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Whose story is it anyway? The ethics of narration and the narration of ethics in Summertime and Die Sneeuslaper
No full textIncludes bibliographical references.This dissertation analyses and compares the narrative strategies in J.M. Coetzee’s Summertime and Marlene van Niekerk’s Die sneeuslaper and considers the implications of these strategies for the authors’ exploration of the ethics of writing. Much has been written about the literary oeuvres of both Coetzee and Van Niekerk, including studies of the translations of Van Niekerk’s Afrikaans novels into English. There are few “interlingual” comparative studies of contemporary works in Afrikaans and English, however, and certainly none to my knowledge which compares the work of Coetzee and Van Niekerk. My contribution to the conversation about Coetzee’s and Van Niekerk’s work, but also to an increasingly multilingual and interconnected South African literary criticism, will be a comparison of one recent work by each of these two authors, written in English and Afrikaans respectively. I draw on the theories of Bakhtin, Barthes and Levinas to consider the ethical dimension of texts in which “double-voicedness”, a questioning not only of existence, but of the self is fore grounded in the content and narrative structure; where there is a shift in focus from the author to the reader (“the birth of the reader”) and “utterances” are made with the response of “the other” in mind
L'aménagement des pentes et des sols dans les Alpes-Maritimes et le Var
No full textThe development of slopes and their soils terrace cultivation, developed fields, gentle slopes, stone clearings constitute an important feature of the landscape of these regions. Their location within a "commune " can be explained by the interplay of such factors as altitude, exposure, the nature of the slopes and soils, technical means; the main factor being the proximity to or the distance away from an inhabited locality. The way in which they are arranged could be the result of both the increase in population in the 16 th and 17 th centuries and a specialization of some soils on the slopes. Their resistance to linear erosion is quite clear, but they are in fact already subject to surface erosion. The forms of ground are arranged around the inhabited locality, first according to the extent or limited nature of the development ; secondly to their size, differences in level, hori- zontality; and finally to the geometric limits and the presence of piles of stones resulting from stone-clearing. They can be considered as a morphological and spatial test of the intensive utilization - past or present - of the slopes and their soils.Les aménagements des pentes et des sols (terrasses de culture, champs aménagés, pentes douces, épierrements) sont un élément important des paysages de ces départements. Leur localisation dans les finages s'explique par le jeu de facteurs tels que l'altitude, l'exposition, la valeur des pentes, les sols, les techniques, la nature des cultures, et, en premier lieu, la proximité ou l'éloignement d'un centre habité. Leur façonnement pourrait résulter tout à la fois des poussées démographiques des XVI-XVIIème siècles et d'une spécialisation de certains terroirs. Leur résistance à l'érosion linéaire est certaine, mais ils subissent toujours une érosion aréolaire. Une zonation des formes s'ordonne par rapport au centre habité, en fonction de l'extension ou du caractère ponctuel des aménagements, de leur largeur, dénivellation, horizontalité, du caractère géométrique des limites, de l'existence de tas d'épierrement. Ils sont un critère spatial et morphologique de l'intensivité de la mise en valeur, passée ou présente, des pentes et des sols.Castex J.M. L'aménagement des pentes et des sols dans les Alpes-Maritimes et le Var. In: Méditerranée, troisième série, tome 47, 1-1983. pp. 3-15
Effets des pluies des 25-26 septembre 1981 sur les aménagements des pentes au nord-ouest de Nice (Alpes-Maritimes)
No full textSlopes partly converted for the growing of vine and flowers received particularly heavy rain. The resistance of the different sorts ot converted grounds varied according to the extent ot the level surfaces and the volume of filled up grounds. Yet not converted slopes mainly were touched by mud avalanches and lanslides.Des versants partiellement aménagés pour la culture de la vigne et des fleurs ont reçu des précipitations d'intensité exceptionnelle. La résistance des divers types d'aménagements a varié en fonction de la largeur des plans et du volume de terre remblayée. Mais, coulées boueuses et glissements ont surtout affecté des versants non aménagés.Castex J.M. Effets des pluies des 25-26 septembre 1981 sur les aménagements des pentes au nord-ouest de Nice (Alpes-Maritimes). In: Méditerranée, troisième série, tome 56, 4-1985. pp. 69-75
"The day of the great writer is gone for ever": Author surrogacy in Martin Amis’s Money and J.M. Coetzee’s Summertime.
No full textThis study focuses on the use of author surrogacy in the novels Money: A Suicide Note by Martin Amis and Summertime: Scenes from Provincial Life by J.M. Coetzee. It addresses the connection between their use of author surrogacy and their comments on what scholars classify as the postmodern cultural condition. Both authors have written themselves into their novels with a different purpose but both used strikingly similar themes to incorporate this purpose, although the stress on these themes varies. Authorial power, the distinction between the real and the imagined, and the fading line between high- and lowbrow culture are examples of the topics discussed in this study with regards to author surrogacy and the postmodern cultural condition. This study concludes that, through their use of author surrogacy, J.M. Coetzee mainly aims to critique, while Martin Amis satirises postmodern culture.
Keywords: Amis, author surrogacy, authorial power, Coetzee, fact-fiction distinction, high- and lowbrow culture, postmodern cultural condition
O doświadczeniu obcości języka w twórczości J.M. Coetzeego. Słowo wstępne
No full textThe present foreword refers to the address delivered by J.M. Coetzee on the occasion of conferring upon him by the University of Silesia the doctor honoris causa degree. Particular attention is paid to his thoughts on the role of English in the world of today. The author of the foreword shows that reflection on language in general and its role in moulding one’s identity in present in the Nobel laureate’s works, including his most recent novels. Further into the foreword, the author briefly discusses text reprinted in Śląskie Studia Polonistyczne: the already mentioned address by J.M. Coetzee, the conversation with the Author, and an article devoted to his works written by Robert Kusek.The present foreword refers to the address delivered by J.M. Coetzee on the occasion of conferring upon him by the University of Silesia the doctor honoris causa degree. Particular attention is paid to his thoughts on the role of English in the world of today. The author of the foreword shows that reflection on language in general and its role in moulding one’s identity in present in the Nobel laureate’s works, including his most recent novels. Further into the foreword, the author briefly discusses text reprinted in Śląskie Studia Polonistyczne: the already mentioned address by J.M. Coetzee, the conversation with the Author, and an article devoted to his works written by Robert Kusek
O doświadczeniu obcości języka w twórczości J.M. Coetzeego : słowo wstępne
No full textThe present foreword refers to the address delivered by J.M. Coetzee on the occasion of conferring upon him by the University of Silesia the doctor honoris causa degree. Particular attention is paid to his thoughts on the role of English in the world of today. The author of the foreword shows that reflection on language in general and its role in moulding one’s identity in present in the Nobel laureate’s works, including his most recent novels. Further into the foreword, the author briefly discusses text reprinted in Śląskie Studia Polonistyczne: the already mentioned address by J.M. Coetzee, the conversation with the Author, and an article devoted to his works written by Robert Kusek
Systèmes d'Information. Géographique et gestion des espaces forestiers et sub-forrestiers. Les Plans de Zones Sensibles aux Incendies de Forêt dans les Alpes-Maritimes (2ème partie)
No full textDagorne A., Foucault B., Duché Y., Castex J.-M., Ottavi J.-Y. Systèmes d'Information. Géographique et gestion des espaces forestiers et sub-forrestiers. Les Plans de Zones Sensibles aux Incendies de Forêt dans les Alpes-Maritimes (2ème partie). In: L'information géographique, volume 59, n°5, 1995. pp. 200-208
Systèmes d'Information. Géographique et gestion des espaces forestiers et sub-forrestiers. Les Plans de Zones Sensibles aux Incendies de Forêt dans les Alpes-Maritimes (1ère partie)
No full textDagorne A., Foucault B., Duché Y., Castex J.-M., Ottavi J.-Y. Systèmes d'Information. Géographique et gestion des espaces forestiers et sub-forrestiers. Les Plans de Zones Sensibles aux Incendies de Forêt dans les Alpes-Maritimes (1ère partie). In: L'information géographique, volume 59, n°5, 1995. pp. 196-197
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