My concern in Dead Drunk is not simply the subject matter of death, it is rather with the representation of drunks in the form of fictional phantoms in The Glass Canoe and Bliss as rendering the death drive visible. Close scrutiny of the representation of the drunk in Australian fiction, as discussed in relation to The Glass Canoe, and Bliss reveals a ‘constant recurrence of the same thing’ rendered uncannily visible. On inspection, what becomes visible is recurring deaths and subsequent resurrections. For the ghostly Australian drunk there is always the possibility of resurrection, but that resurrection is usually in the form of another drink. A drink promises resurrection, but instead delivers a return or recurrence of the drunken, ghostly state. / The presence of drinking and drunks in Australian fiction can be described as a haunting, the ghostly drunks as repetition of an anachronistic past. It is the repetition of the representations of drunks as ghostly presences in Australian fiction that is telling. Utilising Sigmund Freud’s theories developed in ‘The Uncanny’ (1919) and Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920), I propose that if the uncanny is an encounter with one’s origins and the death drive is a backward looking return to origins; the drunks are a past that is repeatedly encountered in an uncanny moment. Utilising the modalities of the uncanny in regards to The Glass Canoe reveals the guises of the drunken ghosts. Making reference to an Australian colonial past, founded on intoxicant use and abuse the dissertation suggests alcoholism as a white man’s dreaming. A discussion of Bliss links the uncanny ghosts to a registration or surfacing of the death drive. In conclusion I suggest the psychoanalytic concept of sublimation as both an explanation for and a release from the symptomatic repetition. / Floundering, the creative work, is an extract from a novel in progress. The section presented is the opening to the novel. The narrative unfolds during one day, New Year’s Eve, and involves the interactions between the two brothers Jordy and Tom, and Old Fat. Loretta, the boys’ absent mother, haunts the novel and drives the narrative. Although the creative work does not explicitly depict dead drunks as discussed in the dissertation, the theory has by necessity permeated the creative, and the creative permeated the theory, forming a chiasma – a crossing over between strands of thought.

Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2015 / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis I examine the portrayal of masculinity in selected works of Damon Galgut. Masculinities are read through the lens of the double and the uncanny as conceived by Freud and other scholars. The selected novels include The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs (1991), The Quarry (1995), The Good Doctor (2004), The Impostor (2008) and In a Strange Room (2010). In the introduction theoretical issues relating to masculinities, the double and the uncanny are discussed and a broad framework for the thesis is outlined. Subsequently each chapter discusses the representation of men and masculinities in the selected novels. Issues such as masculinity in the military, friendship amongst men, relationships with women, masculinity and apartheid, masculinity and whiteness and heterosexuality and homosexuality are discussed and explored through the lens of the double and the uncanny. Questions that emerge from this study are: What perspectives does Galgut offer of masculinities before and after apartheid? How do the men experience their political and social environment? How do the male characters in the novels interact with the female characters? What obligations do men and women have towards each other?: / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie tesis ondersoek ek die uitbeelding van manlikheid in geselekteerde werke van Damon Galgut. Manlikhede word gelees deur die lens van die dubbelganger en die Unheimliche soos deur Freud en ander teoretici gekonsipieer. Die geselekteerde romans sluit in The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs (1991), The Quarry (1995), The Good Doctor (2004), The Impostor (2008) en In a Strange Room (2010). In die inleiding word teoretiese kwessies met betrekking tot manlikhede, die dubbelganger en die Unheimliche bespreek en ʼn breë raamwerk vir die tesis word uiteengesit. Daarna bespreek elke hoofstuk die voorstelling van mans en manlikhede in die geselekteerde romans. Kwessies soos manlikheid in die weermag, vriendskap tussen mans, verhoudings met vroue, manlikheid en apartheid, manlikheid en witheid, en heteroseksualiteit en homoseksualiteit word deur die lens van die dubbelganger en die Umheimliche bespreek en verken. Die volgende vrae word in die studie aangepak: Watter perspektiewe bied Galgut op manlikhede voor en ná apartheid? Hoe ondervind die mans hulle politieke en sosiale omgewing? Hoe gaan die manlike karakters in die romans met die vroulike karakters om? Watter verpligtinge het mans en vroue teenoor mekaar?

Esse trabalho versa sobre a perspectiva de atualização da função especular. Tendo como base as obras “O Espelho” (1882), de Machado de Assis; O retrato de Dorian Gray (1891), de Oscar Wilde; “A mulher no espelho: reflexo e reflexão” (1929), de Virgínia Woolf; “Espelho” (1997), de José J. Veiga; e O homem duplicado (2002), de José Saramago, importa analisar a trajetória de evolução do espelho – a qual acompanha o desenvolvimento do cenário literário – assim como a sua relevante significação perante as narrativas. No século XIX, Machado de Assis retrata a capacidade de suprir a falta do olhar do outro, revelando o desaparecimento da individualidade do sujeito e expondo a importância atribuída à alma exterior; em Oscar Wilde, é a função especular quem faz o narcisista Dorian descobrir-se no retrato e, depois, perceber sua verdadeira essência maculada por ações egoístas. Nos século XX e XXI, com a contribuição das teorias psicanalíticas de Freud e de Otto Rank, que dão novos contornos para a questão da consciência do sujeito, Virgínia Woolf narra a descoberta da verdade que ninguém conseguia encontrar – o vazio interior; J. J. Veiga desloca o foco narrativo para o objeto, que revela a qualidade e a veracidade da alma interior; e Saramago discute a falta de singularidade do sujeito e o reconhecimento pelo outro. A função principal do espelho é revelar a verdade que está mascarada e instigar um processo de reconhecimento, de estranhamento entre imagem e reflexo, dialogando, frequentemente, com a temática do duplo e a do fantástico. / This dissertation is about the update perspective of mirror’s function. Based on the works “O Espelho” (1882), by Machado de Assis; The picture of Dorian Gray (1891), by Oscar Wilde; The Lady in the looking-glass (1929), by Virgínia Woolf; Espelho (1997), by José J. Veiga e O homem duplicado (2002), by José Saramago, it’s important to analyze the mirror’s evolution path – which comes with the literary scene development – as well as the relevant significance before the narratives. In the nineteenth century, Machado de Assis portrays the ability to address the lack of the other’s gaze, revealing the subject’s individuality disappearance and points out the importance attached to the exterior soul; in Oscar Wilde, it’s the mirror’s function that makes narcissist Dorian discover himself on the portrait and, after, realizes his truth essence which is tainted by selfish actions. In the XX and XXI centuries, with the psychoanalytic theories’ contribution from Freud and Otto Rank, which offers new perspectives to the subject’s consciousness issue, Virgínia Woolf narrates the discover of truth that nobody could find – the blank inside; J. J. Veiga dislocates the narrative focus to the object, which reveals the quality and the veracity of interior soul and Saramago discusses subject’s lack of uniqueness and recognition by the other. The mirror’s main function is to reveal the truth that is masquerade and to instigate a recognition process, an uncanny between image and reflection, dialoguing, often, with the doppelganger and the fantastic theme.

Esta tese apresenta uma reflexão acerca da minha produção artística – o conjunto de trabalhos que identifico como Alegorias do Estranho, desenvolvidos entre 2010 e 2014. Nesta investigação, analiso o processo de criação dos trabalhos, partindo da descrição e reflexão teórica e poética acerca de cada uma das suas etapas, dos elementos técnicos, materiais e simbólicos que constituem meu trabalho como um todo. O texto está estruturado em três capítulos que correspondem às três principais questões suscitadas por meu trabalho: 1. De onde vêm as imagens?, 2. Por quê a gravura?, e 3. Alegorias do estranho?. O primeiro capítulo – De onde vêm as imagens?, tem como objetivo investigar a constituição do meu universo imaginário em relação às minhas influências e referências, propondo o meu trabalho como a articulação de um universo simbólico, através da alegoria. O segundo capítulo da tese - Por quê a gravura?, Investiga os procedimentos técnicos de criação do meu trabalho – o desenho, a gravura, o bordado, a apropriação e a montagem, a partir dos seus aspectos formais e simbólicos. O terceiro capítulo – Alegorias do Estranho?, envolve a reflexão acerca do animal como tema e como símbolo no meu trabalho, a partir da sua identificação com o estranhamente familiar. / This thesis presents the reflection about my artistic production – the body of work I identify as Alegorias do Estranho, developed between 2010 and 2014. In this investigation, I analyse the procedures of creation of works, starting from the description and theoretical and poetic reflection on each of its stages, the technical, material and symbolic elements that represent my work as a whole. The text is structured in three chapters corresponding to three main questions suggested by my work: 1.Where do the pictures come from?, 2. Why engraving ?, and 3. Alegorias do Estranho?. The first chapter – Where do the pictures come from?, has as objective to investigate the constitution of my imaginary universe related to my influences and references, proposing my work as the articulation of a symbolic universe, through allegory. The second chapter of the thesis – Why engraving?, investigates the technical procedures for the creation of my work – the drawing, engraving, embroidery, the appropriation and montage, from its formal and symbolic qualities. The third chapter – Allegories of the uncanny?, involves the reflection on the animal as theme and symbol of my work, from its identification with the strangely familiar.

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro / Essa dissertação propõe-se a refletir sobre o enigmático encontro intersubjetivo com a arte por ser este um acontecimento vivo de troca entre espectador e obra, em ato. O ponto de partida deste trabalho é de que, apesar de não haver dúvidas quanto à verdade humana que permeia a experiência da arte, entramos constantemente na banalização de querer prová- la ou direcioná-la a outro domínio que não o da arte ela mesma, o que faz com que a significância dessa questão fique ameaçada. Com o objetivo de discutir isso, que desdobra-se na inesgotabilidade da transmissão pela arte, faz uma articulação com a psicanálise, principalmente no campo das intensidades afetivas que se referem a ordem da pré-linguagem verbal, justamente objetivando pensá-las em sua relação com a arte pelo juízo estético, o conceito de senso comum e seus desdobramentos contemporâneos. Trata também da incompletude da obra como força de movimento que a coloca em perpétuo acabamento, na busca incessante de significação, e da crítica de arte como parte desse movimento, como transmissão da verdade do encontro com a arte sendo em si outro encontro, pela palavra, também em perpétuo acabamento / With the dissertation we aim to reflect upon the enigmatic intersubjective encounter between observer and work of art. This encounter starts an endless journey in which the experience of art keeps changing also remaining the same at its core that allows the continuity of art through the ever-present. But even if we agree that one of the most important truths about art lie on this human experience, we still often try to direct it to other competencies in order to prove it right, which tends to diminish the relevance of such an encounter. With this in mind, well carefully apply some concepts of psychoanalysis, mainly in the field of affective intensities related to pre-verbal language (as the Uncanny), articulating its relation to art as aesthetic experience. The never ending process of completeness puts the relationship between observer and work in perpetual search for an end that never comes. This paradox, far from being something that stops us, is what really puts us on the move, in search for new significations for what we dont know. And writing about art, in this sense, is part of this movement towards the unknown, is what allows us to create from its shadows still keeping its mystery alive

This practice led research explores the possibility of cultural dislocation intrinsic to my glass art practice. The research on cultural dislocation is explored through both my practice and viewers’ interaction with the major works created during the investigation. The development of Korean glass art in the late 1980s provides an important example of the influence of a universalised culture in the course of adopting, adapting, and assimilating it, and why the artistic medium of glass is still perceived as ‘foreign’ by some artists and viewers in Korea. The artistic aim in creating a vase form, by combining porcelain and glass, is deeply inspired by the history of the materials in Western and Eastern cultures, including the history of European (or Western) imperialism and the influence of the colonial legacy on the development of glass art in Korea. By creating a formal visual vocabulary that informs the possibility of expressing the cultural ambiguity of the material, the resulting artworks were made to deliberately not fit into either Korean or British visual culture. Instead the works were created to fit into a pseudo Korean-British or British-Korean image intended to challenge the individual’s projected expectation of another culture (derived from cultural stereotypes). This research addresses the possibility of highlighting the individual’s cultural stereotypes, cultural relocation and bicultural identity in art. Applying the results related to these findings to the ‘aesthetics of the cultural uncanny’ present in my creative practice, the research was directed by the following research aims: - To extend the discourse about the uncanny to my artistic approaches by identifying what the exotic implies for individuals, both in Britain and Korea. - To develop the use of the experience of the uncanny as an expressive tool within my own creative practice through the medium of glass introducing an unexpected juxtaposition by combining English manufactured porcelain elements. - To develop an artistic language with respect to cultural stereotypes within contemporary glass art by analysing individuals’ engagement with my artwork.

Submitted by TALITA GABRIELA ROBLES ESQUIVEL null (esquivel.talita@gmail.com) on 2017-07-24T18:11:59Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Texturas do estranho - tese - Talita Esquivel.pdf: 8588940 bytes, checksum: ed0471262b3dcf21eb94a2c5a6239800 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luiz Galeffi (luizgaleffi@gmail.com) on 2017-07-26T14:46:29Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 esquivel_tgr_dr_ia.pdf: 8588940 bytes, checksum: ed0471262b3dcf21eb94a2c5a6239800 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-26T14:46:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 esquivel_tgr_dr_ia.pdf: 8588940 bytes, checksum: ed0471262b3dcf21eb94a2c5a6239800 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-05-25 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A presente pesquisa de doutorado propõe uma investigação plástica em pintura circundada pelo conceito de unheimlich (estranho) de Sigmund Freud. É realizada em duas partes, produção escrita e plástica, que sofrem influência uma da outra durante os seus processos. O conceito da psicanálise parte aqui das artes plásticas. A intenção foi de vivenciar e conviver com o estranho durante o processo criativo e, dessa forma, compreendê-lo a partir do ponto de vista do processo artístico. Isso não significa necessariamente que será identificado no trabalho final, em sua impressão, pois primeiramente o estranho não está na imagem, mas no próprio indivíduo, é o que causa estranheza particularmente em cada um. Assim, procurei identificar o que seria estranho para mim, uma busca quase impossível, na maioria das vezes, já que o estranho possui um elemento familiar que não pode ser identificado, o que o confunde muitas vezes com o puramente assustador. O conceito e fenômeno do estranho, em diversos momentos, também se confundiram durante o processo de pesquisa, por ter sido possível percebê-lo sem senti-lo. Buscaram-se analogias e outras formas de se distinguir o estranho do assustador, em outros caráteres e impressões que se aproximem do estranho, mas o que parece ser seu principal caráter é justamente a impossibilidade de descrição, de reconhecimento e de entendimento. São utilizados textos de Freud e de outros autores relacionados ao estranho e às artes, buscando construir ferramentas de apoio para refletir sobre o meu próprio processo artístico. / My PhD research proposes an artistic investigation in painting surrounded by Sigmund Freud's concept of unheimlich (uncanny). It is conducted in two parts, the writing and the art production, which are influencing each other during their processes. The psychoanalytic concept starts here from the visual art. The intention was to experience and live together with the uncanny throughout the creative process and, this way, understand it from the point of view of the artistic process. That not necessarily means it can be identified in the final work, in its impression, also because, at first, the uncanny is not in the image, but inside the viewer, it is what causes the uncanniness, or strangeness, particularly in each one. Thus, I tried to identify what would be uncanny to me, a search, which is almost impossible most of the time, as the uncanny has the familiar element that is not recognizable, which often confuses it with what is purely terrifying. The uncanny concept and phenomenon also got confused during the research process, as it was possible to perceive it without feeling it. It was sought analogies and other forms of distinguishing the uncanny and the terrifying, in other characters and impressions which get close to the uncanny, however, what seems to be its main character is exactly the impossibility of description, recognition, understanding. It is used texts written by Freud and other authors related to the uncanny and to the art, seeking to build tools to make a reflection about my own artistic process.

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro / Essa dissertação propõe-se a refletir sobre o enigmático encontro intersubjetivo com a arte por ser este um acontecimento vivo de troca entre espectador e obra, em ato. O ponto de partida deste trabalho é de que, apesar de não haver dúvidas quanto à verdade humana que permeia a experiência da arte, entramos constantemente na banalização de querer prová- la ou direcioná-la a outro domínio que não o da arte ela mesma, o que faz com que a significância dessa questão fique ameaçada. Com o objetivo de discutir isso, que desdobra-se na inesgotabilidade da transmissão pela arte, faz uma articulação com a psicanálise, principalmente no campo das intensidades afetivas que se referem a ordem da pré-linguagem verbal, justamente objetivando pensá-las em sua relação com a arte pelo juízo estético, o conceito de senso comum e seus desdobramentos contemporâneos. Trata também da incompletude da obra como força de movimento que a coloca em perpétuo acabamento, na busca incessante de significação, e da crítica de arte como parte desse movimento, como transmissão da verdade do encontro com a arte sendo em si outro encontro, pela palavra, também em perpétuo acabamento / With the dissertation we aim to reflect upon the enigmatic intersubjective encounter between observer and work of art. This encounter starts an endless journey in which the experience of art keeps changing also remaining the same at its core that allows the continuity of art through the ever-present. But even if we agree that one of the most important truths about art lie on this human experience, we still often try to direct it to other competencies in order to prove it right, which tends to diminish the relevance of such an encounter. With this in mind, well carefully apply some concepts of psychoanalysis, mainly in the field of affective intensities related to pre-verbal language (as the Uncanny), articulating its relation to art as aesthetic experience. The never ending process of completeness puts the relationship between observer and work in perpetual search for an end that never comes. This paradox, far from being something that stops us, is what really puts us on the move, in search for new significations for what we dont know. And writing about art, in this sense, is part of this movement towards the unknown, is what allows us to create from its shadows still keeping its mystery alive

Esse trabalho versa sobre a perspectiva de atualização da função especular. Tendo como base as obras “O Espelho” (1882), de Machado de Assis; O retrato de Dorian Gray (1891), de Oscar Wilde; “A mulher no espelho: reflexo e reflexão” (1929), de Virgínia Woolf; “Espelho” (1997), de José J. Veiga; e O homem duplicado (2002), de José Saramago, importa analisar a trajetória de evolução do espelho – a qual acompanha o desenvolvimento do cenário literário – assim como a sua relevante significação perante as narrativas. No século XIX, Machado de Assis retrata a capacidade de suprir a falta do olhar do outro, revelando o desaparecimento da individualidade do sujeito e expondo a importância atribuída à alma exterior; em Oscar Wilde, é a função especular quem faz o narcisista Dorian descobrir-se no retrato e, depois, perceber sua verdadeira essência maculada por ações egoístas. Nos século XX e XXI, com a contribuição das teorias psicanalíticas de Freud e de Otto Rank, que dão novos contornos para a questão da consciência do sujeito, Virgínia Woolf narra a descoberta da verdade que ninguém conseguia encontrar – o vazio interior; J. J. Veiga desloca o foco narrativo para o objeto, que revela a qualidade e a veracidade da alma interior; e Saramago discute a falta de singularidade do sujeito e o reconhecimento pelo outro. A função principal do espelho é revelar a verdade que está mascarada e instigar um processo de reconhecimento, de estranhamento entre imagem e reflexo, dialogando, frequentemente, com a temática do duplo e a do fantástico. / This dissertation is about the update perspective of mirror’s function. Based on the works “O Espelho” (1882), by Machado de Assis; The picture of Dorian Gray (1891), by Oscar Wilde; The Lady in the looking-glass (1929), by Virgínia Woolf; Espelho (1997), by José J. Veiga e O homem duplicado (2002), by José Saramago, it’s important to analyze the mirror’s evolution path – which comes with the literary scene development – as well as the relevant significance before the narratives. In the nineteenth century, Machado de Assis portrays the ability to address the lack of the other’s gaze, revealing the subject’s individuality disappearance and points out the importance attached to the exterior soul; in Oscar Wilde, it’s the mirror’s function that makes narcissist Dorian discover himself on the portrait and, after, realizes his truth essence which is tainted by selfish actions. In the XX and XXI centuries, with the psychoanalytic theories’ contribution from Freud and Otto Rank, which offers new perspectives to the subject’s consciousness issue, Virgínia Woolf narrates the discover of truth that nobody could find – the blank inside; J. J. Veiga dislocates the narrative focus to the object, which reveals the quality and the veracity of interior soul and Saramago discusses subject’s lack of uniqueness and recognition by the other. The mirror’s main function is to reveal the truth that is masquerade and to instigate a recognition process, an uncanny between image and reflection, dialoguing, often, with the doppelganger and the fantastic theme.

Esta tese apresenta uma reflexão acerca da minha produção artística – o conjunto de trabalhos que identifico como Alegorias do Estranho, desenvolvidos entre 2010 e 2014. Nesta investigação, analiso o processo de criação dos trabalhos, partindo da descrição e reflexão teórica e poética acerca de cada uma das suas etapas, dos elementos técnicos, materiais e simbólicos que constituem meu trabalho como um todo. O texto está estruturado em três capítulos que correspondem às três principais questões suscitadas por meu trabalho: 1. De onde vêm as imagens?, 2. Por quê a gravura?, e 3. Alegorias do estranho?. O primeiro capítulo – De onde vêm as imagens?, tem como objetivo investigar a constituição do meu universo imaginário em relação às minhas influências e referências, propondo o meu trabalho como a articulação de um universo simbólico, através da alegoria. O segundo capítulo da tese - Por quê a gravura?, Investiga os procedimentos técnicos de criação do meu trabalho – o desenho, a gravura, o bordado, a apropriação e a montagem, a partir dos seus aspectos formais e simbólicos. O terceiro capítulo – Alegorias do Estranho?, envolve a reflexão acerca do animal como tema e como símbolo no meu trabalho, a partir da sua identificação com o estranhamente familiar. / This thesis presents the reflection about my artistic production – the body of work I identify as Alegorias do Estranho, developed between 2010 and 2014. In this investigation, I analyse the procedures of creation of works, starting from the description and theoretical and poetic reflection on each of its stages, the technical, material and symbolic elements that represent my work as a whole. The text is structured in three chapters corresponding to three main questions suggested by my work: 1.Where do the pictures come from?, 2. Why engraving ?, and 3. Alegorias do Estranho?. The first chapter – Where do the pictures come from?, has as objective to investigate the constitution of my imaginary universe related to my influences and references, proposing my work as the articulation of a symbolic universe, through allegory. The second chapter of the thesis – Why engraving?, investigates the technical procedures for the creation of my work – the drawing, engraving, embroidery, the appropriation and montage, from its formal and symbolic qualities. The third chapter – Allegories of the uncanny?, involves the reflection on the animal as theme and symbol of my work, from its identification with the strangely familiar.