29 research outputs found
Harmony and discord within the English ‘counter-culture’, 1965-1975, with particular reference to the ‘rock operas’ Hair, Godspell, Tommy and Jesus Christ Superstar
No full textPhDThis thesis considers the discrete, historically-specific theatrical and musical sub-genre of ‘Rock Opera’ as a lens through which to examine the cultural, political and social changes that are widely assumed to have characterised ‘The Sixties’ in Britain. The musical and dramatic texts, creation and production of Hair (1967), Tommy (1969), Godspell (1971), Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) and other neglected ‘Rock Operas’ of the period are analysed. Their great popularity with ‘mainstream’ audiences is considered and contrasted with the overwhelmingly negative and often internally contradictory reaction towards them from the English ‘counter-culture’. This examination offers new insights into both the ‘counter-culture’ and the ‘mainstream’ against which it claimed to define and differentiate itself.
The four ‘Rock Operas’, two of which are based upon Christian scriptures, are considered as narratives of spiritual quest. The relationship between the often controversial quests for re-defined forms of faith and the apparently precipitous ‘secularization’ and ‘de-Christianization’ of British society during the 1960s and 1970s is considered.
The thesis therefore analyses the ‘Rock Operas’ as significant, enlightening prisms through which to view many of the profound societal debates – over ‘faith’ and ‘belief’ in the widest senses, sexuality, the Vietnam war, generational conflict, drugs and ‘spiritual enlightenment’, and race – which were, to some considerable extent, elevated onto the national, political agenda by the activities of the broadly-defined ‘counter-culture’. It considers subsequent representations of the ‘counter-culture’ as the root of a contested but enduring popular legacy of ‘The Sixties' as a period of profound cultural change
MacDonald's The Princess and the Goblin: Looking for the child in 19th century Literature for Children
No full text[EN] ‘For my part, I do not write for children, but for the childlike, whether of five, or fifty, or seventy-five’ (The Gifts of the Child Christ: Fairy Tales and Stories for the Childlike). MacDonald’s dictum embodies quite nicely his thoughts about what literature and its ideal reader should be: a mixture of innocence, awe, and yearning. Writing hypothetically for the young ones at an age in which the very concept of childhood was constantly changing and even facing completely opposite meanings, the Scottish author seems to develop a unique voice among the great amount of books for children produced in the period. The work chosen for analysis, The Princess and the Goblin (1872), will illustrate whether it is possible to talk about a children’s literary discourse, in the case of MacDonald, different from that of the adults, and also if those different meanings attributed to childhood collide or, on the contrary, stand together in the book
Rooted in all its story, more is meant than meets the ear : a study of the relational and revelational nature of George MacDonald's mythopoeic art
No full textScholars and storytellers alike have deemed George MacDonald a great mythopoeic writer, an exemplar of the art. Examination of this accolade by those who first applied it to him proves it profoundly theological: for them a mythopoeic tale was a relational medium through which transformation might occur, transcending boundaries of time and space. The implications challenge much contemporary critical study of MacDonald, for they demand that his literary life and his theological life cannot be divorced if either is to be adequately assessed. Yet they prove consistent with the critical methodology MacDonald himself models and promotes. Utilizing MacDonald’s relational methodology evinces his intentional facilitating of Mythopoesis. It also reveals how oversights have impeded critical readings both of MacDonald’s writing and of his character. It evokes a redressing of MacDonald’s relationship with his Scottish cultural, theological, and familial environment – of how his writing is a response that rises out of these, rather than, as has so often been asserted, a mere reaction against them. Consequently it becomes evident that key relationships, both literary and personal, have been neglected in MacDonald scholarship – relationships that confirm MacDonald’s convictions and inform his writing, and the examination of which restores his identity as a literature scholar. Of particular relational import in this reassessment is A.J. Scott, a Scottish visionary intentionally chosen by MacDonald to mentor him in a holistic Weltanschauung. Little has been written on Scott, yet not only was he MacDonald’s prime influence in adulthood, but he forged the literary vocation that became MacDonald’s own. Previously unexamined personal and textual engagement with John Ruskin enables entirely new readings of standard MacDonald texts, as does the textual engagement with Matthew Arnold and F.D. Maurice. These close readings, informed by the established context, demonstrate MacDonald’s emergence, practice, and intent as a mythopoeic writer
The Christ crown, from nedelny sermons like from the flowers rozhanyh on the decoration of the Orthodox-Catholic holy Eastern Church woven, or kazans nedelny
No full textАнтоній Радивиловський (1620-1688) – український церковний діяч, проповідник, письменник, поет. Після закінчення Києво-Могилянської колегії прийняв чернецтво. З 1671 р. – намісник Києво-Печерської лаври, з 1683 р. – ігумен Ніколо-Пустинного Київського монастиря. Автор творів „Огородок Марії Богородиці” (1676) і „Вінець Христовий” (1688). «Вінець Христов» виданий в друкарні Києво-Печерської лаври і складається з 115 казань (слів) на недільні і деякі святкові дні річного церковно-богослужбового кола. На початку книги дається присвята царям Івану та Петрові Олексійовичам, царівні Софії; розміщено передмову до читача, в якій пояснюється назва книги та приводиться характеристика її змісту та глав. Книга була ретельно видана, прикрашена мініатюрами, заставками, кінцівками і гарними ініціалами в тексті.Antoniy Radivilovskiy (1620-1688) – the Ukrainian church leader, the preacher, writer and poet. After graduating from Kiev-Mohyla Collegium became a monk. Since 1671 he was the vicar of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, since 1683 – the abbot of the Nicholas-Deserted Kiev monastery. The author of the works «Ogorodok Mary the Virgin» (1676) and «The Christ crown» (1688). «The Christ crown» was published in the printing house of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and consists of 115 sermons on Sundays and some holydays of a year-long church liturgical circle. The book is dedicated to tsars Ivan and Peter Alekseevichi and princess Sophia; contains the preface to reader which explains the title of the book «The Christ crown» and the characteristic of its content and the table of contents are given. The book was carefully published and decorated with miniatures, endings and beautiful initials in the text
Evaluation of Green Practices Studies In Hospitality Industry
No full textThis study was conducted to evaluate the different studies from the University of Mindanao that focused on the idea of Green Practices. Using the comparative methodology of Pickvance, 2005, the results revealed that as the years go by, the awareness of Green movement was slowly spread all over the community especially to Hospitality industry. Different ways were used that helped to spread the awareness conveniently. Some of those was includes the government who conducted seminars, social media advertisements, flyers, etc. Also, it showed that each research met in one point. This was to sustain the implementation of the Green Practices and Solid Waste Management in order in order to protect nature and improve the quality of life. These revelations helped the researchers to conclude that these ways should be kept or enhance since they were relevant in order to spread more awareness to the people about Green Practices
O Percurso Editorial da obra Vida de la Sereníssima Infanta Doña Maria de Frei Miguel Pacheco
No full textThe book Vida de la Serenissima Infanta D. Maria, by Friar Miguel Pacheco (? – 1668) of the Order of Christ, was published in 1675, in Lisbon. Its subject matter is, as the title indicates, Princess Maria (1521 – 1577), daughter of King Manuel I of Portugal (1469 – 1521). The book is inscribed in the long tradition of life-writing, and it intends to offer a royal/real-life example of virtue and devotion to its readers/listeners. Although the text was published in Lisbon in 1675 (only known edition), it was written in Madrid. Friar Miguel Pacheco had been sent there by his Religious Order, with the task of carrying out the legacies of Princess Maria, as displayed in her testament. Thus, the printing of the book was started in the Castilian court, only to be interrupted in 1668, when the author passed away, and resumed eight years later in Portugal. In this article we intend to explore the exceptional and obscure editorial route this book undertook, between 1668 and 1675, between Madrid and Lisbon. We will base our analysis, to a great extent, in an incomplete printed copy recently found in the Castilla-La Mancha Library, in Toledo, and the observation of the variants it presents
The postmodern sacred: popular culture spirituality in the genres of science fiction, fantasy and fantastic horror
No full textIn my thesis I argue that the return of the religious in contemporary culture has been in two forms the rise of so-called fundamentalisms in the established faiths-Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, even Buddhist-and the rise of a New Age style spirituality that draws from aspects of those faiths even as it produces something distinctively different. I argue that this shift both produces post-modern media culture, and is itself always-already mediated through the realm of the fictional. Secular and profane are always entangled within one another, a constant and pervasive media presence that modulates the way that contemporary subjects experience themselves and their relationship to the spiritual. I use popular culture as an entry point, an entry point that can presume neither belief nor unbelief in its audiences, showing that it is 'unreal' texts such as Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Matrix and so on that we find religious symbols and ideas refracted through a postmodernist sensibility, with little regard for the demands of 'real world' epistemology.
I argue that it is in this interplay between traditional religions and New Age-ised spirituality in popular culture that the sacred truly finds itself in postmodernity
Образи Христа й Богородиці в поезії Григорія Сковороди і Віри Вовк
No full textThe paper analyzes the images of Jesus Christ and the Mother of God in the poetry by Hryhorii Skovoroda and Wira Wowk. Until now, this topic has not been the object of scholarly research although the creativity of writers has many common features: aphoristic style, philosophical mood, and biblical figurative elements. The purpose of the paper is to characterize the specifics of interpreting the images of Christ and the Mother of God in the authors’ poetry. The analysis is based on the collections “The Garden of Divine Songs” by H. Skovoroda and “The Rosary for Christ”, “The Rosary for the Mother of God” by Wira Wowk.
Peculiar in the reception of the figure of Christ in the poetry of both authors is its outer featurelessness and deep semantic content. H. Skovoroda used the concepts of ʻlifeʼ, ʻjoyʼ, ʻpure heartʼ and the biblical symbols of fire, stone, word, and grain; Wira Wowk preferred the symbols of word, light, heart, and ear of corn. Each author is characterized by the original interpretation of the biblical image of the Savior. He is embodied in the figures of a guest, an astronomer, a doctor hurt for human faults (poetry by H. Skovoroda) and a doctor, a heavenly gardener, a helmsman on Cheremosh (poetry by Wira Wowk).
The image of the Virgin in H. Skovoroda’s work is less pronounced than the image of Jesus and is revealed only in three poems, while Wira Wowk dedicated three separate collections to the Virgin Mary. There are different symbolic hypostases of the Mother of God in the poems by H. Skovoroda, which have been singled out. Wira Wowkʼs interpretation of this image is characterized by such features as iconographic specification, biblical dynamics of unfolding, and symbolic content (images of the Winged Mother of God, the Mother Princess, Lilia, Oranta). The image of Mother Mary is common to both authors (Mary, Mother of Jesus — in Skovoroda’s poems and Mother of humanity, the world, and Ukraine — in Wira Wowk’s ones).
Special attention has been paid to the biblical prototext in the poetic works by H. Skovoroda and Wira Wowk, important in the interpretation of the figures of Christ and the Mother of God, as well as to the moral and axiological depth of these images and their conceptual significance.У статті здійснено порівняльний аналіз євангельських образів у доробку поетів XVIII і ХХ—ХХІ ст. Зазначено, що образ Спасителя у віршах митців візуально не конкретизований, однак семантично глибокий. Це виражають символи слова, каменя, зернини (у Г. Сковороди) та іпостасі Христа-Садівника, Лікаря, Керманича на Черемоші (у Віри Вовк). Сукупно вони творять єдину цілісність символічного образу, однак якщо філософові притаманне барокове, біблійно-церковне, то поетесі — модерністське, авторське трактування постаті Месії. Зазначено, що образ Богородиці у Г. Сковороди менш виражений, ніж образ Ісуса, і розкритий лише у трьох віршах, тоді як у Віри Вовк Діві Марії присвячено три окремі збірки. Установлено, що спільною для поезії цих авторів є іпостась Богородиці-Матері.
Окреслено особливості художньої інтерпретації образу. Підсумовано своєрідність авторської рецепції постатей Христа й Богородиці, розкрито їхнє морально-аксіологічне наповнення й біблійне підґрунтя
Virginity matters: power and ambiguity in the attraction of the Virgin Mary
No full textThis thesis seeks to account for virginity as the source of Mary's power to attract. The point of departure is the syncretistic culture of the classical world. Here, patristic use of Old Testament typology recognises the distinctive work of grace in Mary's virginity, thus allowing it to become the determining quality by which her experience is subsequently perceived and universalised. The thesis divides its exploration into the three categories by which Mary is portrayed in the gospels - woman, spouse, mother - concluding its investigation with the end of the nineteenth century and its new understanding of human identity in gender and sexuality. In each category the thesis attempts to identify ways in which the attraction of virginity has functioned through ambiguity (Mary as virgin and mother, mother and spouse of her son) as a positive quality of potency and freedom, rather than as a strictly biological human condition with negative association in contemporary culture. In order to assess the extent of Mary's attraction in periods that lacked the modern forms of articulating self-awareness, the thesis has considered the fabric of devotional practice in religious texts, art, drama and ritual, seeking to allow the perceptions of earlier periods of history (a medium in itself) to challenge our own. As expressions of attraction to Mary, these media have yielded an insight into the power of virginity as a statement of paradisal, heavenly life accessed by grace through male and female human experience. They have also shown virginity to be a source of power that can be exploited for political ends. Finally, the thesis suggests that the power of Mary's virginity has been subversive and liberating in Church and society, thus indicating its neglected significance as a statement about the ambiguity of our nature as human, gendered, and sexual beings
His Majesty's advocate : Sir James Stewart of Goodtrees (1635-1713) and Covenanter resistance theory under the Restoration monarchy
No full textThis thesis is the first to explore the life and political thought of Sir James
Stewart of Goodtrees (1635-1713). The first part reviews the life of his father, Sir
James Stewart of Kirk field (1608-1681) to 1661, and Goodtrees' own life from birth
to his admission to the Scots bar in 1661. This provides the backdrop of history
necessary to appreciate his contributions as both writer and radical activist.
Particular attention focuses on the conflict between Charles I and Charles II, on the
one hand, and the Church of Scotland, on the other; the National Covenant (1638)
and the Solemn League and Covenant of(1643); the British wars of religion; and
the upheavals following the Restoration in the 1660s, culminating in the Pentland
Rising of 1666.
The next part develops Goodtrees' political philosophy from his two most
important writings. Chapter 3 reviews and interprets Naphtali (1667), a defence of
those who rose at Pentland. Chapter 4 reviews Andrew Honyman's Survey of
Naphtali (1668, 1669), a rebuttal of Naphtali and standard Anglican case for royal
absolutism. Chapter 5 reviews and interprets Goodtrees' Jus Populi Vindicatum, or
The People's Right, to defend themselves and their Covenanted Religion, vindicated
(1669), his rejoinder to Honyman. His Calvinist, covenantal constitutionalism is
shown to be an important link between earlier resistance theorists like John Knox
and Samuel Rutherford and the later Whigs, represented preeminently by John
Locke.
The third part (chapters 6-7) reviews Goodtrees' life and minor writings as radical critic of the Restoration monarchy; a participant in plots among British
exiles in Holland to overthrow it; a member briefly of James's Scottish government
before the Revolution; and lord advocate and churchman pursuing political, legal,
and ecclesiastical reforms afterwards
