277 research outputs found
Early to middle Eocene calcareous nannoplankton evolution: paleoclimatic forcing or casual pattern?
No full textThis PhD thesis focuses on ecological and evolutionary dynamics of calcareous nannoplankton communities during the early-middle Eocene, when the extreme warmth condition of the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum progressively switched towards the long-term middle Eocene cooling. This time interval represents a crucial transitional phase in the long-term global Paleogene climate evolution, but the relationship between climate and calcareous nannoplankton are poorly constrained due to the lack of high resolution records. We present calcareous nannofossil data combined with stable isotope of bulk sediments and carbonate records from the deep-sea succession recovered at Site U1410 (IODP Exp. 342, northwest Atlantic). The continuous stratigraphic record and the exceptional preservation of calcareous nannofossils at Site U1410 enabled us to improve the biostratigraphic framework and to document the temporal relationship between changes in paleoenvironmental trends and modification in calcareous nannofossil assemblage. Throughout the study interval, the general long-term evolution of calcareous nannofossil assemblages is characterized by the onset and successively the dominance of family Noelaerhabdaceae. In particular, genus Reticulofenestra emerged during the EECO and became established as the prominent component of Eocene assemblages by the early Lutetian. The prominent increase in abundance observed during the latest Ypresian was concomitant with the decline of other important components of the assemblage such as Zygrhablithus, Discoaster and Sphenolithus and appears to have been favoured by a combination of different biotic and abiotic factors, such as the long-term effect of EECO coupled with minor environmental changes recorded as a positive step of δ18O. On a short-term perspective, the early Lutetian at Site U1410 is characterized by a distinctive short-term negative perturbation in the stable isotope records that have been tentatively interpreted as a warming episode that interrupted the initial post-EECO cooling phase (Chapter 2). Calcareous nannofossil assemblages seems to respond to this transient event with changes in abundance observed both in Sphenolithus and Discoaster. In addition, the exceptionally preservation of middle Eocene calcareous nannofossils enabled a comprehensive taxonomic revision of middle Eocene Coccolithus-like placoliths; the SEM analyses highlighted the development of cross or X-shaped structures in the central area (Chapter 3), which eventually lead to the description a new genus Pletolithus and a new species (Pletolithus giganteus). Finally, a taxonomic reassessment of the middle Eocene Sphenolithus furcatolithoides group was the case study of Chapter 4. Based on the morphology and extinction pattern we described the successive steps observed in this lineage that led to comprehensive understanding of the stepped evolution of this group. More importantly, these taxonomic studies improve the stability of middle Eocene biostratigraphic schemes and highlight that the appearance of reiterative characters, a apical spine within sphenoliths and a robust structure in the central area within coccolithaceans, have occurred during a phase of relatively stable conditions during the Lutetian
Early-middle Eocene transition in calcareous nannofossil assemblages at IODP Site U1410 (Southeast Newfoundland Ridge, NW Atlantic)
No full textData for: Middle Eocene large coccolithaceans: biostratigraphic implications and paleoclimatic clues
No full textMorphometric measurement
The evolution of Eocene (Ypresian/Lutetian) sphenoliths: biostratigraphic implications and paleoceanographic significance from North Atlantic Site IODP U1410
No full textSphenoliths are a diverse and evolutionarily dynamic group of Cenozoic nannofossils which are widely used in biostratigraphic and paleoecological studies. We document the early-middle Eocene evolutionary succession of sphenoliths from IODP Site U1410 in the NW Atlantic Ocean (Southeast Newfoundland Ridge). The exquisite nannofossil preservation at this site allows us to better delineate the morphologic and optical features of these sphenoliths and to document new fragile morphotypes. These include forms bearing long and fragile lateral processes (the ‘spiny sphenoliths’ group) that are the possible ancestors of the Sphenolithus furcatolithoides group, which is characterized by well-developed apical cycles and typically bifurcating spines. New quantitative stratigraphic analyses highlight the biostratigraphic potential of the S. furcatolithoides group throughout Zones NP14-NP15 (Martini 1971) and six key intervals characterized by shifting sphenolith assemblage compositions are identified through the early-middle Eocene. These are: 1) the post-EECO S. moriformis decrease, 2) the S. radians-S. spiniger turnover across the Ypresian-Lutetian transition, 3) the appearance and diversification of the ‘spiny sphenoliths’ group during the early Lutetian, and 4–6) development of the S. furcatolithoides evolutionary lineage, including S. pseudo-furcatolithoides (sp. nov., former S. furcatolithoides morphotype A), S. cuniculus, S. furcatolithoides (former S. furcatolithoides morphotype B) and S. strigosus. Assemblage compositions shifts and stable isotope records indicate possible environmental forcing on sphenolith evolution, suggesting the group is sensitive to changes in trophic and/or thermal conditions
Carlotta Marchionni in effige
No full textIn this article, through the figure of Carlotta Marchionni, the author recon-structs the incidents that created a particular mentality and way of considering theatre; the relations between life and the stage, the theatrical narration of dramatists.Long ignored, the incidents that marked Marchionni's youth were overshadowed by the legend of the actress's virginity which contrasts with the passion of the characters she represented on stage.
The analysis of this legend, which finds echo beyond the artistic life of the actress, brings to light certain relations between the apprenti ceship of young women born in families of actors and the creation of «romantic» characters
The ‘Rest Cure’ Revisited: Resisting the Neoliberal Myths of Individualism and Self-Betterment in Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018)
No full textThe aim of this presentation is to explore how My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018)––American author Ottessa Moshfegh’s most acclaimed novel––exposes and opposes, by thematically engaging with the outdated medical practice of the ‘rest cure’, the hyper-individualistic myths of self-betterment and wellness inherent to the US neoliberal context. A customary medical treatment during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the rest cure was primarily prescribed to women who were diagnosed with typically ‘female’ mental disorders, such as hysteria or neurasthenia; however, as American author Perkins Gilman already revealed in her semi-autobiographical short story The Yellow Wallpaper (1892), this cure was frequently detrimental to the patients who, instead of healing, generally manifested ulterior negative physical and psychological side-effects. Nowadays, the rest cure is considered an outdated medical treatment that (fortunately) no longer holds any value nor is prescribed. Yet, it is my intention to argue that, by revisiting the theme of the rest cure, Moshfegh’s novel not only questions quintessentially American myths of individualism, personal empowerment, and wellness, but it also engages with a specific American literary tradition of representation of female madness (thus, entering into dialogue with Perkins Gilman’s short story). Set in New York City in 2000 and 2001, My Year of Rest and Relaxation depicts the emotional spiral of an unnamed female narrator in her twenties who, hoping for recovery and physical/psychological rebirth, attempts to sleep for an entire year. Past feminist readings of fictional female madness (or, mental illness), typically rooted in psychoanalytical discourses, were usually oriented towards the criticism of patriarchalism (Gilbert & Gubar 1979). This presentation, however, whilst drawing from Foucault’s (1961) correlation between madness and power, intends to adopt a posthuman feminist perspective––a philosophical approach that, being materially grounded, insists on the embodied and embedded nature of subjectivities, as theorized by Braidotti (2022)––to shed light on the criticism to and the practices of resistance to these dominant American neoliberal myths as represented by the novel
Subversive Austen: from the Critic to the Reader
No full textSubversive Austen: from the Critic to the Reader
edited by Serena Baiesi, Carlotta Farese and Katie Halsey This special issue of Textus explores and contributes to the tradition
of “subversive” Austen criticism, and focuses on readings which
suggest the ongoing need to challenge the still influential critical
paradigm depicting Austen as a conservative author. The following essays examine aspects of Austen’s subversiveness
and exemplify the ways in which her work challenges established
moral and social conventions through the means of irony, parody
and satire. The issue also considers the Italian and European
contexts, with articles discussing the contribution that readers
and translators can make to understanding the novelist’s cultural role in non-English speaking countries. As a matter of fact, new
critical approaches require a revision of translation strategies, which
have been so far inspired by an essentially conservative reading of
Austen. These are now encouraged to engage with the twofold and
ambiguous language of a novelist who unmasks the hypocrisies of
Georgian society with ironic writing that is extremely difficult to
translate, and which has hence been hidden to non-English-speaking
readerships for a long time. Moreover, this collection of essays also
reflects on the ways in which the subversive features of Austen’s
writing are remediated and disseminated through adaptations,
imitations, sequels, prequels, and spin-offs, turning her into a global
literary brand able to appeal to readers and spectators belonging to
diverse social and cultural contexts
Introducing Greek Alchemy to Christianity. Inclusion and Exclusion of Religious Elements in Stephanus’ s Lessons
No full textOne of the most noticeable features distinguishing Byzantine works on alchemy from the earlier Greco-Egyptian alchemical tradition is the widespread presence of Christian prayers and direct references to specifically Christian ideas and beliefs. By focusing on Stephanus’s Lessons (7th cent.), the first alchemical work including extensive references to Christianity, the paper will explore how alchemy was Christianised in the early Byzantine period. The first part of this study will analyse the strategies adopted by the author of the Lessons to frame alchemy as a Christianised discipline aiming at discovering the divine principle hidden in the natural world. In the second part, the limitations of this process of Christianisation of alchemy will be pointed out by examining if and to what extent specifically Christian ideas were included in Stephanus’ treatment of alchemy and its operations, and if the introduction of a Christianised framework into an alchemical work entailed the exclusion of previous non-Christian alchemical ideas. The results of this twofold analysis will show the complexity and inextricable tensions of the process of Christianisation undergone by the alchemical discipline when it started to be practiced in the socio-cultural context of the Byzantine world
La traducción italiana de la comicidad verbal en el teatro de Jardiel Poncela : estrategias de compensación en la transposición de recursos humorísticos
No full textLa traducción de la comicidad verbal en el teatro de Jardiel Poncela es un campo totalmente inexplorado. La ausencia de versiones italianas de sus comedias y de estudios dedicados a la transposición del humor en la dramaturgia del autor pueden hacer de las reflexiones en torno al tema un punto de partida fecundo para desarrollos posteriores, ya que son muchos los aspectos involucrados en la constucción del diálogo en el teatro de humor de Jardiel. El objetivo de este artículo es el de analizar algunos de estos aspectos y sus posibilidades en la traducción a partir de las comedias Los ladrones somos gente honrada y Usted tiene ojos de mujer fatal.The translation of verbal humour in Jardiel Poncela's theater is a totally unexplored field. The absence of Italian versions of his plays, and also of studies dedicated to the transposition of humour in the dramaturgy of the author, can make the reflections on this subject a prolific starting point for further developments, since there are many aspects involved in the construction of humoristic dialogue in Jardiel's theatre. This article is aimed to analyze some of these aspects and how it is possible to convey them in tranlation, starting from Jardiel's plays Los ladrones somos gente honrada and Usted tiene ojos de mujer fatal
Jean Tardieu, père et artiste. Entretien avec Alix Turolla-Tardieu
No full textInterview of Alix Turolla-Tardieu, the daughter of the poet and author Jean Tardieu
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