Includes bibliographical references (leaves 206-210) / v, 210 leaves ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, School of Humanities, Discipline of English, 2004

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To be presented as the author's Thesis (doctoral)--Åbo Akademi University on Feb. 3, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-396) and index.

Translation of the author's thesis written in Portuguese (doctoral)--University of São Paulo, Brazil, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-177) and index.

To be presented as the author's Thesis (doctoral)--Åbo Akademi University on Feb. 3, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-396) and index.

Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Cyberpunk literature explores the effects that developments in technology will have on the lives of individuals in the future. Technology is seen as having the potential to be of benefit to society, but it is also seen as a dangerous tool that can be used to severely limit humanity's freedom. Most of the characters in the texts I examine wish to perpetuate the boundaries that contain them in a desperate search for stability. Only a few individuals manage to move beyond the boundaries created by multinational corporations that use technology, drugs or religion for their own benefit. This thesis will provide a definition of cyberpunk and explore its development from science fiction and postmodern writing. The influence of postmodern thinking on cyberpunk literature can be seen in its move from stability to fluidity, and in its insistence on the impossibility of creating fixed boundaries. Cyberpunk does not see the future of humanity as stable, and argues that it will be necessary for humanity to move beyond the boundaries that contain it. The novels I discuss present different views concerning the nature of humanity's merging with technology. One view is that humanity is moving towards a posthuman future, while some argue that humanity is not discarded, but that these characters have merely evolved to the next step in the natural development of humankind. Both these views deal with constant change, a notion advocated by both postmodernism and cyberpunk. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: "Cyberpunk" literatuur ondersoek die uitwerking wat tegnologiese ontwikkeling in die toekoms op die lewens van individue sal hê. Tegnologie word gesien as tot moontlike voordeel vir die samelewing, maar dit kan ook 'n gevaarlike wapen wees wat gebruik kan word om die mens se vryheid in te perk. Die meerderheid van die karakters in die romans wat ek bespreek verkies om die grense wat hulle inperk te handhaaf in 'n desperate strewe na stabiliteit. Slegs 'n paar individue kry dit wel reg om verby die grense te breek wat deur multinasionale organisasies geskep word vir hul eie gewin. In hierdie tesis kyk ek na 'n definisie van "cyberpunk" en ek ondersoek die invloed van wetenskapsfiksie en postmodernisme op die ontwikkeling van die beweging. Die invloed van postmodernistiese denke kan gesien word in "cyberpunk" se fokus op veranderlikheid eerder as stabiliteit. "Cyberpunk" sien nie die toekoms van die mens as stabiel nie, en die argument is dat dit nodig is vir die mens om verby die grense te beweeg wat vryheid inperk. Die romans wat ek bespreek bevat verskillende sieninge oor die tipe samesmelting wat die mens en tegnologie sal hê. Sommige voel dat die kategorie "mens" permanent agterlaat gaan word, terwyl ander argumenteer dat individue slegs sal ontwikkel tot die volgende stap in die natuurlike ontwikkeling van die mens. Voortdurende verandering is die fokus van beide hierdie standpunte, en dit is ook die belangrikste fokus van beide "cyberpunk" en postmodernisme.

Este estudo tem como objetivo investigar aspectos do fenômeno pós-modernista na literatura por meio da análise do romance Glaucha, de Paulo Ribeiro. Discute-se o contexto que permitiu o surgimento dessa tendência contemporânea, explorando sua condição de continuidade e ruptura em relação ao movimento que a antecedeu, o modernismo. Juntamente com a análise do romance, são exploradas as características atribuídas à tendência pós-modernista, ressaltando-se a forte presença da intertextualidade e da paródia. Estuda-se, também, sua relação com conceitos de cultura e de identidade regional, propondo-se a presença da regionalidade como característica constituidora do discurso pós-modernista. / Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-05-28T16:34:28Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Raquel Weber.pdf: 4682234 bytes, checksum: 8377ceda95fbe0e25229a74622ffaf41 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-05-28T16:34:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Raquel Weber.pdf: 4682234 bytes, checksum: 8377ceda95fbe0e25229a74622ffaf41 (MD5) / This study intents to investigate the postmodernist phenomenon´s aspects in literature through the analysis of the novel Glaucha, by Paulo Ribeiro. It is argued the context that allowed the appearing of this contemporary trend, exploring its condition of continuity and rupture in relation to the movement that preceded it, modernism. The characteristics attributed to the postmodernist trend are explored with the analysis of the novel, standing out the strong presence of the intertextuality and the parody. It is studied also its relation with culture and regional identity concepts, considering the presence of the regionality as a constitutive characteristic of the postmodernist speech.

Este estudo tem como objetivo investigar aspectos do fenômeno pós-modernista na literatura por meio da análise do romance Glaucha, de Paulo Ribeiro. Discute-se o contexto que permitiu o surgimento dessa tendência contemporânea, explorando sua condição de continuidade e ruptura em relação ao movimento que a antecedeu, o modernismo. Juntamente com a análise do romance, são exploradas as características atribuídas à tendência pós-modernista, ressaltando-se a forte presença da intertextualidade e da paródia. Estuda-se, também, sua relação com conceitos de cultura e de identidade regional, propondo-se a presença da regionalidade como característica constituidora do discurso pós-modernista. / This study intents to investigate the postmodernist phenomenon´s aspects in literature through the analysis of the novel Glaucha, by Paulo Ribeiro. It is argued the context that allowed the appearing of this contemporary trend, exploring its condition of continuity and rupture in relation to the movement that preceded it, modernism. The characteristics attributed to the postmodernist trend are explored with the analysis of the novel, standing out the strong presence of the intertextuality and the parody. It is studied also its relation with culture and regional identity concepts, considering the presence of the regionality as a constitutive characteristic of the postmodernist speech.

Orientador: Haquira Osakabe / Tese (doutorado) : Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudosda Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-11T02:13:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Oliveira_AnaMariaDantasCunhadeMiranda_D.pdf: 1481984 bytes, checksum: 8553fffd22ba776072a83bc2c8b35da9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: Este trabalho, colocado no âmbito das relações entre literatura e cultura, analisa as imagens e representações da identidade portuguesa entre milênios (final do século XX e início do XXI). A partir do estudo de textos de Lídia Jorge, João Aguiar e Maria João Lehning, procura colocar em relevo a tensão entre resistência e deslocamento. Verifica que o texto da primeira autora põe em evidência todo o imaginário nacional, que dos tempos proto-históricos ao fim do século XX formou as configurações culturais de Portugal e do homem português, numa perspectiva desconstrutiva e dinâmica, em que o passado, que não é um destino, se apresenta como ponto de partida para uma construção do futuro. Em João Aguiar é o contexto da globalização e da União Européia que passam para primeiro lugar, em que mitos, imagens e valores que faziam o imaginário português já só pertencem à memória. Nele a resistência maior ou menor, dependendo dos textos, à perda da identidade se configura dentro de um quadro de morte e/ou de ressurreição. Já em Maria João Lehning é o fim da imigração européia e o regresso que são tematizados, e com eles as mudanças nas últimas décadas na fisionomia portuguesa proporcionadas pelos efeitos da globalização e do multiculturalismo. Nos vários textos a história e a memória são elementos fundamentais de recuperação do passado, mas dentro da condição pós-moderna de fim da história, vista principalmente como ¿histórias¿, como entrelaçamento de história e ficção. A organização do trabalho contempla no Capítulo I uma reflexão sobre as noções envolvidas na discussão e a revisão bibliográfica do imaginário nacional, a partir do olhar de alguns dos mais conceituados pensadores da cultura portuguesa no século XX. O Capítulo II ocupa-se da análise dos textos literários tendo em vista a apreensão das imagens identitárias na atualidade. O Capítulo III é uma interpretação da forma do imaginário proposto nas obras de ficção, a partir do olhar da pós-modernidade na perspectiva de Gianni Vattimo / Abstract: The present work was carried out in the scope of the relations between literature and culture, and analyzes the images and representations of the Portuguese identity between millennia (final of 20th. century and beginning of the 21th.) Based on the study of Lidia Jorge, João Aguiar and Maria João Lehning texts, it is intended to highlight the tension between resistance and displacement. The text of the first author intends to show that the national imaginary, since the proto - historical times till to the to the end of 20th. century, formed the cultural configurations of Portugal and the Portuguese man, in a negative and dynamic perspective, where the past, which is not a destination, represents a starting point for the construction of the future. In João Aguiar the context of globalization and European Union takes the first place, where myths, images and values which made the Portuguese imaginary belong to the past memory. To this author, depending on the texts, the degree of resistance to the loss of the identity is configured within a death and/or resurrection frame. To Maria João Lehning it is the end of the immigration to Europe and the return home which are the thematic subjects, and with them the changes, in the last few decades, in the Portuguese physiognomy caused by the globalization and the multicultural effects. In the above authors texts, history and memory are the basic elements to recover the past, as an end of history from a post-modern condition, and seen mainly as ¿stories¿, of an interlacement of history and fiction. The organization of the work includes in Chapter I a reflection on the basic concepts involved in the discussion and bibliographical revision on the national imaginary, from the point of view of some of the most appraised thinkers of the 20th. century Portuguese culture. Chapter II is dedicated to the analysis of the literary texts in view of the apprehension of the identity images at the present times. Chapter III is an interpretation of the considered form of the imaginary in the fiction workmanships, from the look of postmodernity in the perspective of Gianni Vattimo / Doutorado / Literatura Portuguesa / Doutor em Linguística

In House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski has produced a text which epitomises the traits and concerns of postmodernist literature. Through his attention to aspects such as metafiction, intertextuality and parody, Danielewski develops a narrative structure which is best understood as a literary labyrinth. It is a structure intended to reflect the social conditions of the twenty-first century and comment on the experience of people living at this time. Some of the meaning-making strategies within the book’s labyrinthine structure are thus discussed in detail in order to demonstrate the relevance and importance of House of Leaves as social commentary. House of Leaves is an exemplary postmodernist text, but it is also one that seeks to guide the reader beyond the intellectual impasse of the postmodernist paradigm toward a renewed ethical and political engagement with the world. One of the most important goals of both Danielewski’s novel and this thesis is to attempt to redefine the postmodernist perspective in such a way as to insist on the necessity of what I call a new realism. This is founded upon an awareness of the pervasiveness of the self-perpetuating ideology of capitalism, even in the perspective of postmodernism (which purports to subvert all authoritative ideologies). Playing a crucial role in perpetuating the status quo of capitalism is the growth of entertainment culture, which works to sideline crucial political issues by replacing information with infotainment. The result is an intensification of the processes of commodification. Such an intensification, it is argued, may be countered by a radical scepticism which draws upon the methods and insights of contemporary science.