Esta tese busca fazer um levantamento das principais linhas de força na constituição das Poéticas que norteiam a trajetória do escritor italiano contemporâneo Alessandro Baricco, não só como ficcionista, mas também como ensaísta e intelectual, atilado com seu tempo. Constatamos que, a partir do corpus dos romances e ensaios que aqui escolhemos analisar, o autor privilegia a instabilidade do narrar e do ver, refletida, nitidamente, nos diversos diálogos intertextuais que leva a efeito. Daí por que a intertextualidade, enquanto um de seus procedimentos ficcionais tal como concebida e transfigurada pelo autor esteja intimamente relacionada a uma concepção de mundo que elege o afastamento das certezas, o elogio da oralidade e da narrativa (fontes inesgotáveis de vida), a multiplicidade de pontos de vista, a exaltação de tipos à margem dos sistemas, o heroísmo da derrota, a apologia da queda e da renúncia. No intuito de demonstrar como isso se opera, nosso estudo se orienta, basicamente, a partir dos seguintes tópicos: a) a gênese da intertextualidade em Baricco; b) as relações intertextuais propriamente ditas e eventuais aproximações de leitura entre algumas de suas obras e as de outros autores com os quais dialoga (tais como Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, Rainer Maria Rilke, José Saramago e Paul Auster); c) as tendências pósmodernas sobre as quais ele se debruça, sobretudo, em sua atuação ensaística. / This thesis proposes a survey of the main forces determining the constitution of the Poetics that guide the trajectory of the contemporary Italian writer Alessandro Baricco, as a novelist, an essayist and a sagacious intellectual in our century. We note that, from the corpus of novels and essays chosen to analyze here, the author emphasizes the instability of narrating and perceiving, reflected clearly in the various intertextual dialogues that he creates. Therefore the intertextuality, as one of his fictional procedures conceived and transfigured by the author, is closely linked to a conception of the world that promotes the removal of certainties, the praise of orality and narrative (inexhaustible sources of life) the multiplicity of points of view, the exaltation of the marginalized characters, the heroism of defeat, the emphasis of the fall and the resignation. In order to demonstrate how it works, our study guides are basically from the following topics: a) the genesis of intertextuality in Baricco b) the intertextual relations and possible approaches between some of his works as well as dialogues with other authors (such as Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, Rainer Maria Rilke, José Saramago and Paul Auster), c) the post-modern tendency, emphasized mainly on his essays.

Na medida em que o século XXI avança, a sociedade contemporânea passa por transformações socioculturais importantes que gradativamente a distanciam do contexto que caracterizou a modernidade-industrial. Entre outros desdobramentos da transição pós-moderna, a relação entre empresa, sociedade e comunicação se transforma. Uma das dimensões deste fenômeno é a emergência de um modelo específico de Responsabilidade Social Empresarial (RSE), denominado neste trabalho de modelo dinâmico-interativo de RSE. Fundamentado em uma abordagem políticocontratual, prevê um processo permanente de negociação por meio do qual as responsabilidades mútuas entre empresa e sociedade se definem dinamicamente. Paralelamente, a disseminação das novas tecnologias da comunicação e das redes propicia a emergência de um sistema informal de controle sobre as corporações o qual opera na esfera pública mediática por meio da mobilização política da sociedade civil. A este sistema emergente denominamos de governança corporativa extrainstitucional. Frente a estes dois processos, a prática da comunicação empresarial encara desafios que sinalizam para os limites do seu paradigma de origem funcionalista. Por conta disso, advoga-se pela necessidade de adoção de um novo paradigma para a comunicação empresarial capaz de reconhecê-la não mais como instrumento de gestão, mas como um processo social de construção de sentidos. Para identificar se e como o contexto de transição sociocultural é interpretado pelo mercado e qual é o seu eventual impacto nas práticas de comunicação empresarial, foi realizada pesquisa de campo que coletou dados em onze entrevistas em profundidade com dirigentes de comunicação de grandes empresas em operação no Brasil. O objetivo foi sintetizar uma teoria fundamentada nos dados capaz de dialogar com as proposições conceituais acima descritas. As conclusões do trabalho buscam comparar as constatações empíricas e teóricas, refletindo sobre os desafios e contribuições da comunicação empresarial no novo contexto da relação empresa-sociedade. / As the century XXI progresses, contemporary society gradually pass through important socio-cultural transformations which farther them from the context of modern-industrial society. Among other consequences of the postmodern transition, the relationship between business, society and communication transforms itself. One dimension of this phenomenon is the emergence of a specific model of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), named in this research as the interactive-dynamic model of CSR. Based on a political approach, this model provides a permanent process of negotiation through which mutual responsibilities between business and society are defined in a dynamic way. At the same time, the spread of new communication technologies and networks enables the emergence of an informal system of control over the corporations that operate in the public media sphere by political mobilization of civil society. This emerging system we named as extrainstitucional corporate governance. Regarding these two emerging processes, practice of corporate communication faces challenges that point to the limits of its original functionalist paradigm. Because of this, the author suggests the need of a new paradigm for the corporate communication capable of recognize itself no longer as a management tool, but as a social process of meaning construction. In order to identify whether and how the context of socio-cultural transition is understood by the market and what is its possible impact on business communication practices, a survey was conducted and data was collected in eleven in-depth interviews with communication chief officers of major companies operating in Brazil. The aim of thus survey was to synthesize a grounded theory capable of dealing with the conceptual propositions described above. The conclusions of this work seek to compare empirical and theoretical findings, analyzing challenges and contributions of corporate communication in the new context of the business-society relationship.

Du 19e siècle à nos jours, la musique chinoise a pris une nouvelle direction. La création musicale en Chine s'est développée à travers les diverses cultures et les changements de politique, conférant ainsi un charme particulier à la musique contemporaine chinoise. A partir du début de l'imitation occidentale et juste avant la fondation de la nouvelle Chine, les musiciens chinois sont parvenus à associer les éléments musicaux chinois avec les nouveaux langages musicaux. Au cours de certaines périodes, l'art avait été asservi au pouvoir politique et la création musicale de style traditionnel était l'identité principale. Après de vagues stratégies d’Etat successives, l’évitement des thèmes sensibles, les besoins urgents de la culture racine, la mise en œuvre des techniques expérimentales s’est déployée et diversifiée et les échanges internationaux ont conduit à l'émergence du départ à l'étranger des compositeurs chinois pour chercher leur propre chemin créatif. La musique contemporaine de la Chine s’est élaborée à partir de la technique occidentale et a progressé dans le contexte culturel chinois et ses racines multiples, les pensées fermées et les expériences d'enfance dans l'environnement culturel pur et la collision du nouvel environnement créent des œuvres d'art fascinantes, la rendant remarquablement différente de la musique contemporaine occidentale. Durant ces 30 dernières années de développement économique et d'ouverture politique, la société chinoise s’est de plus en plus internationalisée; les nouvelles technologies et les profils variés des compositeurs ont incité la nouvelle génération à mettre en place d’excellentes innovations musicales spécifiques. / As of the 19th century up to now, Chinese music has been taking a new direction and has developed in the wake of social evolutions. In China, the musical creation was affected by both the various cultures and political changes, thus bestowing a special charm on contemporary Chinese music. From the beginning of Western imitation and just before the founding of the new China, Chinese musicians succeeded in matching the Chinese musical elements with the new musical languages. Throughout specific periods, art had been bound to political power, and traditional style constituted the main identity of musical creation. Following the Cultural Revolution, the return to the root culture, the implementation of diversified experimental techniques have resulted in the departure of Chinese composers abroad in search of their own creative way. Contemporary Chinese music developed from Western technique and progressed in the Chinese cultural context and its multiple roots, closed thoughts and childhood experiences in the pure cultural environment and the collision of the new environment is now creating fascinating works of art, remarkably different from Western contemporary music. During the last 30 years of economic development and political openness, Chinese society has become increasingly internationalized; the new technologies and the varied profiles of composers have prompted the new generation to set up outstanding specific musical innovations.

L’identification et la définition des acteurs du verre italien actuel est complexe dans la mesure où leur situation est paradoxale : ils sont à la fois emblématiques et relativement absents dans l’art du verre « libre » actuel. Ce « mouvement » qui prit son essor dans le courant des années soixante aux États-Unis expérimenta à la fois de nouvelles pratiques et formes sculpturales, ainsi que des structures plus petites et plus souples que le traditionnel atelier-manufacture. En outre, cette révolution du Studio Glass Movement se produit aux prémices d’une postmodernité durant laquelle les arts sont eux aussi en pleine mutation, ce qui rend d’autant plus épineuse l’étude des relations qu’entretiennent l’industrie ou l’artisanat du verre avec les arts.Une première partie intitulée « Environnement et histoire, la question du modèle » constitue une approche historique suivant un fil chronologique. Elle décrit les évolutions techniques du verre ainsi que les développements particuliers à Venise et Murano. Elle permet en outre de caractériser les différents acteurs : manufactures et maestri, artisans, designers et plasticiens.La deuxième partie est consacrée aux œuvres et artefacts, leurs environnements économiques et matériels. Le propos se porte d’abord sur l’évolution des différentes productions (objets usuels, sculptures, etc.) d’un point de vue typologique et stylistique. Leur réception critique est étudiée, ainsi que leurs modes de diffusion depuis les boutiques de souvenirs à Venise jusqu’aux grandes expositions, qu’elles soient spécialisées ou non.La troisième et dernière partie (« Ontologie du verre : principes esthétiques et exigences métaphysiques ») interroge la place de l’artisanat et de la tradition du verre dans la postmodernité. Elle pose la question du matériau et de ses pratiques d’un point de vue esthétique et phénoménologique, ce qui renvoie aux conditions et moyens de sa fabrication. / The identification and definition of the actors of the contemporary Italian glass is complex insofar as their situation is paradoxical: they are both iconic and relatively setback from “free” glass art. This "movement" that took off in the course of the sixties in the United States experimented with both new practices and sculptural forms, as well as smaller and more flexible workshops than the traditional factory. In addition, the Studio Glass Movement’s revolution occurs at the beginnings of postmodernism in which the arts are also changing, making more difficult the study of the relationship between glass crafts and industries with the arts.The first part entitled "Environment and history, the issue of model" is a historical approach in chronological thread. It describes the technical developments of the glass as well as its specific developments in Venice and Murano. It also allows to characterize the different actors: factories and maestri, craftsmen, designers and artists.The second part is devoted to works and artifacts, economic and physical environments. At first, it approach the evolution of various productions (everyday objects, sculptures, etc..) with a typological and stylistic point of view. Their critical reception is studied, as well as their terms of sales from Venice’s souvenir shops to large exhibitions, specialized or not.The third and last part ("Glass ontology: aesthetic principles and metaphysical requirements") deals with the role of craft and tradition of glass in postmodernity. It also concerns the question of the material and its practices with an aesthetical and phenomenological point of view, which refers to the conditions and resources of production.

La présente thèse se donne non pas un mais deux objets d’étude : le théâtre tchèque des années 1960 d’une part, d’autre part la représentation imaginaire qui en est faite a posteriori. En suivant la « méthode » d’Edgar Morin et la « mythanalyse » de Gilbert Durand en tant que deux principales inspirations théoriques, ce cheminement commence par « un prologue » (1re partie) qui revient sur les héritages du passé, du XIXe siècle aux années 1950. Un « épilogue » (3e partie) prolonge la réflexion sur l’immédiat après-1968 mais aussi sur notre époque, qui est celle d’une célébration de cette décennie. La décennie des années soixante est étudiée de manière métadisciplinaire pour rendre compte d’un phénomène aussi riche que complexe (2e partie). Le re-nouveau théâtral des années 1960 arriva de deux fronts analysés dans deux parties consécutives de la thèse : d’une part par les grandes scènes institutionnelles grâce aux oeuvres d’Otomar Krejča au Théâtre National de Prague, du « triumvirat » Miloš Hynšt, Evžen Sokolovský et Bořivoj Srba au Théâtre d’État de Brno, et l’œuvre singulière d’Alfréd Radok (Laterna Magika, mélangeant théâtre et cinéma) ; d’autre part grâce aux petites scènes indépendantes. Ces dernières, très nombreuses, se divisaient en deux groupes : « les théâtres de petites formes » et les « petits théâtres », les premiers (comme Semafor, Cimrman, le « Non-théâtre » d’Ivan Vyskočil, ou le Théâtre Noir de Jiří Srnec) s’attachaient aux genres mineurs et pratiquaient différentes formes d’humour ; les seconds (comme le Théâtre Sur la Balustrade et Théâtre Za Branou) restaient attachés au texte dramatique.fronts analysés dans deux parties consécutives de la thèse : d'une part par les grandes scènes institutionnelles grâce aux œuvres d'otomar krejča au théâtre national de prague, du « triumvirat » miloš hynšt, evžen sokolovský et bořivoj srba au théâtre d'état de brno, et l'œuvre singulière d'alfréd radok (laterna magika, mélangeant théâtre et cinéma) ; d'autre part grâce aux petites scènes indépendantes. ces dernières, très nombreuses, se divisaient en deux groupes : « les théâtres de petites formes » et les « petits théâtres », les premiers (comme semafor, cimrman, le « non-théâtre » d'ivan vyskočil, ou le théâtre noir de jiří srnec) s'attachaient aux genres mineurs et pratiquaient différentes formes d'humour ; les seconds (comme le théâtre sur la balustrade et théâtre za branou) restaient attachés au texte dramatique. / The purpose of this dissertation thesis is double: in one hand to analyse the Czechs theatre of Sixties, in the second to examinate the imaginative representation of this artistic period in our days. Edgar Morin’s “Method” and Gilbert Durand analysis of myths are the principal elements of the theorical approach used. The first part called Prologue is dedicated to the historical legacy of Czech theatre (from XIX c. to the socialist realism of 1950’s.) The third part called Epilogue opens a reflexion on the heritage of the theatre of the 1960’s after 1968. The main part is study of renewal in Czech theatre in two parts. First of all, on main national theatre scenes (such as National Theatre in Prague, State Theatre in Brno) in work of such creators as Otomar Krejča, Miloš Hynšt, Evžen Sokolovský et Bořivoj Srba; secondary also in the universe of little theatre groups (Laterna Magika, Semafor, Cimrman, No-Theatre of Ivan Vyskočil, Black Theatre of Jiří Srnec).

This thesis is an attempt to contribute a fresh perspective on marriage and related subjects, making use of public theology in dialogue with the Christ narrative. The phenomena of post secularism, postmodernism and film hermeneutics are explored. Critical hermeneutics are used as a point of departure. This study aims to bridge the gap between the Christ narrative and public theology as it surfaces in the cinema. In Chapter 2 the terms of the concepts public theology and posttheism are investigated. Public theology is understood as the contribution of people in the public sphere participating in “God-talk”, as an exponent of post theism. Chapter 3 investigates the historical development of marriage. This investigation shows that social-political and philosophical influences caused different forms and models of marriage to evolve. It becomes clear that it is practically impossible to define one specific form of marriage that dominated history. Chapter 4 is divided into two parts. The first part explores New Testament texts related to the themes of marriage and relationships. It is shown that these New Testament texts are part of a broader context and therefore cannot be applied directly to marriage in modern times. On the other hand the Christ narrative, seen as an ancient biography, does outline important values applicable to marriage, intimacy and sexuality. These values were identified and are used in following chapters to define intimate relationships. The investigation of biblical models in the second part of this chapter shows that biblical models of marriage were also rooted within a historical situation. Certain values that are found within these models can still serve as guidelines for relationships, while others are influenced by an androcentric background. Chapter 5 is a theoretical investigation using Gerhard Ebelings’ “new hermeneutics” as model, applied to the field of the public theology of film. From a hermeneutical perspective recent films with biblical themes are important to communicate the gospel and morals in our times as the postmodern generation is primarily influenced by visual media. In Chapter 6 three films are discussed as examples of film hermeneutics and public theology: Roepman, As it is in heaven and Les misérables. Similarities with the Christ narrative surfaced, for instance: critique is expressed against destructive ideologies; selfless acts are commendable and unconditional love and acceptance, forgiveness, faith and hope are essential for an authentic existence. These films do not focus on ethical dogmas about marriage, intimacy and sexuality, although some ethical values can be derived. In the concluding chapter a bifocal melting of horizons, based on the findings of the research, are described. Both the public theology of film hermeneutics and the Sache Jesu highlight the importance of the inner values that constitute a meaningful relationship. The study argues that the church should reconsider their traditional view on marriage and sexual relationships by emphasizing the values found in the Sache Jesu instead of concentrating on enforcing the outward form of wedlock. In doing so, the church will help postmodern and postsecular people to again understand the meaning of a loving relationship in the presence of God. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2014. / lk2014 / New Testament Studies / PhD / Unrestricted

This study is done from an autobiographical perspective. It focuses on three issues: myths, the resurrection of Jesus from death, and the canon. It approaches the traditional ecclesiastical and confessional teachings from the perspective of a postmodern hermeneutics of suspicion. Being autobiographical, the study is in the first place relevant for its author. In the second place, because he is a researcher, the study has also relevance for the scholarly community. The faith community also asks their questions. Then there is the institutionalized church that is a watchdog for the dogma, and, lastly there is the secular community who is also interested in the debate. The study aims to find answers to the question how the myth of Easter faith developed into kerygma, which became a text with canonical status? It is a search for the relationship between myth, resurrection and canon. On the issue of myth, the study concludes that myth is just as important to postmoderns as it were to their pre-modern ancestors. The Christ myth is a first century Mediterranean version of an ancient inherited subconscious archetypal myth. It represents stories in the language, symbols, and metaphors of the cultures and peoples in which it originated. It is language recycled. On the question about the resurrection, the study concludes that the Christ cult and its narratives developed within a mythological worldview. First, there was the kerygma of a dying and resurrected Christ. Then narratives, as material for preaching in the early congregations emerged around the figure of the historical Jesus. The resurrection as the content of the kerygma is perceived as mythical speech that serves as the foundational myth for the Christ cult. The third issue was about the documents called canon and questions such as how did it emerge, and how did it become authority bearing? To recap the argument: In the beginning, there was the kerygma! The content of this kerygma was the death and resurrection of Christ. During the development stages of the Christ myth, this kerygma was linked to the life and death of the historical Jesus. His story became a mythical narrative that serves as the foundational myth for the Christ cult. It explains its reason for existence and its rituals. As this faith community grew and became more and more institutionalized it produced more and more literature. Orthodoxy in early Christianity decided which of these writings contain the truth and the right teaching. They are the books, which became the index of what is called the Christian Bible today. The author of this study believes in a canon behind the canon. For him, the Jesus figure is the “vehicle” that makes the content of the kerygma accessible. He is a mythological figure, with historical roots that has become the observable face of God to Christians. The New Testament represents kerygmatic narrative with an invitation to its readers and hearers to join in this mythological experience and encounter with God. / Thesis (DD (New Testament))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / New Testament Studies / unrestricted

L’étiquette « Art Déco » apparaît au milieu des années 1960 pour désigner des créations mobilières et architecturales de l’entre-deux-guerres. Les contours donnés au style évoluent cependant considérablement au fil des années, si bien qu’il est possible de distinguer trois grandes vagues de discours.La première, centrée autour de la France et de l’Exposition internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes de 1925, traite surtout du mobilier. Elle oppose souvent Art Déco et Modernisme et voit dans le premier le signe d’une société décadente, incapable de penser le monde de l’époque et de répondre à ses défis. L’Art Déco est condamné comme un prolongement anachronique du principe décoratif. Toutefois certains auteurs voient au contraire en lui « un dernier instant de bonheur ».La deuxième vague, essentiellement anglophone et américaine (alors que la première était plutôt italienne et française), repose sur une logique tout à fait différente. Apparaissant elle aussi dans les années 1960, elle accorde davantage de place à l’architecture. Elle fait de l’Art Déco une modernité alternative, un autre moderne, et rejoint les théories postmodernes qui se développent à partir des années 1970.La troisième, enfin, plus tardive, puisqu’elle commence dans les années 1980, se situe dans le prolongement de la deuxième. Elle se fonde sur les notions de malléabilité et d’hybridité et considère l’Art Déco comme une grammaire commune susceptible d’être adaptée dans des contextes très différents les uns des autres. Reposant sur un mouvement patrimonial puissant, elle s’observe aussi bien au sujet de Miami Beach que de Bombay/Mumbai ou Napier (Nouvelle-Zélande). Dans le monde francophone, cependant, cette approche de l’Art Déco reste relativement marginale et entre parfois en concurrence avec la notion d’architecture coloniale, même si des publications récentes portant sur Casablanca se situent indéniablement dans cette perspective. / The "Art Deco" label appeared in the middle of the nineteen sixties to designate furniture and architectures from the interwar period. The style's outlines evolved considerably over time, and it is thus possible to distinguish three different waves of description.The first one is centered around France and the 1925 Exposition internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes, and focuses mainly on furniture. It often presents Art Deco and Modernism as two opposites, and views the former as the sign of a decadent society, unable to understand the realities of the period and face its challenges. Art Deco is condemned by most authors as an anachronistic prolongation of the decorative principle, while some, on the contrary, see it as a last "moment of happiness".The second wave is essentially anglophone and American (whereas the first one was mostly French and Italian) It also appeared in the nineteen sixties, and gives preeminence to architecture rather than artefacts. Its foundation is completely different from the first wave since Art Deco is viewed as the "other modern" or an alternative modernity, a new definition very much influenced by the developing postmodern theories.Lastly, the third wave, which is more recent, appears to be a prolongation of the second one. It is a based on notions such as hybridity or malleability and views Art Deco as a grammar which can be easily adapted in very different contexts. Powered by a strong heritage movement, it concerns places such as Miami Beach, Bombay/Mumbai or Napier (New Zealand). In the French speaking world, however, this approach remains relatively rare, and concurrent notions such as that of colonial architecture are often preferred, even though recent publications about Casablanca constitute an exception.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:12:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 luciano_silva_lima.pdf: 807073 bytes, checksum: 773ca5d5d8cd86c8b61949bb6506191c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-21 / The media and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE, 2010) have conveyed the changes that have taken place both in the structure as in the dynamics of post-modern family in Brazil and in the world in recent decades. There are so many new types of family: single parent, multiple, two people coreless, homosexual, with ghost, among many others. This work of the Masters in Religious Studies has as General Purpose to identify and critically analyze the positive and negative aspects of secularization influencing the formation and dynamics of postmodern Catholic family in Vitoria de Santo Antão (PE), Brazil. The methodology consisted of a literature, descriptive, cross-sectional, with the use of a research of field, having as main theorists J. Comblin, Peter Berger, Pierpaolo Donati, J. Carlos Petrini and Felipe Aquino. As instrument was used a questionnaire composed of 12 questions, applied to a convenience sample of 20 couples of St. Anthony Parish, being 10 couples of 1-5 years of married life and 10 couples with more than 20 years of marriage. It was used the percentage in quantitative analysis, and other media tools that can help us achieve the General Objective of the dissertation and the specific ones: a) to evaluate the power of secularization and its influence on the dynamics of contemporary Catholic family in Vitoria de Santo Antão (PE); b) to contextualize the constituent factors of the Catholic family in a secularized world, and c) to address the postmodern thought in relation to the Catholic family in the Catholic perspective of the Sacrament of Marriage that was very positive in this work. / A mídia e o Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE, 2010) têm veiculado as mudanças que têm acontecido tanto na estrutura quando na dinâmica da família pós-moderna no Brasil e no mundo nas últimas décadas. São tantos os novos tipos de família: monoparental, múltipla, de duas pessoas sem núcleo, homossexual, com fantasma, entre outras tantas. Esta dissertação do Mestrado em Ciências da Religião tem como Objetivo Geral identificar e analisar criticamente os aspectos positivos e negativos da secularização a influenciarem na constituição e na dinâmica da família católica pós-moderna, em Vitória de Santo Antão (PE), Brasil. A metodologia consistiu de uma pesquisa bibliográfica, descritiva, de corte transversal, tendo como principais teóricos José Comblin, Peter Berger, Pierpaolo Donati, João Carlos Petrini e Felipe Aquino. Como instrumento utilizou-se uma pesquisa de campo, na qual foi utilizado um questionário composto de 12 questões, aplicado a uma amostra por conveniência de 20 casais da paróquia de Santo Antão, sendo 10 casais de 1-5 anos de vida matrimonial e 10 casais com mais de 20 anos de casamento. Utilizou-se a porcentagem na análise quantitativa, e outros instrumentos midiáticos que possam nos ajudar a atingir o Objetivo Geral da dissertação bem como os objetivos específicos: a) avaliar o poder da secularização e sua influência na dinâmica da família católica contemporânea, em Vitória de Santo Antão (PE); b) contextualizar os fatores constitutivos da família católica num mundo secularizado e c) abordar o pensamento pós-moderno em relação à família católica na perspectiva do sacramento do matrimônio católico que na pesquisa apareceu como bastante positivo.

As the title suggests, this essay is a postmodern and autobiographical analysis of the three detectives in Paul Auster´s widely acclaimed 1987 novel The New York Trilogy. The focus of this study is centred on a comparison between the three detectives, but also on tracking when and why the detectives devolve into madness. Moreover, it links their descent into madness to the postmodern condition. In postmodernity with its’ incredulity toward Metanarratives’ lives are shaped by chance rather than by causality. In addition, the traditional reliable tools of analysis and reason widely associated with the well-known literary detectives in the era of enlightenment, such as Sherlock Holmes or Dupin, are of little use. All of this is also aggravated by an unforgiving and painful never-ending postmodern present that leaves the detectives with little chance to catch their breath, recover their balance or sanity while being overwhelmed by their disruptive postmodern objects. Consequently, the three detectives are essentially all humiliated and stripped bare of their professional and personal identities with catastrophic results. Hence, if the three detectives start out with a reasonable confidence in their own abilities, their investigations lead them with no exceptions to a point where they are unable to distinguish reality from their postmodern paranoia and madness. And in the meantime, no crime is resolved and no social order restored. The autobiographical back drop of the three detectives and protagonists in the three novellas is the author´s own life in the late seventies and early eighties. In that sense the three protagonists all illustrate the parallel lives the author could have had, if chance and trivial every day decisions had not turned Auster´s life around, at certain critical junctures during the darkest moments of his life in connection with the painful divorce from his first wife.