This thesis examines the eight issues of Stéphane Mallarmé's 1874 fashion magazine, La Dernière Mode, focussing on ideas of process. On the one hand, it views La Dernière Mode as a vital phase in the evolution of Mallarmé's aesthetic and, on the other, it sees the discourse of fashion itself as being in a continual state of trial and re-definition. The thesis begins with a citation from Mallarmé's 1886 article, 'Mimique'; this passage showcases the complex relationship between the interpenetrating themes of Time, Drama and Fiction, which form the three main chapter headings. Taking a thematic and linguistic approach, the thesis will explore literary, theoretical and philosophical mechanisms in La Dernière Mode, assessing ways in which these can be seen to have evolved from ideas established in Mallarmé's early verse and prose writing, and tracing their evolution over the course of the poet's later works. This study will also acknowledge the importance of crisis, both personal and social, and its influence on Mallarmé's aesthetic, showing La Dernière Mode to be part of a dynamic process by which the parameters of literature are tested and re-defined. My study aims to contribute to the development of recent scholarship of Mallarmé, which acknowledges and celebrates his engagement with the material world and his interest in the aesthetic value of the practices of everyday life. Challenging views of Mallarmé as the 'ivory-tower poet' and destabilizing distinctions between his poetic and 'alimentary' works, this thesis thus makes a case for seeing La Dernière Mode as a testing ground for fundamental aspects of the poet's aesthetic with significant implications for the direction his œuvre would take in the 1880s and 1890s. The fashion magazine can thus, I contend, be considered as having a dynamic relationship with the poet's unattainable ideal of the 'Livre'.

The purpose of this study is to investigae the relationship between Latin and French, between Latin and Spanish, and to evaluate the assumption of many language teachers that high school pupuls who have had one year of Latin tended, on the whole, because of that fact, to do better academic work in Franch and Spanish as measured in terms of marks received, than did pupils who had not studied Latin.

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Jean Froissart’s Chroniques, composed of four Books, relate the first stages of the Anglo-French conflict later known as the Hundred Years’ War (1337–1453). This thesis explores Froissart’s textual journey(s) to Gascon lands (south-west of modern-day France) and history/stories. Relying on Gérard Genette’s and Mikhail Bakhtin’s narrative theories, it uses literary and narratological tools to analyse three passages from Book I and III concerned with Gascony: the Earl of Derby’s Gascon campaigns (Chapter 1); the Black Prince’s Gascon campaigns and the principality of Aquitaine (Chapter 2); Froissart’s personal journey to and stay at the court of Gaston Fébus, count of Foix-Béarn (Chapter 3). One aim of the study is to investigate the representation of the region but it also argues that the Gascon passages have wider implications for the Chroniques, Froissart’s work as a whole, and the writing of history in the fourteenth century. At the turn of the twentieth century, Froissart’s ‘history’ was often disparagingly discussed by scholars due to factual inaccuracy and literary embellishments: such a ‘historical narrative’, it was felt, fell short of history and was nothing more than an entertaining story presenting outdated chivalric ideals. Although this approach has been partly revised, some critics still view the Chroniques’ earlier Books as being a narratively straightforward reflection of such a chivalric ideology, lacking critical hindsight on fourteenth-century events and society, and thus presenting paradoxical and irreconcilable tensions with later Books to the extent that they are occasionally deemed to be an entirely different kind of work than their later counterparts. The narrative thread of Froissart’s Gascon (hi)story explored here allows the revision of such views and shows that Froissart’s narrative is far from narratively and ideologically straightforward. This complexity is present as early as the first versions of the Book I, which should be envisaged in parallel, not in opposition, with the ‘later’ Chroniques. Similarly, the various tensions (e.g. fiction/history; ideal/real) underpinning the whole work, manifested in the portrayal of Gascony/the Gascons, are best approached in terms of co-existence, not antagonism. Such a multi-faceted work (a mirror and/or product of the fourteenth century?), à mi-chemin between history and fiction, between conflicting yet co-existing perspectives, is precisely what makes Froissart’s Chroniques valuable to literary critics, philologists, and historians alike.

The present study focusses on the theatre audience, and on its’ role in the maintenance of the theatrical situation. Using video-recorded performances of relatively naturalistic, modern dramas, the study examines the behaviour of the audience in relation to the unfolding of stage events. Such behaviour is described through close inspection of the sounds the audience produces, consisting primarily of coughing, throat-clearing, and laughter. The study contributes to the growing body of research surrounding ethnomethodological conversation analysis (CA). CA methods are used to analyse not only an audience’s overt reactions to stage events, but also the actions occurring outside these relatively short-lived phenomena in the context of a theatre performance. It is demonstrated that members of the audience refrain from making « vocal noise » during the verbal interaction of actors, and some of the resources used to achieve this end are described. These include the interpretation of the emerging dialogue, of the relative positioning of actors and of the actors’ use of gesture. Members of the audience are observed making vocal noise around possible completions in the sequence of ongoing stage actions, a placing which seems to make it maximally unobtrusive. Furthermore, the audience’s laughter is described. It is argued that members of the audience negociate collective moments of laughter with each other and with the actors. In doing so, the audience displays a sensitive awareness of the other members of the audience and the performers on stage. It is finally suggested that vocal noise on one hand and laughter on the other are differently placed in relation to an emerging action. This relative placing seems to indicate their producers’ different orientations to these actions, according to which vocal noise is to be hidden and laughter to be taken as an overt reaction.

Whereas the relationship between real autobiography and its fictional forms has been studied at length, the equivalent relationship for diaries has barely been acknowledged, let alone explored. This thesis follows the history of diary-writing – as a field that includes real and fictional diaries and the complex relations between them – in twentieth-century French writing. I take as my starting point the moment in the 1880s when, following a series of successful posthumous diary publications, a new generation of writers became aware that their own journaux intimes would probably come to be published, with considerable consequences for the way their literary œuvre and their very persona as an author (or their textual author-figure) would appear to readers. Of this generation, André Gide exerted by far the greatest influence over the course of diary-writing, and four works in particular experiment, in extremely diverse forms, with the literary possibilities of the diary: Les Cahiers d'André Walter (1891), Paludes (1895), Le Journal des faux-monnayeurs (1926), and his Journal 1889–1939 (1939). After the Second World War, diary-writing continued to draw on forms established by Gide, but now inflected by radical changes in attitudes towards the writing subject: Raymond Queneau's works published under the pseudonym of Sally Mara (1947–62) cast light on attitudes towards the diary at the time of a theoretical exclusion of the writing subject; Roland Barthes experimented with diaries at the point of a return of the writing subject (1977–79); and Annie Ernaux's published diaries between 1993 and 2011 demonstrate the role of diary-writing within the modern field of life-writing. Rather than making a gradual progress towards literary recognition, this history of diary-writing shows that, in a great variety of ways, diaries have consistently been used for their marginal or supplementary role, which simultaneously constructs and qualifies a literary œuvre and author-figure.

Jean-Paul Sartre is not traditionally thought of as a philosopher of the body and, until very recently, little critical attention has been paid to this aspect of his work. Nevertheless, since 2005 a number of articles have begun to appear which suggest that Sartre‘s account of the body in L’Être et le Néant may be worthy of more consideration than it has thus far received – perhaps most notably Joseph Catalano‘s 2005 article suggesting that the chapter on the body is central to a proper understanding of Sartre‘s philosophy. Simone de Beauvoir is often criticised for her writing on the body in Le Deuxième Sexe, with much of the criticism suggesting that Beauvoir‘s use of existential philosophy is to blame for her failings. Yet Toril Moi argues that Beauvoir‘s claim that the body is a situation, a claim that arises from existential philosophy, is a valuable contribution to feminism. In light of these developments, it seems pertinent to look again at Sartre‘s chapter on the body in L’Être et le Néant and at Beauvoir‘s work to try to understand exactly what is meant by the body as a situation and how this concept relates to Sartre and Beauvoir‘s well-known ideas on freedom and responsibility. The aim of this thesis is to examine the importance of the chapter on the body in L’Être et le Néant and to demonstrate its relevance to Sartre‘s philosophy as a whole, to look at how Beauvoir has used Sartre‘s philosophy in her own writing and to consider the relevance of that philosophy to more contemporary writing on the body. The thesis will focus on L’Être et le Néant, Le Deuxième Sexe, and La Vieillesse with references also made to both authors‘ fictional works, to Beauvoir‘s autobiographical writings, and to more contemporary work on the body.

English abstract: The text looks into the working of the 6th person possessivity exponence on the base of the analysis of two concrete paradigms - paradigms SUUS and ILLORUM. Its proposal is to comprend and to describe all changes of the semiosis of both of the two paradigms on their transition from the Latin diasystem to the Protoromance and the Romance one. These changes will be mesured and described on the base of the eight parameters of semiotic and semiologic description as changes of (1) formal aspect, (2) conceptual aspect, (3) reference, (4) extension, (5) intension, (6) differential value, (7) paradigmatic relations, (8) syntagmatic relations. On the base of the analysis of the individual diasystems we try to identify the connection, the relationship among the Romance centres, with the objective to identify the sources of the importation of linguistic innovations. English keywords: 6th person possessivity, reflexive possessivity, non-reflexive possessivity, possessives, ILLORUM, SUUS, semiosis, grammaticalization, suppletion, linguistic innovation, exportation of linguistic models, endophoricity, logophoricity, exophoricity, vulgar Latin, classical Latin, Romance languages

O contexto global e interconectado em que estamos inseridos favorece o contato dos sujeitos com diferentes línguas e culturas, o que, na didática das línguas, se concretizou pela reflexão sobre o Plurilinguismo e as abordagens plurais (CANDELIER; CASTELLOTTI, 2013; ALARCÃO et al., 2009b). Neste cenário, a Intercompreensão (IC), como uma dessas abordagens, valoriza as experiências linguístico-comunicativas do aprendente, as quais servem de base de transferência para a construção de novos conhecimentos em línguas aparentadas (DEGACHE; GARBARINO, 2017; MEISSNER et al., 2004). No âmbito universitário, a proposta intercompreensiva vai ao encontro da necessidade dos estudantes de ler textos acadêmicos em outras línguas, pois rentabiliza e aperfeiçoa a compreensão escrita pelo viés integrativo da lógica plurilíngue. No caso dos estudantes de Letras, mais do que atingir este objetivo de leitura, as reflexões proporcionadas pela IC são fundamentais no conjunto de sua formação como futuros profissionais das línguas e culturas, contribuindo para a diversificação de seus repertórios linguísticos e didático-pedagógicos (ANDRADE; PINHO, 2010; ARAÚJO e SÁ, 2015). Neste sentido, os objetivos desta tese são: (i) compreender e descrever o processo de formação do sujeito-aprendente em direção ao desenvolvimento de uma competência de compreensão escrita plurilíngue; (ii) caracterizar o trabalho com textos acadêmicos na perspectiva da IC; e (iii) analisar que tipos de mudanças a abordagem desencadeou nos participantes. A pesquisa se fundamenta nos estudos sobre o ensinoaprendizagem pela IC, caracterizada por privilegiar a compreensão através de estratégias (meta)cognitivas e (meta)linguísticas no trabalho simultâneo com línguas da mesma família (CADDÉO; JAMET, 2013; DE CARLO et al., 2015). Os dados foram produzidos e coletados a partir do curso Práticas de leitura em Intercompreensão: textos acadêmicos na área das Letras, ministrado na Universidade de São Paulo. Os participantes do curso, alunos de Letras de diversas habilitações, desenvolveram a IC receptiva em espanhol, francês e italiano em gêneros comuns ao meio universitário: resumo, introdução de artigo e capítulo de livro teórico. A análise qualitativa e longitudinal de orientação êmica (BLANCHET, 2000; DE SARDAN, 1998) possibilitou acompanhar as (trans)formações pluridimensionais por que passaram os aprendentes. Suas atividades e discursos demonstraram que, além de desenvolver a compreensão escrita dos textos acadêmicos nas línguas-alvo, a IC fez surgir novas atitudes e representações reveladoras do processo de construção do sujeito plurilíngue. A partir destes resultados, as contribuições da pesquisa vão em duas direções: em relação à demanda de formação para a leitura em LE, a pesquisa demonstrou a pertinência da aplicação da IC para o trabalho com os gêneros acadêmicos; já quanto ao público-alvo aqui implicado, ficou constatada a amplitude das potencialidades da IC na formação integral dos estudantes de Letras, o que confirma a legitimidade dos esforços para sua difusão e efetiva inserção curricular. / The global and interconnected context in which we live makes the contact of people with different languages and cultures more common, which has introduced the discussion of Plurilingualism in Language Didactics. In this sense, Intercomprehension (IC) is defined as a pluralistic didactic approach where the learner\'s linguistic and communicative experiences are transferred during the construction of new knowledges in related languages (DEGACHE; GARBARINO, 2017; MEISSNER et al., 2004). In the academic context, the IC contributes to the students\' need to read academic texts in other languages, as this approach improves written comprehension from the plurilingual view. For students from Degree in Languages, More than achieving this goal of reading, the reflections proposed by the IC approach are fundamental to their training as future language and culture professionals, allowing them to diversify their linguistic and didactic repertoires (ANDRADE; PINHO, 2010; ARAÚJO e SÁ, 2015). From this angle, the thesis aims are: (i) to understand and describe the learner\'s training process towards the development of plurilingual reading; (ii) to characterize the didactical work with academic texts from the IC\'s perspective; (iii) to analyze the changes caused by this method on learners. The research is based on studies in foreign languages teaching and learning by IC, an approach that favors comprehension through the mobilization of (meta)cognitive and (meta)linguistic strategies (CADDÉO ; JAMET, 2013 ; DE CARLO et al., 2015). The data was collected during the course \"Intercomprehension reading practices: academic texts of Language studies\", in the University of Sao Paulo. The participants, Language undergraduate students, practiced receptive IC with textual genres common in the academic area: abstracts, introduction of scientific articles and chapters of a theoretical book. By a qualitative and longitudinal analysis with an emic orientation, it was possible to observe the multidimensional transformations produced on learners. Their activities and speeches confirmed that, more than developing written comprehension of academic texts in the target languages, the IC has brought forth new attitudes and representations related to the training process of a plurilingual person. From these results we have two kinds of contributions: in relation to the need of reading in other languages, the research has shown the relevance of intercomprehensive work with academic texts; furthermore, regarding the target audience of this research, we noted the IC\'s potentialities range for the integral training of the Language undergraduate students, which confirms the legitimacy of the efforts towards its diffusion and effective curricular insertion.

O contexto global e interconectado em que estamos inseridos favorece o contato dos sujeitos com diferentes línguas e culturas, o que, na didática das línguas, se concretizou pela reflexão sobre o Plurilinguismo e as abordagens plurais (CANDELIER; CASTELLOTTI, 2013; ALARCÃO et al., 2009b). Neste cenário, a Intercompreensão (IC), como uma dessas abordagens, valoriza as experiências linguístico-comunicativas do aprendente, as quais servem de base de transferência para a construção de novos conhecimentos em línguas aparentadas (DEGACHE; GARBARINO, 2017; MEISSNER et al., 2004). No âmbito universitário, a proposta intercompreensiva vai ao encontro da necessidade dos estudantes de ler textos acadêmicos em outras línguas, pois rentabiliza e aperfeiçoa a compreensão escrita pelo viés integrativo da lógica plurilíngue. No caso dos estudantes de Letras, mais do que atingir este objetivo de leitura, as reflexões proporcionadas pela IC são fundamentais no conjunto de sua formação como futuros profissionais das línguas e culturas, contribuindo para a diversificação de seus repertórios linguísticos e didático-pedagógicos (ANDRADE; PINHO, 2010; ARAÚJO e SÁ, 2015). Neste sentido, os objetivos desta tese são: (i) compreender e descrever o processo de formação do sujeito-aprendente em direção ao desenvolvimento de uma competência de compreensão escrita plurilíngue; (ii) caracterizar o trabalho com textos acadêmicos na perspectiva da IC; e (iii) analisar que tipos de mudanças a abordagem desencadeou nos participantes. A pesquisa se fundamenta nos estudos sobre o ensinoaprendizagem pela IC, caracterizada por privilegiar a compreensão através de estratégias (meta)cognitivas e (meta)linguísticas no trabalho simultâneo com línguas da mesma família (CADDÉO; JAMET, 2013; DE CARLO et al., 2015). Os dados foram produzidos e coletados a partir do curso Práticas de leitura em Intercompreensão: textos acadêmicos na área das Letras, ministrado na Universidade de São Paulo. Os participantes do curso, alunos de Letras de diversas habilitações, desenvolveram a IC receptiva em espanhol, francês e italiano em gêneros comuns ao meio universitário: resumo, introdução de artigo e capítulo de livro teórico. A análise qualitativa e longitudinal de orientação êmica (BLANCHET, 2000; DE SARDAN, 1998) possibilitou acompanhar as (trans)formações pluridimensionais por que passaram os aprendentes. Suas atividades e discursos demonstraram que, além de desenvolver a compreensão escrita dos textos acadêmicos nas línguas-alvo, a IC fez surgir novas atitudes e representações reveladoras do processo de construção do sujeito plurilíngue. A partir destes resultados, as contribuições da pesquisa vão em duas direções: em relação à demanda de formação para a leitura em LE, a pesquisa demonstrou a pertinência da aplicação da IC para o trabalho com os gêneros acadêmicos; já quanto ao público-alvo aqui implicado, ficou constatada a amplitude das potencialidades da IC na formação integral dos estudantes de Letras, o que confirma a legitimidade dos esforços para sua difusão e efetiva inserção curricular. / The global and interconnected context in which we live makes the contact of people with different languages and cultures more common, which has introduced the discussion of Plurilingualism in Language Didactics. In this sense, Intercomprehension (IC) is defined as a pluralistic didactic approach where the learner\'s linguistic and communicative experiences are transferred during the construction of new knowledges in related languages (DEGACHE; GARBARINO, 2017; MEISSNER et al., 2004). In the academic context, the IC contributes to the students\' need to read academic texts in other languages, as this approach improves written comprehension from the plurilingual view. For students from Degree in Languages, More than achieving this goal of reading, the reflections proposed by the IC approach are fundamental to their training as future language and culture professionals, allowing them to diversify their linguistic and didactic repertoires (ANDRADE; PINHO, 2010; ARAÚJO e SÁ, 2015). From this angle, the thesis aims are: (i) to understand and describe the learner\'s training process towards the development of plurilingual reading; (ii) to characterize the didactical work with academic texts from the IC\'s perspective; (iii) to analyze the changes caused by this method on learners. The research is based on studies in foreign languages teaching and learning by IC, an approach that favors comprehension through the mobilization of (meta)cognitive and (meta)linguistic strategies (CADDÉO ; JAMET, 2013 ; DE CARLO et al., 2015). The data was collected during the course \"Intercomprehension reading practices: academic texts of Language studies\", in the University of Sao Paulo. The participants, Language undergraduate students, practiced receptive IC with textual genres common in the academic area: abstracts, introduction of scientific articles and chapters of a theoretical book. By a qualitative and longitudinal analysis with an emic orientation, it was possible to observe the multidimensional transformations produced on learners. Their activities and speeches confirmed that, more than developing written comprehension of academic texts in the target languages, the IC has brought forth new attitudes and representations related to the training process of a plurilingual person. From these results we have two kinds of contributions: in relation to the need of reading in other languages, the research has shown the relevance of intercomprehensive work with academic texts; furthermore, regarding the target audience of this research, we noted the IC\'s potentialities range for the integral training of the Language undergraduate students, which confirms the legitimacy of the efforts towards its diffusion and effective curricular insertion.