Faculty of Humanities School of Arts 0318400x camato@mweb.co.za / This report contributes to the analysis of the visual language of the political cartoon by comparing the work of the South African cartoonist Zapiro and the American cartoonist Michael Ramirez since September 2001. The central topics investigated are the subjects’ contrasting approaches to the task of satirising incumbent domestic and foreign political leaders, their treatment of paradox and ambiguity in subject matter, and the relationships between iconographic and iconoclastic satirical modes in their work. The subjects’ technical approaches to caricature are compared, with particular reference to their drawings of Thabo Mbeki and George W. Bush, and their respective approaches to obituary cartoons are contrasted. The main conclusion of the report is that Zapiro’s willingness and ability to dramatise and accommodate conflicting historical narratives in his cartoons, and his capacity to comment on the act of cartooned satire itself, are important reasons why he exploits and expands the potential of the form to a greater degree than Ramirez does.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Houston, 1984. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [279]-286).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Delaware, 2009. / Principal faculty advisor: Bernard L. Herman, Dept. of Art History. Includes bibliographical references.

Este estudo teve como objetivo selecionar os descritores botânico-agronômicos que melhor se prestam para caracterizar acessos das espécies paspalum guenoarum e paspalum plicatulum. Através de componentes principais, baseando-se nos artigos de Jolliffe (1972 e 1973). Foram avaliados 15 descritores reprodutivos, 22 vegetativos e 21 agronômicos, sendo que os agronômicos compreenderam 7 descritores para a avaliação anual, 7 descritores para a avaliação de inverno e 7 descritores para a avaliação de verão. Após a seleção de descritores reprodutivos, vegetativos e agronômicos separadamente, foi realizada uma análise de componentes principais considerando estes caracteres conjuntamente. A fim de se proceder a uma nova seleção. O método utilizado permitiu uma redução de 53%, 68% e 43%. Dos descritores reprodutivos, vegetativos e agronômicos, respectivamente, do conjunto inicialmente considerado. Como descritores importantes destacaram-se: PR, CE, EFL (reprodutivos), DIPB, CMB, LMBBASE (vegetativos) e PORMSANO, DIVERAO (agronômicos), o que representa um descarte de 86% do total de descritores utilizados na caracterização dos acessos. Verificou-se também que os descritores agronômicos por serem mais influenciados por fatores ambientais tiveram uma menor participação nesta caracterização, uma vez que dos oito descritores selecionados, seis foram reprodutivos e vegetativos. Para os descritores vegetativos o método de descarte não foi tão satisfatório quanto para os demais, devendo-se ressaltar que suas estimativas podem não ter refletido com boa exatidão as associações existentes entre os mesmos tendo em vista o pequeno número de acessos (26) e a quantidade elevada de descritores (22) considerados. O método de componentes principais mostrou-se útil para selecionar os descritores mais importantes na descrição da variabilidade presente na coleção de acessos do germoplasma estudado / not available

Este estudo teve como objetivo selecionar os descritores botânico-agronômicos que melhor se prestam para caracterizar acessos das espécies paspalum guenoarum e paspalum plicatulum. Através de componentes principais, baseando-se nos artigos de Jolliffe (1972 e 1973). Foram avaliados 15 descritores reprodutivos, 22 vegetativos e 21 agronômicos, sendo que os agronômicos compreenderam 7 descritores para a avaliação anual, 7 descritores para a avaliação de inverno e 7 descritores para a avaliação de verão. Após a seleção de descritores reprodutivos, vegetativos e agronômicos separadamente, foi realizada uma análise de componentes principais considerando estes caracteres conjuntamente. A fim de se proceder a uma nova seleção. O método utilizado permitiu uma redução de 53%, 68% e 43%. Dos descritores reprodutivos, vegetativos e agronômicos, respectivamente, do conjunto inicialmente considerado. Como descritores importantes destacaram-se: PR, CE, EFL (reprodutivos), DIPB, CMB, LMBBASE (vegetativos) e PORMSANO, DIVERAO (agronômicos), o que representa um descarte de 86% do total de descritores utilizados na caracterização dos acessos. Verificou-se também que os descritores agronômicos por serem mais influenciados por fatores ambientais tiveram uma menor participação nesta caracterização, uma vez que dos oito descritores selecionados, seis foram reprodutivos e vegetativos. Para os descritores vegetativos o método de descarte não foi tão satisfatório quanto para os demais, devendo-se ressaltar que suas estimativas podem não ter refletido com boa exatidão as associações existentes entre os mesmos tendo em vista o pequeno número de acessos (26) e a quantidade elevada de descritores (22) considerados. O método de componentes principais mostrou-se útil para selecionar os descritores mais importantes na descrição da variabilidade presente na coleção de acessos do germoplasma estudado / not available

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The purpose of this monograph is to promote Costa Rican academic music by focusing on Costa Rican composer Carlos Escalante Macaya and his Concerto for Clarinet and Strings (2012). I hope to contribute to the international view of Latin American composition and to promote Costa Rican artistic and cultural productions abroad with a study of the Concerto for Clarinet and Strings (Escalante's first venture into the concerto genre), examining in close detail its melodic, rhythmic and harmonic treatment as well as influences from different genres and styles. The monograph will also include a historical context of Costa Rican musical history, a brief discussion of previous important Costa Rican composers for the clarinet, a short analysis of the composer's own previous work for the instrument (Ricercare for Solo Clarinet) and performance notes. Also, in addition to the publication and audio/video recording of the clarinet concerto, this document will serve as a resource for clarinet soloists around the world. Carlos Escalante Macaya (b. 1968) is widely recognized in Costa Rica as a successful composer. His works are currently performed year-round in diverse performance venues in the country. His compositions vary widely, including orchestral, choral, and chamber music works, as well as music for dance, theater, and film. He is associate composer for the national dance and theater companies, and also receives many other commissions. He has received important national and Latin American composition awards, but his music, as that of other Costa Rican composers, is yet to be discovered outside of Latin America. Only one book, Música académica costarricense: Del presente al pasado cercano (2012), includes a commentary on Carlos Escalante Macaya. In it Costa Rican musicologist Ekaterina Chatski briefly analyzes two of his most important compositions: Los huesos tristes, commissioned in 2006 for the Choreographer's Festival, and Sinfonía Centenario (1997), winner of the Latin American Composition Competition of the centenary of the National Theater of Costa Rica. This book also includes a short biography of the composer and a list numbering 81 of his compositions up to the year 2008. The composer provided most materials necessary for my study, including multiple scores, inspirational visual materials, as well as a full interview (completed August 12, 2013) that will be included as an appendix. It is also important to mention that this concerto was written for me. The composer made significant effort to create a piece that would be, in his own words, a "perfectly fitted dress." My feedback ultimately made this piece what it is today, and my premiere of it on September 14, 2012, with the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, was an absolute success. This piece was so well received by the Costa Rican public that it was included in the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica's latest CD recording of Costa Rican Music Composers. This recording is the first album of the National Symphony Orchestra to include a solo artist, so it is an honor for me to have been part of this wonderful project. Having been involved in all stages that brought this piece to life, I believe I am in the best position to present an analysis of the piece, to provide a historical background, and to offer performance recommendations for the future. / Music Performance

This document examines the work in my MFA thesis exhibition. The objects in that installation address specific socio-aesthetic sites of class and power. The personal and cultural narratives examined here further explain the objects’ symbolic potential.

The following thesis is a brief view of the 2017-2018 production of Marco Ramirez’s contemporary play The Royale, as produced by Theatre UNO, the theatre production arm of the University of New Orleans’ Department of Film & Theatre. This thesis will include initial responses, analysis, interpretation, production synthesis and communication, and reflection with conclusions on performance, directing, and pedagogy in academic theatre. This thesis is supported by documentation of the production process, including a scored script. The play was performed in New Orleans, Louisiana at the University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center’s Robert E. Nims Theatre, November 9-19, 2017; the University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center’s Soundstage, February 17, 2018; and in San Angelo, Texas at the Angelo State University’s Auditorium Theater, twice on March 2, 2018, as part of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region VI (KCACTF VI).