This is a study ofD.RZ. Ntuli's radio trilogy: Isivumelwano, IsivumelwanoEsisha and Ngenxa Yesivumelwano. Since the term trilogy is not a familiar concept in Zulu literary studies, this is an attempt to fill that void. This thesis provides some new insight into this concept, while also devising a practical method for the analysis of the radio trilogy. Chapter one outlines the aim of the study, scope of the study and the definition of some terms. This is followed by explaining the method of research and theories on radio serial dramas. There is also a discussion of the historical background in the development of Zulu radio serial drama and Ntuli's position and contribution to it. Finally, there is a review of previous research studies in Aincan Languages on radio drama. In chapter two plot structure of a radio trilogy is discussed. Theories of drama trilogy by trilogists like Hitchcock, Bakhtin, Asimov and Norris are discussed in detail. This is followed by an in-depth analysis of the plot structures of Isivumelwano, Jsivumelwano Esisha and Ngenxa Yesivumelwano. Chapter three deals with the characterization of radio trilogy. It distinguishes between the actors and characters. Different methods of character portrayal are investigated. Chapter four deals with perspectives on the theme of the radio trilogy. Types of themes are dealt with. Chapter five discusses the dialogue in radio trilogy. It deals with the differences between a dialogue, duologue and monologue, and explains the functions fulfilled by dramatic utterances and dialogue. Lastly a nature of dialogue as a characteristic of the dramatic action is discussed. Chapter six concentrates on the style of radio trilogy. Elements and different types of styles are discussed. Kinds of images, figurative language, proverbs, idioms, biblical allusions and various influences are discussed in detail. Chapter seven concludes by summarizing the main finding ofthis study, and giving observations about the quality ofNtuli's contribution to radio drama trilogy. lt also explores some possibilities regarding future studies on Ntuli's radio trilogy. / African Languages / D. Lit. et Phil. (African Languages)

Le présent travail se consacre à l’étude de la trilogie de l’écrivain espagnol Rafael Chirbes (1949-2015), constitué de La larga marcha, La caída de Madrid et Los viejos amigos, et à travers laquelle l’auteur retrace l’histoire récente de l’Espagne, depuis la guerre civile jusqu’au retour d’un régime démocratique, en passant par le franquisme. L’étude narrative de chacun des trois romans couplée à une approche collective permettra d’observer comment l’histoire des personnages finit par retracer celle de l’Espagne et celle de la génération désenchantée de l’auteur lui-même. / This work is dedicated to the study of the trilogy of the Spanish writer Rafael Chirbes (1949-2015), made uo of the Larga marcha, La caída de Madrid and Los viejos amigos, and through which the author recounts the recent history of Spain, since the civil war until the return of a democratic regime, via the Francoism period. The narrative study of each novels coupled with a collective approach will allow us to observe how the story of the characters ends up recounting Spain’s History as well as the story of the author’s disillusioned generation.

Análise dos poemas O cão sem plumas , O rio , Morte e vida severina e Quaderna, de João Cabral de Melo Neto. Discussão da representação da região e ultrapassagem do regionalismo nos poemas, com ênfase na descrição do homem e da mulher representantes da oposição da paisagem. Estudo das identidades regionais presentes nos textos, compatíveis com a divisão do estado em quatro universos culturais distintos. Trata-se de uma pesquisa interdisciplinar que transita entre a Literatura, a Sociologia e a Antropologia, e se insere no contexto dos estudos sobre cultura regional. / Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-05-21T19:12:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Lisiane Delai.pdf: 494892 bytes, checksum: 0a6855efa8f1b477b5e96294d7259053 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-05-21T19:12:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Lisiane Delai.pdf: 494892 bytes, checksum: 0a6855efa8f1b477b5e96294d7259053 (MD5) / Analysis of the poems O cão sem plumas , O rio , Morte e vida severina and Quaderna , by João Cabral de Melo Neto. Discussion about the representation of the region and the overtaking of the regionalism into the poems, with emphasis in the description of the representative man and woman in opposition to the landscape. Study concerning the present regional identities in the texts, according to the division of the state into four distinct cultural universes. The present task is an interdisciplinary research that involves the Literature, the Sociology and the Anthropology, and it is inserted within the context of the studies about regional culture.

Esta pesquisa associa a enunciação fílmica ao âmbito do traumático e da repetição, procedimento que produz variações que constituem uma imagem fundamental. Esta imagem não pode ser configurada materialmente no relato, só vislumbrada através justamente das variações, das repetições com diferenças. A inacessibilidade da imagem fundamental reside justamente em sua pregnância, sua perfeição na articulação de sentidos e de significação na síntese. A imagem fundamental pode, por sua vez, dialogar também com o traumático na instância do enunciado, dos significados que podem ser constituídos e alterados a partir do procedimento de repetição dos acontecimentos no decorrer da narrativa. A pesquisa utiliza o Dogma 95 para estudo: o Dogma #1, \"Festa de Família\", e do Dogma #2 \"Os idiotas\", filme que constitui juntamente \"Ondas do destino\" e \"Dançando no Escuro\", a Trilogia Coração de Ouro, de Lars von Trier. / This research associates the filmic enunciation to the extent of the traumatic and its repetition procedure. The variations produced by repetition constitute a fundamental image that cannot be configured in the narrative. This image can only be glimpsed through its variations, its repetitions with differences. The inaccessibility of the fundamental image rests exactly in its pregnancy, its perfect articulation of senses and its possibility of meaning through synthesis. The fundamental image can also dialog with the traumatic in the instance of the story, of the meanings that can be produced and modified by the repetition of the narrative events. This research uses Dogma 95 films: Dogme #1, \"Celebration\", and Dogme #2 - \"The idiots\" which with \"Breaking the waves\" and \"Dancer in the Dark\" constitute Lars von Trier\'s Heart of Gold Trilogy.

O presente trabalho realiza uma leitura da chamada segunda trilogia em prosa de Samuel Beckett composta pelos textos Company (1980), Ill Seen Ill Said (1981) e Worstward Ho (1983), com especial atenção para a obra Company. Tais textos fazem parte da prosa final do autor, marcada pelo hibridismo de gêneros e por um intenso questionamento da linguagem e da representação literária. Destacando as características desta fase procuramos argumentar que, em meio a todos os experimentos do narrador beckettiano, há um mecanismo de busca de companhia na própria narrativa, tema que atravessa diversos trabalhos de Beckett e se evidencia com a publicação de Company. A necessidade de companhia através do ato de narrar, contudo, processa-se de forma ambígua e conflituosa. / This dissertation presents a reading of Samuel Beckett´s so-called second trilogy in prose comprising the works Company (1980), Ill Seen Ill Said (1981), and Worstward Ho (1983), with special focus on Company. These texts belong to the authors late prose, characterized by a mixture of genres and the intense questioning of both language and literary representation. While highlighting the specificities of this period, we argue that among all the experiments of the Beckettian narrator there is a mechanism that seeks for company within the very narrative a theme present in many of Becketts works, which is further stressed by the publication of Company. The need for company through the act of narrative, however, unfolds in an ambiguous and conflicted manner.

Le terme désœuvrement apparaît comme une des grandes notions qui peuplent la critique littéraire du 20ème siècle. Il marque la mise en mouvement de l'absence de l’œuvre dans laquelle l'écriture tend vers l'espace où rien ne peut être fait. La Trilogie romanesque de Beckett et les romans de Blanchot se croisent dans cet espace du désœuvrement. Les deux écrivains tentent de faire opérer la fin de la littérature en cherchant une nouvelle forme qui réalise le chaos. Dans leur œuvre, le temps, l'espace, la narration et le langage sont mis en redéfinition en abandonnant tous leurs caractères traditionnels. L’œuvre s'approche donc du fragmentaire. / The term worklessness became one of the main concepts in the literary criticism of the 20th century. It marked the absence of the work on the way to a literary space where nothing can be done. Both Beckett and Blanchot tried to put an end to literature by creating a new form that could express the chaos. In theirs novels, time, space, narration and language no longer remain their traditional characteristics. The works of the two authors are close to what we call fragmented novel.

Análise dos poemas O cão sem plumas , O rio , Morte e vida severina e Quaderna, de João Cabral de Melo Neto. Discussão da representação da região e ultrapassagem do regionalismo nos poemas, com ênfase na descrição do homem e da mulher representantes da oposição da paisagem. Estudo das identidades regionais presentes nos textos, compatíveis com a divisão do estado em quatro universos culturais distintos. Trata-se de uma pesquisa interdisciplinar que transita entre a Literatura, a Sociologia e a Antropologia, e se insere no contexto dos estudos sobre cultura regional. / Analysis of the poems O cão sem plumas , O rio , Morte e vida severina and Quaderna , by João Cabral de Melo Neto. Discussion about the representation of the region and the overtaking of the regionalism into the poems, with emphasis in the description of the representative man and woman in opposition to the landscape. Study concerning the present regional identities in the texts, according to the division of the state into four distinct cultural universes. The present task is an interdisciplinary research that involves the Literature, the Sociology and the Anthropology, and it is inserted within the context of the studies about regional culture.

My thesis examines the discourse of Mexico in the works of three twentieth-century American authors-Cormac McCarthy, Jack Kerouac, and Katherine Anne Porter-in order to analyze representations of Otherness in modernism and postmodernism. I seek to destabilize the dividing line between these periods as well as to show how representation in postmodernity has become more problematic due in large part to the proliferation of consumer culture. Though the Mexico that McCarthy employs in Blood Meridian and the Border Trilogy (All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, and Cities of the Plain) escapes many stereotypes, his Mexico is merely a staging ground that he uses to examine postmodern questions of philosophy while deconstructing myths such as the Old West and Manifest Destiny and reflecting on the ramifications of World War II. Therefore, McCarthy elides Mexico by using its Otherness as a mirror that enables reflection on the Self. Kerouac too is interested in using Mexico to solve U.S. problems. In On the Road, Kerouac's fictional counterpart, Sal Paradise, searches for the authenticity missing from middle-class American life by ultimately turning to the "authentic" Mexico. Though he is able to distinguish between simulations and reality in his own cultural context, once south of the border Sal misrecognizes what is a hypperreal Mexico for supreme authenticity. By contrast, when Katherine Anne Porter crosses the border, she is quick to identify corruption and revolutionary failure in Mexico. When pieces such as "Xochimilco" and "María Concepción" are placed alongside that of the work of Diego Rivera, a leader in the Mexican muralist movement, it becomes clear that Porter essentializes her Mexican subjects with the specific political goal in mind of furthering the revolution. Additionally, by crossing the generic lines separating fiction and non-fiction, Porter approximates what could be called a postmodern form of ethnography. Yet all of her representational strategies are tempered, especially in her last Mexican story, Hacienda, by an awareness that representations of Other cannot be other than flawed.

THESIS ABSTRACT This thesis deals with the problematics and the role of American frontier and American West in Cormac McCarthy's border trilogy consisting of All the Pretty Horses (1992), The Crossing (1994) and Cities of the Plain (1999). The reading proper focuses mainly on the second novel of the trilogy, making frequent references to both the other two volumes of the trilogy and to Blood Meridian (1985), a novel directly preceding the trilogy itself. The main goal of the thesis is to demonstrate that the trilogy not only critically engages with the American nationalist ideology represented by a nostalgically conceptualized myths of the American frontier, but that it also offers its own alternative vision of the concept of the frontier and of American national identity. The thesis further claims that McCarthy's critical approach to the mythical representations of the American history bears strong resemblance to the philosophy of American pragmatism as defined by a French philosopher Giles Deleuze in his works dedicated to American thinking and culture. In his pragmatic view of American identity the frontier ceases to function in its traditional, nationalistic sense as a line of separation that divides the social and political space into binary categories, and instead it is understood as an open and...

In this thesis I explore the place of the human in the Anthropocene, and our relationship to the Earth through an analysis of N. K. Jemisin’s The Broken Earth trilogy. As the trilogy depicts an apocalyptic landscape where the Earth has sentience and humanity is divided into three subspecies, this work of speculative fiction lends itself well to be interrogated and examined as an allegory for our current climate crisis. The analysis is anchored in posthumanism and employs a variety of concepts, such as Bruno Latour’s work on agency and deanimation, Donna Haraway’s Chthulucene, and Amitav Ghosh’s work on speculative fiction among others. I argue that The Broken Earth trilogy illustrates that the Earth is an agentive network that can no longer be ignored and contend that the trilogy complicates both anthropocentrism and individualism by depicting amplified versions of human beings, and in doing so highlights the arbitrary boundaries between both nature and society, and human and nonhuman. Thus, The Broken Earth trilogy can be read as a warning call for a future to be avoided at all costs, while concurrently be used to make sense of the incomprehensibility of our contemporary era.