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Samuel Beckett and the Writers of Port-Royal
No full textIt has been observed that ‘the literary influences on Beckett have been far more important than has been acknowledged, and more important indeed, than the philosophical influences’ (Smith 2002: 3). The truth of this statement is evidenced by the description that scholars have given of Samuel Beckett’s relationship to seventeenth century French classicism. To date, critical interest has been limited for the most part to the figure of the philosopher René Descartes on the (fragile) grounds that Beckett was exclusively concerned with the Cartesian imperative of clarity and order, the fundamental dualism between body and mind, and Nominalism.
Together with the assumption that Beckett’s vision was essentially Cartesian, his literary filiation with Pascal was suggested by critics, but only in terms of Beckett’s formal approach to the theatre. In his short article on En attendant Godot in 1953, the playwright Jean Anouilh was among the first reviewers to suggest that Beckett’s drama synthesizes the encounter between ‘classicism’ and a ‘modern’ form of art. It is well known that Beckett retained a lifelong admiration for Pascal – indeed, Pascal was one of his ‘old chestnuts’ (Knowlson 1997: 653). Little attention has been paid, however, to the originality of Pascal’s thought, the specific nature of his prose, and the impact these might have had upon Beckett’s mature work, especially the trilogy and the subsequent short prose. Yet, in the literary and philosophical context of post-war France, Beckett’s filiation with Pascal, their corresponding preoccupations, were evident to his contemporaries, who identified Pascal as an underlying presence in his works
Interview of community organizer, teacher, and author Maurice Broaddus
No full textCommunity organizer, teacher, and author Maurice Broaddus is interviewed by University of Florida doctoral student Kimberly Williams following the Zora Neale Hurston Festival in Eatonville, Florida. He talks about how faith and hope informs his writing and activism work, and shares how as a student, he originally majored in biology but later transitioned into creative writing. Broaddus speaks of his start in the horror genre and how that was his genesis to work through rage and pain. He explains what Afrofuturism means to him and how it parallels his activism regarding oral history, community engagement, and teaching. Maurice states "Afrofuturism offers us a chance to see ourselves" and that the Zora Neale Hurston's scholarship and Afrofuturism tenets both promote living and creating an authentic self
Translation and response between Maurice Blanchot and Lydia Davis
No full textWhen an author translates a text by another writer, this translation is one form of a response to that text. Other responses may appear in their own writings that are more inflected with their authorial persona. Lydia Davis translated six books by Maurice Blanchot, including fiction and theoretical writings. Blanchot’s concept of the récit privileges non-conventional forms of narrative and it can be considered to have influenced Davis, a view shared in critical writing about Davis. However, responses to his fiction can also be found in Davis’s work. This article reads Lydia Davis’s story “Story” as a response to Maurice Blanchot’s récit, La Folie du jour, translated by Davis as “The Madness of the Day”. Both texts develop a narrative that questions the possibility of arriving at a single story: Blanchot’s narrator cannot tell the story of how he came to have glass ground into his eyes, while Davis’s narrator must try to understand a contradictory story told to her by her lover. However, Davis responds to Blanchot by reversing the perspective in the story: where Blanchot’s narrator must and cannot create a story that explains his situation in a judicial/medical context, Davis’s narrator is struggling to understand her lover’s story which does not explain the situation that they find themselves in. Davis’s narrator is therefore motivated by an emotional need to find an acceptable story that is absent from Blanchot’s narrator. This difference in motivation is central to the difference between Davis’s and Blanchot’s approach, and complicates any reading of his influence on her because she responds to his text in her own
Kenny, Maurice; 1984-10-30
No full textBiography: Maurice Kenny was born in Watertown, New York State and has been a poet, editor, publisher, and professor at North Community College and the University of Oklahoma. He earned a B.A. in English literature in 1956 from the Butler University. Kenny’s writing and editorial work have influenced many Native Americans toward an appreciation of values and political insight into their cultures. He was greatly influenced by Louise Bogan who helped to direct his growing sense of voice and craft. Kenny has been a leading figure in the Renaissance of Native American poetry since the 1970’s. He passed away in 2016.
-Internet Public Library\u27s Native American Author\u27s Project, Maurice Kenny, 2020-09-1
Neurofeedback Treatment in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Comorbit Aggression
No full textThe present thesis focused on specificity and long-term effects of slow-cortical potential neurofeedback (SCP-NF) treatment for children with ADHD in a large multicenter randomized controlled trial, on its relation to aggressive behaviors as a common comorbidity of ADHD, and on neuroimaging and psychophysiological subtypes of aggression. We assessed clinical efficacy on ADHD and comorbid aggression in comparison to a semi-active control group which controlled for unspecific effects. The role of self-regulation and learning of SCPs was systematically evaluated. Additionally, we investigated amygdala-specific activity in aggression subtypes in a large multicenter cohort, which might provide a possible putative NF target.
The first two studies assessed 150 children aged 7–9 years diagnosed with ADHD which were randomized to 25 sessions of feedback of SCPs (NF) or feedback of coordination of the supraspinatus muscles (EMG). The primary outcome was the change in ADHD symptoms rated by parents four weeks and six-month after treatment end. Slow-cortical potential neurofeedback showed significant superiority over the semi-active control condition with medium effect sizes four weeks after treatment. This superiority of SCP-NF over the semi-active control group became non-significant 6 months after treatment end. However, taking together all assessments, SCP-NF showed a stable improvement with large effect sizes following treatment and EMG-BF showed worsening of symptoms one month after treatment, with subsequent remission at follow-up, leading to non-significant group differences six months after treatment end. Assessment of self-regulation showed significant ability to self-regulate slow-cortical potential when direct feedback is given and improvement of self-regulation skills indicate specificity of SCP-NF for selected subscales after training, but not at follow-up. In sum, these findings suggest shared specific and unspecific effects contributing to this clinical outcome.
The third study aimed to disentangle aggression-related subtypes at a neural level. In total 177 participants (n=108 cases with aggression-related disorders and n= 69 typically developing peers), aged 8-18 years were assessed across nine sites in Europa during a well-established emotional face-matching fMRI task. Additionally, simultaneous skin conductance recordings were acquired in a subsample (n=64). Children and adolescents with aggression-related problems showed higher amygdala activity in response to negative faces compared to typically developing peers. Further, we showed distinct amygdala activity for subtypes of aggression. Callous-unemotional traits showed to moderate both central (amygdala) and peripheral (SC) responses. These findings increase insights which could be used for personalized diagnostics and treatments
Maurice Annenberg papers
No full textMaurice Annenberg (1907-1979) was a Baltimore printer, businessman, entrepreneur, and author of works on the history of printing, advertising, and the graphic arts. He wrote three books: Advertising, 3000 B.C.-1900 A.D., Type Foundries of America and Their Catalogues, and A Typographical Journey through the Inland Printer, 1883-1900. The collection consists of correspondence; typography and other printing samples; trade catalogs; publications; photographs; programs; and speeches about the history of printing and advertising. The Marylandia and Rare Books Department also holds a portion of his personal library
Sabil and Wikala of Dhul Fiqar Oda Bashi
No full textinterior, courtyard, "Vue de l'Okel Zoulfiqar," color plate XLIV of Pascal Coste's "Architecture arabe; ou, Monuments du Kaire, mesurés et dessinés, de 1818 à 1826", 1818-182
First person - Aude Pascal
No full textInternational audienceFirst Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Aude Pascal is first author on `Annexin A2 and Ahnak control cortical NuMA-dynein localization and mitotic spindle orientation', published in JCS. Aude is a research assistant in the lab of Re ' gis Giet at University of Rennes, France, who is particularly interested in developmental biology. She has always been struck by the fact that a whole organism displaying multiple functions arises from a single cell. For this reason, she has oriented her research on mitosis and meiosis to study the different steps, components and structures involved in these processes
Pascal Tutorial, 1987
No full textThere exists a limited number of tutorials for the Pascal programming language using the Apple Computer. The demand for these tutorials exceeds the supply. In this thesis an attempt was made to rectify this shortage by designing a Pascal tutorial for the Apple computer. This Pascal tutorial is designed to assist with instructing an introductory computer programming course in Pascal, incorporating Apple Superpilot as the authoring language. Emphasis is placed on making the program "user friendly." A person with no previous programming experience should be able to easily execute this tutorial. The information presented as the subject matter of the tutorial will follow the guidelines recommended by the Association for Computing Machinery
Architecture arabe; ou, Monuments du Kaire, mesurés et dessinés, de 1818 à 1826
No full textgeneral view, "Vue des Tombeaux au Nord-Est de la Ville," color plate LXIII of Pascal Coste's "Architecture arabe; ou, Monuments du Kaire, mesurés et dessinés, de 1818 à 1826", 1818-182
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