigoureuse le champ d'investigation, cette analyse permet de réfléchir au problème complexe de l'utilisation, devenue paradigmatique, des formes intertextuelles dans la littérature "postmoderne". S'agit-il d'une façon pour préserver ou déconstruire ? Est-il possible de considérer la relecture parodique comme une forme de traduction du canon? Dans cette perspective, on se propose de conduire une analyse directe et comparative des œuvres d'auteurs divers mais qui se sont tous intéressés à des textes-source communs : en particulier on prend en considération le cas exemplaire des parodies des textes de Kawabata Yasunari (1899 – 1972) réalisées par Ogino Anna (1956), Inoue Hisashi (1934-2010) et Shimizu Yoshinori (1947) (respectivement dans "Watashi no aidokusho", 1991 ; "Bun to Fun", 1970 et "Kirikirijin", 1981 ; "Ese monogatari", 1991). Face aux œuvres immortelles du grand maître de la modernité, tous trois ont réalisé des parodies qu'on peut lire comme des traductions dans un langage nouveau d' hypotextes célèbres ("Yukiguni", "Izu no odoriko") ; ou, en même temps, comme des parodies de la traduction, qui révèlent les fragments d'un jeu cassé, moyens utiles à la réflexion metatextuelle. / The overall aim of my research is to investigate whether and, if so, how the use of intertextual tropes like parody and pastiche have been a determining factor in the “translation” of the modern canon in contemporary Japanese literature. In order to investigate these aspects, I have explored as a case study three works completely different in terms of style and themes, but that share a common hypotext: in fact, I analyse in this research the parodies of Yukiguni, the worldwide renowned masterpiece of Kawabata Yasunari, realized by Ogino Anna, Shimizu Yoshinori and Inoue Hisashi (respectively in Watashi no aidokusho　『私の愛毒書』, 1991; Ese monogatari 『江勢物語』, 1991; Kirikirijin, 『吉里吉里人』, 1981).Through a comparative examination of the chosen texts, but also considering the critical discourse on the “canonization” of the works of Kawabata and the non-negligible role of their translations for the western audience, I try to demonstrate the strategic importance of intertextual practices in contemporary Japanese literary scene: the exploration of the use of parody and pastiche in postmodern Japanese context highlight the challenging perspective of a literature that reflect on itself by reflecting itself. / Le prospettive di ricerca di questo studio si concentrano attorno ad un asse tematico che apre la dimensione letteraria giapponese contemporanea al dibattito critico internazionale : nucleo essenziale del nostro percoso è infatti la proposta di un'analisi, realizzata attraverso la messa in relazione di un corpus di testi esemplari, dell'esperienza della riscrittura parodica del canone letterario moderno nel Giappone contemporaneo.In particulare, il caso di studio analizzato è quello delle riscritture realizzate da tre autori contemporanei (Ogino Anna, Shimizu Yoshinori, Inoue Hisashi) che hanno in commune ipotesti estremamente celebri : Yukiguni ("Il paese delle nevi") e Izu no odoriko ("La ballerina del paese delle nevi"), di Katawabe Yasunari, primo Nobel giapponese per la letteratura.

The purpose of this bachelor’s thesis is to analyse how the American adult cartoon sitcom South Park (Parker & Stone, 1997) is criticising Donald J. Trump and his presidential campaign through the use of satire and the relative tools of satire. The show prominently features arguably bizarre plotlines and themes, with usually unexpected outcomes. The subject South Park and satire, both together and separated, has a fair share of previous research in articles and literature. However, South Park’s well-known, sharp, ruthless and absurd satire, in this case, towards Donald J. Trump has shown to be rather under-researched, probably due to the topic being still relatively fresh. Therefore, looking at how South Park effectively uses one of their own original characters, Mr. Garrison, to represent and satirise Donald J. Trump and his presidential campaign is motivated. The thesis is limited to only analysing two episodes from South Park season 19 (S19E02 & S19E08) and South Park season 20 including all ten episodes. South Park episodes does most of the times have two to three plot lines running simultaneously, thus this thesis also imitates itself to only analyse and focus on satire towards Donald J. Trump and his presidential campaign, and not analysing, for example the internet troll controversy based story, known as Skankhunt42. To be able to do a satirical analysis, this bachelor’s thesis has on forehand established a theory on what satire is, before analysing the satire. This is due to the term satire being a very loose and complex term, difficult to determine and encapsulate. This bachelor’s thesis is the result of a satirical analysis the satire of South Park towards Donald J. Trump and his presidential campaign, by uniquely using their original character Mr. Garrison to act as a satirical representation. It has through the analysis come to conclude that South Park as a show creates a solid satirisation throughout second, and eight episode of season 19, and every episode of season 20 until episode seven, Oh, Jeez!, where Donald J. Trump had only managed to become president-elect, but in the show, Mr. Garrison had actually become president. Making the satire redundant from that point.

This thesis has conducted an extensive character analysis of Sherlock Holmes by comparing the original, authentic detective, as he appears in a corpus consisting of Conan Doyle’s collected works about Holmes, to the characterisation in three select period pastiches. The aim was to analyse to what extent the true characterisation of the famous sleuth has survived in contemporary adaptations, more specifically in the three texts, Sherlock Vs. Dracula (1976), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes (1979) and Sherlock Holmes and the Angel of the Opera (1994), where the detective encounters equally well-known fictional characters. The novel approach of combining corpus stylistic quantitative methods of characterisation with a qualitative literary approach of identifying similar stylistic and narratological features of characterisation efficiently facilitated an illustration on how Conan Doyle’s round and complex character has endured through adaptations and reimaginings. The corpus investigation on the Sherlock Conan Doyle Corpus supplied an encompassing image of the character, and revealed characteristics absent from the inherent cultural perception. The subsequent cross-comparison between the original in contrast to contemporary characterisations presented clear deviations to the character and further demonstrated a tendency to exaggerate select, generic features that complement the narrative and plot of the integrated novels. Overall, this study concludes that Sherlock Holmes remains the character who travels over time and genres, albeit with a reduced complexity as the respective characterisations in each of the pastiches to various degrees have modified core characteristics significant to the mind-modelling process. That is, through the process of adaptational alterations, the detective has become a flat character. Enough features persist for him to be recognisable and compelling, yet Sherlock Holmes in his entirety subsists merely as a caricature of his original self.

Dans les sociétés occidentales, malgré le progrès significatif des droits des femmes, les représentations culturelles demeurent, encore aujourd'hui, très souvent misogynes. Cette phallocratie symbolique est particulièrement apparente dans la pornographie et dans la littérature érotique, mais elle se manifeste également dans les médias de masse, où son danger potentiel est décuplé par la multiplication exponentielle des moyens de diffusion, caractéristique de l'époque postmoderne. Nancy Huston fait partie de ces auteures féministes qui, tant par la théorie que par la fiction, cherchent à mettre en évidence la violence de ces images ainsi que leurs conséquences dans la vie des femmes. Par le biais d'une parodie du roman pornographique Histoire d'O, de Pauline Réage, elle s'en prend à la soumission sexuelle des femmes et surtout, à la prégnance de cette représentation dans l'imaginaire collectif. Notre mémoire aborde la manifestation de cette critique dans son roman Histoire d'Omaya, qui, contrairement au roman de Réage, dépeint une femme qui refuse la violence qui lui est imposée. Une étude de l'image traditionnelle de la femme dans la pornographie et la littérature érotique est proposée et, à l'aide de théories féministes postmodernes sur la parodie, les différentes marques de la critique d'Histore d'O sont analysées. Parmi ces marques, l'omniprésence du regard masculin est davantage développée, puisque celui-ci représente un élément central du roman de Huston. Ce regard participe non seulement à la réification de la protagoniste mais constitue également un prélude au viol. Enfin, une analyse de la polyphonie constituante du roman est présentée, de manière à mieux comprendre l'aspect contestataire que revêt cette forme narrative erratique et hérétique. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : littérature érotique, pornographie, Pauline Réage, Nancy Huston, parodie, regard, réification, polyphonie, hystérie, postmodernisme, féminisme, genre.

In this mini-dissertation the ongoing battle between the self and late-capitalist society is explored as a theoretical response to the notion of the fragmented subject in relation to postmodernism. Frederic Jameson links the schizophrenic subject and postmodern culture explicitly to societal changes in Western economies: this author's tradition outlines a main part of my theoretical stance within this mini-dissertation. Jameson, decisive in his criticism of current popular culture that has formed as a result of postmodernism, conveys a key dystopic viewpoint in his association of schizophrenia with postmodernism and late-capitalism. This sentiment is echoed in this mini-dissertation, as it is my belief that capitalist consumption habits and pastiche are interrelated in current popular visual culture, simulating a schizoid experience which consumers in turn mirror when formulating a sense of self. An essentially fragmented (postmodern) viewpoint with regard to postmodern visual culture is argued, and is aligned with Jameson's perspective on how subjects form identities within late capitalism, with pastiche and consumption labelled as the main causes of the contemporary societal problem of fragmentation. The main contention of the study is thus that contemporary consumption practices, through the stylistic acceptance of pastiche, are the current causes of fragmentation within the self. This naturalisation of postmodern montage and pastiche, in my opinion, effectively disorientates consumers, as similar techniques that are adopted in consumer culture are applied to identity formation, thus contributing to a sense of egolessness, a key characteristic of schizophrenia. Focus is placed on visual examples that highlight postmodern techniques of nostalgic image recycling, aligned to similar postmodern identity models, with parallels drawn between the fragmenting individual and the consuming individual. As exceedingly discontinuous processes of change occur through capitalist consumption habits that are emblematic characteristics of the postmodern condition, it is thus my belief that current postmodern visual culture contributes to an overall fragmented experience of the individual, where consumer practices are negatively affecting identity construction, and thus spurring on further cultural fragmentation and social disintegration. Copyright / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Visual Arts / unrestricted

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Ce mémoire étudie les œuvres poétiques des Hydropathes, cercle de poètes de la bohème parisienne de la fin du dix-neuvième siècle. Historiquement placés entre Parnasse et Décadence, les Hydropathes constituent un moment charnière de l'évolution de la poésie vers sa modernité, mais leurs œuvres demeurent à l'ombre des légendes de la vie de bohème auxquelles ce cercle est associé. En abordant d'abord l'étude détaillée d'un poème exemplaire de la pratique parodique du cercle, cette étude exhume divers éléments capables de contribuer à l'appréciation des singularités créatrices de ces poètes par-delà le rire auquel on réduit généralement leur production. Trois éléments majeurs deviennent constitutifs des chapitres subséquents de ce mémoire : l'influence ambivalente de Victor Hugo et des principes du romantisme, modèle convoité autant que dépassé; la modélisation des œuvres sur celle de Charles Baudelaire, influence admise du mouvement décadent qui émerge sans toutefois faire l'unanimité; et la prégnance d'une mémoire politique de la bohème comme dilemme motivant le rictus des Hydropathes à l'égard de ces avenues et de leurs apories quant à la portée politique du poème. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : Fumisme, bohème, décadence, parodie, ironie, rires poétiques, Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire, Émile Goudeau, hydropathes, Chat Noir.