24 research outputs found
Globalisation vs. a simple life
No full textWhitney Fitzsimmons speaks to author Alain de Botton, about globalisation, its effects and how it impacts the way we live
ALAIN ROBBE-GRILLET Y SU CRECIENTE PARODIZACIÓN DEL GÉNERO POLICIAL
No full textThe paper provides a brief bio-bibliographical background of the French author Alain Robbe-Grillet and analyses in depth the basic principles of the 'New French Novel'. It accounts for its conventional time and space breach and looks into its presence in his first two novels; The erasers and Jealousy, which still bear some traces of the detective fiction. This literary analysis exposes their hybrid and postmodern character and the growing parody being made of the police genre
Commented translation: La Construction européenne (Alain Herbeth, Éditions Milan, Paris 1996, pp. 4-33)
No full textThe bachelor thesis is divided into two parts. The first part introduces the translation of chosen chapters of the book La construction européenne by the French author Alain Herbeth. The translated parts deal with the history of the European integration from its beginnings to the year 1996 when the book was published. The second part comprises the translation commentary which consists of the analysis of the source text, the method of translation, the list of translation problems and their solutions, and the description of translation shifts. The aim of the thesis is to elaborate the functionally equivalent translation and to focus on the translation commentary
Application of a Vector Cost Function to Adaptive Control Systems Without Plant Identification
No full textTitle: Application of a Vector Cost Function to Adaptive Control Systems Without Plant Identification, Author: Alain J-C. Rey, Location: ThodeThe proposed Vector Cost Function technique for adaptive control of an unknown plant is investigated. The mathematical background of this algorithm is presented, and then the technique is applied to two second order plants, an over-damped one and an under-damped one, whose step responses are require. Also, the vector cost function parameters which affect the adapted responses of the plants are investigated, and finally the conclusions arrived at are presented.ThesisMaster of Engineering (ME
Domestication and Foreignisation in a Cognitively Estranged World: The Application of Venuti's Framework to Science Fictional Texts
No full textDarko Suvin argues for an understanding of science fiction as the literature of ‘cognitive estrangement’. This paper will take Suvin’s notion as its starting point, examiningextracts from two works by author Alain Damasio to demonstrate how his languagecan be considered‘typical’ of the genre. Itwill then explorehow two key elements of Damasio’s language–neologisms and wordplays –have been translated, linkingthe strategies taken by the translators to Venuti’s paradigm. It willask the following key questions: to what extent have the translators foreignised or domesticated key elements of Damasio’s language? And is it possibleto either completely foreignise or domesticate features of science fiction if we want to maintain it as Suvin’s literature of ‘cognitive estrangement’
An investigation Into Lindsay Vickery\u27s Rendez-vous: An opera noir
No full textA study of Rendez-vous: an Opera Nair, a contemporary chamber opera written by Australian-born composer Lindsay Vickery (b. 1965). The opera was based upon the novel Djinn by the French postmodernist author Alain Robbe-Grillet. Vickery composed the opera over a two-year period from 1993-1995. It was finally performed in 2001 after some revision. The novel contained a non-linear narrative and film genre references. The non-linear narrative structure was represented through a serial-like musical device. Musical influences were derived from classical music and film. Applied technology was utilised in the composition process and in the final production with the introduction of video sets and synchronization
Alain Robbe-Grillet y su creciente parodización del género policial.
No full textThe paper provides a brief bio-bibliographical background of the French author Alain Robbe-Grillet and analyses in depth the basic principles of the ‘New French Novel’. It accounts for its conventional time and space breach and looks into its presence in his first two novels; The erasers and Jealousy, which still bear some traces of the detective fiction. This literary analysis exposes their hybrid and postmodern character and the growing parody being made of the police genre.Luego de entregar algunos breves antecedentes biobibliográficos del autor francés Alain Robbe-Grillet, se analiza con profundidad los principios esenciales de la poética de la “Nueva Novela” francesa, ante todo las rupturas del tiempo y espacio convencional, para estudiar su presencia en sus primeras dos novelas, Las gomas y El mirón, que llevan aún ciertos rasgos policiales. Este análisis literario revela su carácter híbrido y posmoderno y una creciente parodización del género policial
Alain Robbe-Grillet y su creciente parodización del género policial
No full textThe paper provides a brief bio-bibliographical background of the French author Alain
Robbe-Grillet and analyses in depth the basic principles of the ‗New French Novel‘. It
accounts for its conventional time and space breach and looks into its presence in his first two
novels; The erasers and Jealousy, which still bear some traces of the detective fiction. This
literary analysis exposes their hybrid and postmodern character and the growing parody being
made of the police genre.Luego de entregar algunos breves antecedentes biobibliográficos del autor francés
Alain Robbe-Grillet, se analiza con profundidad los principios esenciales de la poética de la
―Nueva Novela‖ francesa, ante todo las rupturas del tiempo y espacio convencional, para
estudiar su presencia en sus primeras dos novelas, Las gomas y El mirón, que llevan aún
ciertos rasgos policiales. Este análisis literario revela su carácter híbrido y posmoderno y una
creciente parodización del género policial
Domestication as Cognition, Foreignisation as Estrangement? The Limitations of Regarding Venuti’s Approaches as Binary Opposites in the Translation of Science Fictional Texts
No full textDarko Suvin argues for an understanding of science fiction as the literature of ‘cognitive estrangement’. This paper will take Suvin’s notion as its starting point, examining extracts from two works by author Alain Damasio to demonstrate how his language can be considered ‘typical’ of the genre. It will then explore how two key elements of Damasio’s language – neologisms and wordplays – have been translated, linking the strategies taken by the translators to Venuti’s paradigm. It will ask the following key questions: to what extent have the translators foreignised or domesticated key elements of Damasio’s language? And is it possible to either completely foreignise or domesticate features of science fiction if we want to maintain it as Suvin’s literature of ‘cognitive estrangement’
