For most writers who deal with displacement, rewriting themselves, articulating and communicating their sense of estrangment is their lifetime work. For displacement forces one to leave behind the familiar and embrace the unknown. In this process of deconstruction, the concepts of home, belonging and identity are renegotiated and questioned constantly. Le Grand Voyage – the working title for the draft of a novel that is presented in conjunction with this exegesis – is a fictional work that is produced out of the implications of displacement, which inscribes itself in a series of explorations I started in 2001, cumulating with two video works Frammento in 2003 and Footnotes in 2004. Le Grand Voyage investigates further the concept of home by questioning the home/mother relationship. The exegesis aims to contextualise the making of Le Grand Voyage by using another woman’s narrative as the main point of reference: Linda Olsson’s Let Me Sing You Gentle Songs (2005). Olsson’s work – like mine – is conceived out of the effects of displacement, and the literary form and structure display symptoms that are characteristics to narratives of displacement. By putting the home/mother/daughter in context, the narrative displays home as a patriarchal construct showing how the idealisation of home/place is predicated on a gendering of home, whereby, as McDermott notes, ‘home is constructed as a maternal, static and past, to which the (male) subjects longs to return’ (2003: 265). The narrative’s point of view is that of daughters but also that of mothers as daughters, and enables not only a feminist discussion of the notion of home but also of motherhood. Therefore, the theoretical approach for this work has encompassed feminists’ writings that have particularly focused their research on space, place and gender. In challenging the dominant form of gender constructions and relations, the first and second wave feminism have empowered many women to leave home in order to shape their own version of identity. I believe it is within the perspective of displacement, of being out of place, that many women continue to find the necessary distance to contest a particular reading of woman and home that still prevails in academic literature and fiction. Thus, an important part of this exegesis concentrates on the critic of home. I want to argue in a feminist way that our ideas of home and belonging still reflect gendered assumptions and are therefore contestable. That displacement as a catalyst for loss, emotional grief and mourning becomes an enabling way for women to rethink home in terms of what was at play rather than in place and to do the ‘memory work’ that feminists ask women to do: to remember in order not to forget because ‘forgetting is a major obstacle to change’ (Greene, 1991: 298). Their attacks on the feminisation of place have opened up for me possibilities to think of home outside the parameters of sameness. They have also enabled me to understand the paradoxical position a displaced person is faced with: if displacement is favored and privileged why then do longings for home still persist for some? – a fact that is well illustrated in the actual resurgence of the preoccupation to belong. The gain in displacement also involves the fact that distance forces one to look at the longing and nostalgia for what they really conceal. In the case of a woman and, motherless daughters, distance, as this exegesis demonstrates, enables the writer to unveil the longings as subversive and fraudulent, tricking women into thinking there was nothing better than the past: home sweet home, the safe, bounded nest where women could be women: could be the mother. With the ‘memory work’ they both learn to think away from the parameters of sameness and the past, outside the nostalgic stances of singularity, safety, boundaries and internalised histories, therefore outside of the maternal, the home/mother relationship. ‘What is home?’ is a difficult question to negotiate for a woman. The exegesis and the first draft of the novel show what is at stake when one asks the question and the responsibility of women when writing about home.

The aim of this study is to use an intermedial theory to analyse and contextualize embodiment and violence in the Chinese author Mo Yan’s Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out. I use Jørgen Bruhn’s mediality model, introduced in The Intermediality of Narrative Literature: Medialities Matter (2016), to analyse medial phenomena such as intra- and intermediality in the novel. Bruhn’s model mainly covers relations between several media and within a single medium. The focus of this study lies on the blending of different media within the novel. My hypothesis is that the depiction of embodied violence in the novel is a literary strategy, based on cognitive functions and Chinese oral traditions to communicate historical events, as well as through an intermedial depiction of those events, a way to avoid censorship. Of particular importance to this study are medial phenomena connected to visualization of memories, and intermediality as discipline a voice between media texts, to establish how a literary text through narrative techniques can create an illusion of cinematic blending. I see this as an illustration of the historical hierarchical struggle between art forms. This is a broader perspective on literary depiction in Mo Yan’s novel than generally can be found in interpretations originating in a Western discourse. The result of my study shows that medial phenomena such as inter- and intramediality are woven into a narrative theme of remembrance of historical political events. Such memories are communicated through depictions of embodied violence, as well as the impact of trauma on anonymous bodies reminiscent of cinematic techniques, heightened by the metafictive voice of Mo Yan within the novel. It is a perspective that is also accentuated through auditory and visual elements that recall the ability of audio-visual media techniques to create identification with exposed bodies through close-up depictions of body and violence. Hence, Mo Yan has constructed a grid of medial phenomena in the novel through which he is able to convey historical processes without risking censorship.

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abstract: After being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2009, Herta Müller attained great prominence around the world. Commentators, especially in English-speaking countries, seemed shocked by the decision. One of the primary concerns was that Müller was relatively unknown. This thesis seeks to address this and other concerns by looking at reviews of her works in German- and English-language publications both before and after the Nobel Prize was awarded. This thesis analyses chronologically the reception of her books beginning with Niederungen in 1982 and ending with the reception of her novel Atemschaukel in 2009. It compares the reception of the original German text to that of the English translation; therefore only works which have been translated and published in English are discussed. The study also shows that while Müller's work did not top the bestseller charts, at least before the Nobel Prize, she was hardly the completely unknown author that some in the English-language media believed. This thesis seeks to present trends in the reception as well as provide a basis for further study of the reception of Herta Müller. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.A. German 2011

An investigation into the impact of generalised maximum entropy solutions on the study of queues with or without arrival balking and their applications to congestion management in communication networks Keywords: Queues, Balking, Maximum Entropy (ME) Principle, Global Balance (GB), Queue Length Distribution (QLD), Generalised Geometric (GGeo), Generalised Exponential (GE), Generalised Discrete Half Normal (GdHN), Congestion Management, Packet Dropping Policy (PDP) Generalisations to links between discrete least biased (i.e. maximum entropy (ME)) distribution inferences and Markov chains are conjectured towards the performance modelling, analysis and prediction of general, single server queues with or without arrival balking. New ME solutions, namely the generalised discrete Half Normal (GdHN) and truncated GdHN (GdHNT) distributions are characterised, subject to appropriate mean value constraints, for inferences of stationary discrete state probability distributions. Moreover, a closed form global balance (GB) solution is derived for the queue length distribution (QLD) of the M/GE/1/K queue subject to extended Morse balking, characterised by a Poisson prospective arrival process, i.i.d. generalised exponential (GE) service times and finite capacity, K. In this context, based on comprehensive numerical experimentation, the latter GB solution is conjectured to be a special case of the GdHNT ME distribution. ii Owing to the appropriate operational properties of the M/GE/1/K queue subject to extended Morse balking, this queueing system is applied as an ME performance model of Internet Protocol (IP)-based communication network nodes featuring static or dynamic packet dropping congestion management schemes. A performance evaluation study in terms of the model’s delay is carried out. Subsequently, the QLD’s of the GE/GE/1/K censored queue subject to extended Morse balking under three different composite batch balking and batch blocking policies are solved via the technique of GB. Following comprehensive numerical experimentation, the latter QLD’s are also conjectured to be special cases of the GdHNT. Limitations of this work and open problems which have arisen are included after the conclusions.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:36:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FranselmaFF_TESE.pdf: 2650206 bytes, checksum: 4d396ef3b4313600c2ed11027dc3da6e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-01 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / La lecture faite du livre Serid? − XIX?me si?cle (Fazendas & livros), des historiens Medeiros Filhos et Faria, a ?t? ce qui a d?clench? l ?crit de cette th?se de doctorat. La lecture intensive de ce livre a conduit au corpus documentaire de la recherche (livres scolaires, religieux et la?ques, chronique, discours, documents eccl?siastiques, inventaires, testaments, m?moires d'enfance, articles journalistiques, rapports), et aussi au corpus du r?f?rentiel th?orico-m?thodologique de l'histoire culturelle de la lecture, en correspondance avec Roger Chartier et Robert Darnton. Dans la rigueur de l'?criture de la th?se, la recherche relative ? la th?matique lecture et absorptions culturelles nous a men?s ? d?finir comme objet d'?tude les pratiques culturelles appropri?es pertinemment aux lectures faites, entendues, murmur?es, de nombreuses fois r?p?t?es et m?moris?es, de livres scolaires imprim?s, religieux et la?ques qui circulaient ? Caic?, dans les ann?es mille huit cents. En vue de la lecture intensive et de l'extensive, l'objectif est d analyser, d'une part, des indices d'absorptions ou appropriations culturelles des enseignements de ces pratiques de lecture et, d'autre part, les entrelacements des enseignements relatifs ? l'oralit?, ? la lecture, ? l'?crit et ? la scolarisation. La th?se d?fendue est que l'histoire de la lecture ? Caic?, au XIX?me si?cle, est l'histoire de la lecture faite, entendue, murmur?e, r?p?t?e et, encore, m?moris?e, qui, soutenue par des textes de livres scolaires, religieux et la?ques, se convertissait dans la production de biens culturels sp?cifiques, comme des cartes, inventaires, rem?des hom?op?tiques et faits maison, testaments, pri?res fortes de cure, vers de cordel, parmi beaucoup d'autres. En commen?ant avec l'intention d ?crire une histoire de la lecture ? Caic?, au XIX?me si?cle, nous comprenons que les pratiques culturelles, sp?cialement les pratiques des coutumes seridoenses, sont, excessivement, le r?sultat des appropriations de lectures de textes scolaires, religieux et la?ques, stimulatrices d'autres pratiques de lectures intensives et extensives. Si la lecture faite, entendue, r?p?t?e, m?moris?e et reconnue est li?e ? des pratiques de coutumes universelles et locales, malgr? cela la force de l'oralit? aurait ?t? l ?l?ment essentiel de la reproduction et de la long?vit? de cette lecture, ainsi que de son passage du XIX?me si?cle au XX?me et, encore, des vestiges de certaines permanences de ce XXI?me si?cle. En partie, ce r?seau de pratiques culturelles, reproduit par la force de la transmission orale, persiste depuis l ?poque de nos arri?re-arri?re-grand-parents / A leitura que fizemos do livro Serid? − s?culo XIX (fazendas & livros), dos historiadores Medeiros Filho e Faria, foi o que sugeriu a escrita desta tese de doutorado. A leitura intensiva desse livro conduziu ao corpus documental da investiga??o (livros escolares, religiosos e laicos, cr?nica, discursos, documentos eclesi?sticos, invent?rios, testamentos, mem?rias de inf?ncia, mat?rias jornal?sticas, relat?rios) e tamb?m ao corpus do referencial te?rico-metodol?gico da hist?ria cultural da leitura, em concord?ncia com Roger Chartier e Robert Darnton. No rigor da escrita da tese, a investiga??o concernente ? tem?tica leitura e absor??es culturais conduziu-nos a definir como objeto de estudo as pr?ticas culturais apropriadas pertinentemente dos ensinamentos das leituras feitas, ouvidas, murmuradas, muitas vezes repetidas e memorizadas, de livros impressos escolares, religiosos e laicos que circulavam em Caic?, nos oitocentos. Em vista da leitura intensiva e da extensiva, o objetivo ? analisar, por um lado, ind?cios de absor??es ou apropria??es culturais dos ensinamentos daquelas pr?ticas de leitura e, por outro, os entrelaces dos ensinamentos relativos ? oralidade, ? leitura, ? escrita e ? escolariza??o. A tese defendida ? que a hist?ria da leitura em Caic?, no s?culo XIX, ? a hist?ria da leitura feita, ouvida, murmurada, repetida e, ainda, memorizada, que, apoiada sobre textos de livros escolares, religiosos e laicos, convertia-se na produ??o de bens culturais espec?ficos, como cartas, invent?rios, rem?dios homeop?ticos e caseiros, testamentos, rezas fortes de cura, versos de cordel, dentre muitos outros. Come?ando com o prop?sito de escrever uma hist?ria da leitura em Caic?, no s?culo XIX, alcan?amos o entendimento de que as pr?ticas culturais, especialmente as pr?ticas dos costumes seridoenses, s?o, sobremaneira, resultado das apropria??es de leituras de textos escolares, religiosos e laicos, incentivadoras de outras pr?ticas de leitura intensivas e extensivas. Se a leitura feita, ouvida, repetida, memorizada e reconhecida ? encadeadora de pr?ticas de costumes universais e locais, n?o obstante teria sido a for?a da oralidade a pedra de toque da reprodu??o e da longevidade dessa leitura, bem como de sua travessia do s?culo XIX para o XX e, ainda, dos resqu?cios de certas perman?ncias neste s?culo XXI. Em parte, essa rede de pr?ticas culturais, reproduzida pela for?a da transmiss?o oral, persiste desde os tempos de nossos trisav?s

Notre mémoire cherche à étudier la poétique de l’espace qui articule le roman Nadie me verá llorar publié en 1999 par l’écrivaine mexicaine contemporaine Cristina Rivera Garza. En inscrivant sa démarche romanesque dans la perspective postmoderne d’une nouvelle histoire culturelle, Rivera Garza dépeint un moment fondamental de l’histoire du Mexique allant de la fin du Porfiriato jusqu’aux lendemains de la Révolution mexicaine en l’incarnant dans le destin des laissés pour compte. Ce faisant, elle présente un texte où une multitude de récits se fondent et se confondent en un tout complexe où sont mis en perspective une série d’espaces de nature ambigüe. Notre analyse tâche d’expliquer cette interrelation des chronotopes de l’Histoire et du privé en tenant compte de son impact sur la structure narrative. En décrivant les différentes modalités des espaces évoqués dans l’oeuvre, nous nous intéressons au type de relations qui unit l’ensemble de ces espaces au grand temps de l’Histoire officielle mexicaine en démontrant que tous ces éléments sont régis par une politique hétérotopique qui lézarde le fini du discours officiel en y insérant un ensemble d’éléments qui le subvertissent. L’identification et la description de cette stratégie discursive est pertinente dans la mesure où elle offre un éclairage autre sur le roman et semble caractériser l’ensemble des oeuvres de Cristina Rivera Garza. / This thesis studies the poetics of space in which the novel Nadie me verá llorar, published in 1999 and written by Cristina Rivera Garza, is articulated. Locating her novelistic project in the postmodernist perspective of a new cultural History, Rivera Garza outlines an essential moment of the history of the Mexican Revolution, from the so-called Porfiriato until the end of the Revolution. That being said, this author presents a text where a diversity of stories are founded and confounded in a complex whole in which a series of ambiguous spaces is put into perspective. Our analysis tries to explain the interaction between the chronotopes of the History, as a public space, and the private sphere to account for its impact on the narrative structure. As we describe the different modalities of space evoked in the novel, we are interested in the relations linking the spatial ensemble to the official historic time, demonstrating that all those elements are ruled by a heterotopic policy which fissures the official history, inserting elements that are capable of subverting it. The identification and description of such a peculiar discursive strategy allows us the capacity to see this novel from a different perspective. Furthermore, this discursive strategy seems to be characteristic of all of Rivera Garza’s novelistic work. / El presente estudio analiza la poética del espacio que articula la novela Nadie me verá llorar, publicada en 1999 por la escritora mexicana Cristina Rivera Garza. Al inscribir su proyecto novelesco en la perspectiva posmoderna de una nueva historia cultural, Rivera Garza esboza un momento fundamental de la historia mexicana, el comprendido entre el Porfiriato y el final de la Revolución, ubicándolo en el destino de los desquiciados. Dicho lo anterior, la autora presenta un texto donde una variedad de relatos se funden y se confunden en un todo complejo en el que se somete a escrutinio una serie de espacios de naturaleza ambigua. Nuestro análisis trata de explicar esta interrelación de los cronotopos de la Historia (constructo oficial de acontecimientos, legitimado desde el poder) y de lo privado (memoria íntima y personal de los individuos) para dar cuenta de su impacto en la estructura narrativa. Al describir las diferentes modalidades de los espacios evocados en la obra, este estudio analiza el tipo de relaciones que une el conjunto de esos espacios con el gran tiempo de la Historia mexicana oficial, demostrando que todos esos elementos son regidos por una política heterotópica que fisura la homogeneidad del discurso oficial al insertar elementos que lo subvierten. Identificar y describir dicha estrategia discursiva es pertinente ya que proyecta una luz diferente sobre la novela, siendo además una estrategia recurrente en las obras firmadas por Rivera Garza.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to study the potential of Java ME platform for receiving and sending of SMS and to utilize obtained information subsequently in implementation of an application for this platform. The first part of the diploma thesis aims at explaining general terms of the Java language and its basic features. The next part deals with specific properties of the Java ME platform and properties of devices that support this platform. A design of the Java ME application based on theoretical knowledge is created then. This application has to be able to receive, process, store and send SMS and communicate with the server application based on the Java SE platform. The created Java ME application serves as an automated SMS voting server, which can be used in mobile devices that support the Java ME platform and can be remote-controlled via Internet from the Java SE platform application. The final chapter presents the results and conclusions of testing of the created application on real mobile devices.

Univerzita Karlova v Praze / Pedagogická fakulta / Katedra výtvarné výchovy // Charles University in Prague / Faculty of Education / The Department of Fine Art Education Netradiční výrazové prostředky a techniky Matematické principy v komparaci netradičního výtvarného a hudebního díla UnconventionalMeansofexpressionandtechniques Mathematical principles in comparing unconventional visual and musical art Klára Effenbergerová Výtvarná výchova - pedagogika Prezenční studium, 5. ročník Datum dokončení: květen 2011 Vedoucí práce: Doc. PhDr. Jaroslav Bláha, Ph.D. Abstract The thesis deals with a comparative analysis of a project called Poéme électronique in the Philips Pavilion (1958), while an emphasis is put on its mathematical background and broader interdisciplinal contexts. Particular attention is devoted to grand oldman Iannis Xenakis. The thesis tries to interpret the phenomenon of Electronic poetry, which we understand as an effort to design a multimedia "Gesamtkunstwerk". This brings the necessitate of the multi-specialized synthetic approach in searching of a relationship between the kinds of arts, and the analysis of interactions of individual project components.