The main aim of this thesis "Satire, puns and metaphor in Quevedo's works" is to contextualize the author in the historical and the literary context. We outlined the situation of Spain in the 17th century and the economic and social conditions in its territory. Furthermore, we specified the art movements, which influenced Spain during the 17th century, a Baroque and Mannerism. Within the Mannerism, we specified two dominating Spanish literary movements, "culteranismo" and "conceptismo". We characterized their essence and we presented two leaders of both these two movements. That is Góngora as a leading author of culteranismo and Quevedo representing conceptismo. Especially in case of conceptismo we also focused on clarifying concepts and we explained the basic tendencies and terminology with the help of one of the greatest leaders of Baroque rhetoric, Baltasar Gracián. Then we proceeded to the definition of satire, and we focused on the origins and development related to Quevedo's satire. We mentioned Menippean satire, which has been a springboard for many of later modern satirists and we also mentioned satire within culture of humour especially in relation to the concept of Bakhtin and Carnival. Then we continued with a typology of characters that should be kind of explanation for reading...

Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes special study report entitled: Impact of MTR on urban development : pedestrianization. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. U. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Also available in print.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1993. / "Individual workshop report." Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Med. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-61).

Thesis (M.Med.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-61). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes special study report entitled : Impact of MTR on urban development : pedestrianization. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-06-15T20:14:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 PauloSantiagoDeMoraisBrito_DISSERT.pdf: 3516677 bytes, checksum: 2675d96c113aa68c20016e4759709f32 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-06-20T22:23:27Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 PauloSantiagoDeMoraisBrito_DISSERT.pdf: 3516677 bytes, checksum: 2675d96c113aa68c20016e4759709f32 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-20T22:23:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PauloSantiagoDeMoraisBrito_DISSERT.pdf: 3516677 bytes, checksum: 2675d96c113aa68c20016e4759709f32 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-10-28 / A an?lise do l?quor obtido atrav?s de pun??o lombar ? de import?ncia ?mpar na pr?tica m?dica e ganha cada vez mais espa?o no diagn?stico de doen?as autoimunes prim?rias do sistema nervoso e nas dem?ncias. Os estudos mostram que o treinamento em simulador ? capaz de proporcionar aprendizado de habilidades t?cnicas, aquisi??o e reten??o do conhecimento, melhorar a autoconfian?a do aprendiz e possibilita a transfer?ncia para a pr?tica cl?nica. N?s pretendemos com esse estudo avaliar a efetividade do treinamento de estudantes de gradua??o de medicina com manequim simulador para pun??o lombar, levando em considera??o aspectos quantitativos (desempenho em testes padronizados) e qualitativos (percep??o dos estudantes a respeito do m?todo e do processo de ensino-aprendizagem). Foi desenvolvida uma aula pr?tica usando um guia de auto-avalia??o que tamb?m serviu para avalia??o entre pares. Realizamos instru??o atrav?s de v?deo on line indicado para ser assistido antes do treinamento presencial. Os participantes foram divididos em grupos de 5 e tiveram treinamento seguindo os princ?pios da pr?tica deliberada, fornecimento de feedback, e todos os participantes conseguiram executar pelo menos uma pun??o lombar no simulador. Foram aplicados question?rios a respeito de autoconfian?a e qualidade do treinamento. A tem?tica do treinamento em pun??o lombar foi considerada relevante, e a aula pr?tica foi bem avaliada em rela??o ao seu formato. Depois de dois anos do treinamento inicial, parte dos estudantes foi voluntariamente submetida a testes de reten??o do conhecimento. A interven??o pontual mostrou-se capaz de promover reten??o na t?cnica de pun??o lombar, sem equ?vocos significativos, sugerindo a transfer?ncia para uma situa??o real com paciente. / The teaching of the lumbar puncture (LP) technique with simulator is not well systematized in the curricula of medical schools. Studies show that training in the simulator provides learning technical skills, acquisition and retention of knowledge, improve self-confidence of the learner and enables the transfer to clinical practice. We intend this study to introduce simulated training in LP in medical course at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte evaluating the experience taking into account quantitative aspects (performance on standardized tests) and qualitative (perception of the students regarding the method and the teaching process learning). The study was conducted in two phases. In the first phase practical training in PL was introduced in the 3rd year of medical school. Seventy-seven students were trained in small groups, guided by a checklist developed in the model Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skill (OSATS), at this moment they knew they were not under performance evaluation. They were also asked whether they had prior chances to make an LP in patients. At the end of the first phase the students evaluated training in the following areas: teaching technique, simulator realism, time available per group, number of participants per group and relevance to medical practice. In the second phase, two years later, 18 students trained in first stage performed a new LP on the mannequin simulator, and its performance was evaluated through the same checklist of training in order to verify the technical retention. In addition, they answered a multiple choice test about practical aspects of the LP technique. Each participant received individual feedback on their performance at the end of their participation in the study. In the first phase of the study we found that only 4% of students had performed a lumbar puncture in patients until the 3rd year. The training of LP technique with simulator mannequin was considered relevant and the teaching methods was thoroughly evaluated. In the second phase, all participants were successful in implementing the lumbar puncture on the mannequin simulator, compliance with the most steps in a reasonable time, suggesting that would be able to perform the procedure in a patient.

Les Epigrammes de John Owen (1564 ?-1622) constituent un ensemble unique dans la production néo-latine, tant par le nombre de pièces qui le composent, environ mille cinq cent, que par le niveau d’excellence atteint par le « Martial anglais » (gallois, plutôt) qui fit du monodistique l’instrument privilégié de son génie. Le recueil du poète, qui connut pendant plus d’un siècle un véritable rayonnement européen, reflète son époque de composition en bien des points : la préférence accordée à l’inspiration satirique et morale, le culte de la brièveté ingénieuse, la recherche du bon mot et le plaisir du jeu verbal étaient en effet à même de satisfaire les zélateurs de l’esprit nouveau qui s’affirmait alors en Angleterre, vers la fin de l’ère élisabéthaine. L’épigramme owenienne est donc d’abord un exercice de subtilité, et l’étude du recueil, qui se présente au lecteur dans un savant désordre, révèle aussi la subtilité des liens qui régissent son organisation. Celle-ci ne dit pas seulement le soin apporté par le poète à son texte, qui témoigne d’une ambition certaine, mais souligne encore l’extraordinaire variété des sujets qui répond à une caractéristique du genre et à la volonté affirmée d’Owen de faire feu de tout bois. De cet ensemble kaléidoscopique, riche de ses propres échos et où le second degré apparaît souvent comme un témoignage de respect à l’égard de la tradition sur laquelle l’œuvre s’est construite (celle de la poésie morale et gnomique), il faut, enfin, souligner la modernité et la beauté qui sont les secrets du grand œuvre ; en cela, John Owen est bien l’héritier légitime de Martial / John Owen’s Epigrams represent an exceptional contribution in the neo-latin production, not only by the number of the poems, but also by the near perfection reached by the « English Martial » (welsh, actually) who made the elegiac couplet the prime instrument of his personal genius. Owen’s collection was met immediately with tremendous success in Great Britain as well as on the continent ; this success should last for more than a century, especially on the continent. The collection reflects his age of composition in many ways : the preference given to the satirical and moral inspiration, the cult of wity brevity and the passion for different types of puns were able to please the devotees of the new wit which spread then in England towards the end of elizabethan era. Thus, Owen’s epigram is above all an exercise of subtlety, and the study of the ten books, which are built on an artistic disorder, show as well the subtlety of the links! which rule their organisation. This organisation not only show the care given by the author to his work, which is a sign of ambition, but emphasize the remarkable variety of the subject which is certainly the rule for this special type of poetry, but also tell us Owen’s will for major eclecticism. Finally, we have to insist on the tradition to which the Epigrams are linked, that of moral poetry, and on the ironic treatment that the poet apply to commonplaces of gnomic sayings (or ordinary ones), inexhaustible source of inspiration for the witty epigrammatist who found there a way to surprise the reader. John Owen Latin epigrams are probably the wittiest and most pointed that have ever been produced in that tongue

The Hebrew Bible is the product of scribes. Whether copying, editing, conflating, adapting, or authoring, these ancient professionals were responsible for the various text designs, constructions and text-types that we have today. This thesis seeks to investigate the many practices employed by ancient scribes in literary production, or, more aptly, scribal composition. An investigation of scribal composition must incorporate inquiry into both synchronic and diachronic aspects of a text; a synchronic viewpoint can clarify diachronic features of the text and a diachronic viewpoint can clarify synchronic features of the text. To understand the text as the product of scribal composition requires recognition that the ancient scribe had a communicative goal when he engaged in the different forms of scribal composition (e.g. authoring, redacting, etc.). This communicative goal was reached through the scribal composer's implementation of various literary techniques. By tracing the reception of a text, it is possible to demonstrate when a scribal composer successfully reached his communicative goal. Using Malachi as a test-case, three autonomous yet complementary chapters will illustrate how investigating the text as the product of scribal composition can yield new and important insights. Chapter 2: Mal 2.10-16 focuses on a particularly difficult portion of Malachi (2.10-16), noting patterns amongst the texts reused in the pericope. These patterns give information about the ancient scribe's view of scripture and about his communicative goal. Chapter 3: Wordplay surveys Malachi for different types of the wordplay. The chapter demonstrates how a poetic feature such as wordplay, generally treated as a synchronic element, can also have diachronic implications. Chapter 4: Phinehas, he is Elijah investigates the reception of Malachi as a finished text. By tracing backwards a tradition found throughout later Jewish literature, it is evident that the literary techniques employed by the composer made his text successfully communicative.