by Lau Kam Fung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-114). / Chapter Chapter One --- The Self in Comparative Perspectives --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter Two --- Emergence of the New Chinese Self and Ideological Changes in Modern China --- p.18 / Chapter Chapter Three --- "Body, Self and Subjectivity in ffang Anyi's Love in a Small Town" --- p.44 / Chapter Chapter Four --- Re-assertion of Self and the New Woman in Zhang Jie's The Ark --- p.60 / Chapter Chapter Five --- "The Loss of Self in Zhang Xinxin's ""On the Same Horizon""" --- p.78 / Chapter Chapter Six --- Constructions of the Female Self in Contemporary Chinese Fiction --- p.93 / Notes --- p.102 / Works Cited --- p.106

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T19:20:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Daniela Borja Bessa.pdf: 1990902 bytes, checksum: 98c65f28e6c080f6d16f4fdb70daf7ee (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-06-26 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The theme of this thesis is about Christian Self-Help Literature. The research was motivated by the following general objectives: to understand the presuppositions of self-help genre; to identify a possible relationship between Secular Self-help Literature and Christian Self-Help Literature; to verify a role of Self-Help Literature among Protestant Christians. The study of Christian Self-help Literature was elected because it is a genre in expansion since 1980s as a relevant segment of evangelical publishing market. From American writers, such literature has linked religious and psychological discourse by using biblical verses and psychological technical terms from Transpersonal, Humanist and Positive Psychology and also it has achieved great respectability among Evangelical Christians. The hypothesis that supported its investigation is that Christian Self-Help Literature is received by Christians as a welcome initiative once it links psychological and religious discourse and it contributes to humanization of its readers as instrument which promotes emotional and spiritual health. In order to verify such hypothesis, the thesis was divided in two major blocks or parts. In the first block, social and psychological influences which have impacted Self- Help literature are analyzed. In the second block, the Christian Self-help is analyzed. As it was intended by this thesis, to verify what has provoked such Christian Self-Help Literature on its Christian readers, a research was carried with Evangelical Christians from Belo Horizonte and neibouring cities. The books with more indications in the research were analyzed in the final chapter. It could be perceived that Christian Self-Help Literature, in opposite way to Secular Self-Help Literature, which is seen as prejudicial and abusive, was considered as contributive to personal growth and spiritual development. In other words, the research has pointed out a positive role of Christian Self-Help Literature as a perception of evangelical community / Esta tese tem como tema a literatura de auto-ajuda cristã. Os objetivos gerais que motivaram a pesquisa foram: compreender os pressupostos do gênero auto-ajuda, relacionar literatura de auto-ajuda secular e literatura de auto-ajuda cristã, verificar o papel que a literatura de auto-ajuda desempenha junto aos cristãos protestantes. Buscou-se estudar a literatura de auto-ajuda cristã por ser um gênero em expansão a partir dos anos 80 e ser um segmento importante do mercado editorial evangélico. Formada de escritos de norte-americanos, essa literatura une os discursos religioso e psicológico, através do uso de versículos bíblicos e termos da Psicologia Humanista e Psicologia Positiva e alcança respeitabilidade entre os evangélicos. A hipótese que sustenta esse trabalho é que a literatura de auto-ajuda cristã apropriada pelos cristãos, ao unir os discursos psicológico e religioso, contribui para a humanização de seus leitores, tornando-se instrumento promotor de saúde emocional e espiritual. Para verificar esse hipótese, esse trabalho foi dividido em dois grandes blocos: no primeiro, observaram-se as influências social e psicológica recebidas pela literatura de auto-ajuda, e, no segundo, analisou-se a auto-ajuda cristã. No intuito de verificar as influências da literatura de auto-ajuda cristã sobre seus leitores, foram realizadas pesquisas com evangélicos de Belo Horizonte e das cidades circunvizinhas. Os livros mais mencionados por eles foram objeto de análise ao final da tese. Percebeu-se que a literatura de auto-ajuda cristã, ao contrário da literatura de auto-ajuda secular, vista como prejudicial e espoliadora, contribui tanto para o crescimento pessoal, quanto para o desenvolvimento da espiritualidade, desempenhando, portanto, um papel positivo junto à comunidade evangélica

Lau, Chi Sum Garfield. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 136-137). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Introduction: Conflictual Self in the Modern Era: Conrad and Kawabata --- p.6 / Chapter Chapter One: --- Immorality and Conflictual Self in Conrad's The Return --- p.20 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- The Past and Split Self in Kawabata's Thousand Cranes --- p.50 / Chapter Chapter Three: --- Conflictual Self and Split Self in Conrad's The Secret Agent and Kawabata's The Sound of the Mountain --- p.81 / Conclusion: Conflictual Self in Occidental and Oriental Contexts --- p.117 / Bibliography --- p.136

"2002." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-239). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

Nos anos 1990, o mercado editorial brasileiro observou a ascensão dos livros de autoajuda entre eles os livros de autoajuda voltada a negócios às listas de livros mais vendidos. Fortemente criticados no início de sua ascensão pela grande mídia, esses livros não só enxamearam as listas de mais vendidos nos anos 1990, como conquistaram o status de nicho editorial no Brasil, com sucesso até os dias de hoje. O sucesso e a emergência desse nicho foram compreendidos, nesse trabalho, através da teoria dos campos. Com base nessa teoria, analisaram-se as posições dos atores incumbentes (autores e editores), suas estratégias para obter e manter as posições dominantes no campo, bem como as relações por eles travadas com outros campos, pertinentes para o desenvolvimento do nicho editorial. A agência de certos autores de autoajuda, os gurus, constitui-se como elemento-chave para entender o triunfo desses livros no mercado editorial brasileiro. Gurus são atores socialmente hábeis que tornaram possível a emergência desse novo mercado. Eles são autores de livros de autoajuda, consultores e palestrantes que têm em seus livros apenas um dos meios para legitimar suas ideias perante o seu público. Através do estudo da trajetória de um guru brasileiro conhecido (Roberto Shinyashiki), percebe-se que a conjunção de suas estratégias, atividades e maneiras de apresentar a si mesmo lhe permitiram construir sua reputação como guru, o que, combinado com seu trânsito contínuo entre o mundo editorial e corporativo, e suas atuações na mídia, tiveram papel chave na emergência deste nicho editorial no Brasil dos nos 1990. / On the 1990s, Brazilians editorial market watched the rise of self help books including light business to the best sellers book charts. Initially harshly criticized by the main press, these books not only pullulated in the charts on the 1990s, but have gathered the status of an editorial niche in Brazil, successful to this day. The success and the emergency of this editorial niche were understood in this research through field theory. Based on this theory, the positions of the incumbents actors (authors and editors), as well as their strategies to gain and maintain dominants positions on the field and their relations to other fields pertinent to its development were analyzed. Certain self-help books authors agency was perceived as a key element to understand the triumph of these books on Brazilians editorial market. Gurus are social skilled actors that made possible the emergence of this new market. They are the authors of self-help books, consultants and speakers, whom use their books as only one of their means to legitimate their ideas to their audience. Through the study of one well-known Brazilian guru trajectory (Roberto Shinyashiki), it is shown how the conjunction of their strategies, activities and self-presentation has acquired him his reputation as a guru, which, combined with his continuous transit throughout editorial and corporative worlds and his performances on media, play key roles to the emergence of a new editorial niche in the 1990s on Brazil.

Kwok, Tsz Ki. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-120). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / 摘要 --- p.iii / Abbreviations --- p.v / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter Two --- """Honest! Honest!"" - Down and Out in Paris and London" --- p.11 / Chapter Chapter Three --- """It is almost impossible to be honest and remain alive"" -The Road to Wigan Pier" --- p.42 / Chapter Chapter Four --- "“Still, I have done my best to be honest"" ´ؤ Homage to Catalonia" --- p.76 / Conclusion --- p.108 / Bibliography --- p.116

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 304-315). / Microfiche. / x, 315 leaves, bound 29 cm

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