1,241 research outputs found
Existential angst: a reading of Saul Bellow's Seize the Day
No full textTCC (graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Curso de Graduação em Língua e Literatura Estrangeira.RESUMO: Existencialismo é uma doutrina filosófica focada no ser humano em face da realidade, que vem atraindo muitos escritores há décadas. Muitos estudiosos vêm discutindo a possibilidade de Saul Bellow poder ser considerado um escritor Existencialista. A presente pesquisa analisa o livro do autor Estadunidense Seize the Day através de uma revisão bibliográfica. Aplicando os pressupostos defendidos por Jean-Paul Sartre ao livro foi possível encontrar conexões com o que defende o pensador Francês, embora falte certa densidade ao livro de Bellow quando comparado aos de outros trabalhos Existencialistas.ABSTRACT: Existentialism is a philophical doctrine focused on the human being inface of reality that has been attracting many writers for decades. Many scholars have been discussing the Existentialism in Saul Bellow's production. This work analysis the American author's novel Seize the Day through a bibliographical review. Applying presupposes defended by Jean-Paul Sartre to the novel it was possible to find connections with the French thinker's ideas though the novel lacks some density when compared to other Existentialist works
Saul Bellow and the evolution of the American masculine experience: a study on Dangling Man, The Victim and Seize the Day
No full textThe following thesis studies the philosophical and sociological background of three novels written by Saul Bellow between 1944 and 1956, namely Dangling Man, The Victim, and Seize the Day. During this period, the place of the individual in society changed rapidly and this created tension between the social organisation in place and individuals who struggled to find their place in society. The focus on individuality in Saul Bellow's early novels has led to the consensus that the author conveys ideas which relate to the philosophical current of Existentialism. This association has shadowed other aspects of these three novels such as their sociological relevancy. The purpose of this thesis is to expand upon the existentialist focus present in most criticism in order to demonstrate the sociological evolution of the American masculine experience. In turn, this aims to highlight the shift from a traditional image of masculinity based on heroism, personal ambition, and restrictive emotionality to a masculine identity more inclined to question its perception of itself and the world. To do so, it relates each novel to influential studies conducted at the time to offer an evolutionary perspective of the American masculine identity within that particular time-frame. For each novel, it exposes the male protagonist's struggles with social organisation to offer a valuable insight in the treatment and evolution of the masculine identity in Saul Bellow's early novels. Altogether, this thesis aims to develop connections between Saul Bellow's fiction and the historical challenges faced by American males in urban America
Il “Saul” di Vittorio Alfieri
No full textMy paper analyzes Vittorio Alifieri’s tragedy Saul. The author writes the tragedy after reading
the Bible, and particularly Samuel’s first book. Alfieri is enthusiastic about the biblical text,
thanks to its “sublime” theme and style, very useful for adapting the story as a tragedy. Alfieri
creates Saul without betraying the spirit of the source text – he underlines the king of Israel’s
ambivalent behavior toward his son-in-law David, whom he loves and hates at the same time.
From this perspective, Saul is quite a different character from the other “tyrants” from Alfieri’s
other tragedies. In his own words, the author finds in Saul «that uncertainty of the human heart,
so magical; so, a man loving two loves opposite to one another, wants and does not want the very
same thing. This uncertainty is one of the major secrets for generating emotion and suspension in
a theatre». And Alfieri makes it. He himself plays Saul on stage, many times, since he considers
him his “dearest” character – according to the author, in this character there is «everything,
absolutely everything». Moreover, Saul has been staged with the most famous actors all along the
Nineteenth and Twentieth century
1 - Samuel Dong Saul
No full textThis is a lightbox that is 40 x 25 inches in size, with different color lithographs on Mylar.Is it really strange to think that objects speak? Take a moment to think about this very closely; they might not be speaking to you in a verbal form, but they are surely communicating messages to you in way only you can understand. Could this means they could feel, think, just the way we do? Perhaps. Objects are often part of language, sometimes even before they exist. These objects become social or cultural artifacts well before they are used by living things. Objects "meanings" and "functions" are framed within the constrains of a cultural group. We assign them significance because of what they do, and what they are made off. Shapes, colors, matter, and the combinations of the three build pretty much everything in our observable universe. We just interpret what they might be. If we are made of the same matter, why not think that they might be "alive" too, with feelings and ideas of their own. We will never know what they really want, but we can sure interpret what they are trying to communicate. Contemporary artist make works that engage with viewers about theories of symbolic communication and strategies of analysis. Many of them use text simply for its ability to communicate meaning that are difficult to express in images alone; to convey ideas, descriptions, arguments, and possibly, the interpretation of what the objects someone interacts with, are trying to say.Visual and Performing Arts
Saul Who Also Is Called Paul
No full textFrom the time of Origen and of Rufinus and St. Jerome the question of the apparent change of the apostle's name from Saul to Paul has interested students of the New Testament. The problem is due to the fact that the author of the Acts in briefly giving an account of Paul's meeting with the Roman governor of Cyprus, Sergius Paullus, and with the false prophet Elymas, simply states: “Then Saul (who also is called Paul) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, etc.” Before this verse in Acts the apostle's name is invariably given as Saul, and after this verse he is always called Paul, except in two passages where there is reference to the very beginning of his career, his conversion. In his letters the name Paul, and never Saul, is used.</jats:p
Shadow Economy and Entrepreneurial Entry
No full textWe analyze theoretically and empirically the impact of the shadow economy on entrepreneurial entry, utilising 1998-2005 individual-level Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data merged with macro level variables. A simple correlation coefficient suggests a positive linear link between the size of the shadow economy and entrepreneurial entry. However, this masks more complex relationships. With appropriate controls and instrumenting for potential endogeneity where required, the impact of the shadow economy on entry is found to be negative, based on a linear specification. Moreover, there is also evidence of nonlinearity: entrepreneurial entry is least likely when the shadow economy is of medium size. We attribute the negative effects of shadow economy on entry to perceived strong competition faced by new entrants when the shadow economy is widespread. At the individual level, an extensive shadow economy has a more negative impact on respondents who are risk averse. In addition, in the economies where property rights are strong, the negative impact of the shadow economy is weaker.shadow economy, entrepreneurship
Saul az endori boszorkánynál – kísérlet egy ószövetségi történet újraértelmezésére
No full textSaul at the Witch of Endor – Attempt at Reinterpreting an Old Testament Story.
The study makes an attempt at reinterpreting the story of Saul visiting the witch of Endor. The author claims that the intuitive storytelling of the Bible carries much more than information regarding old personalities, like existential messages, which are suitable for the contemporary readers. The starting point of the interpretation is that the whole story of Saul describes the process of a man’s burn out. It takes sever-al steps of the syndrome and tries to prove through the elements of Saul’s story, how the anamnesis of this mental illness can be applied to the Old Testament figure. The study also tries to avoid the demonization of the witch of Endor, who proves to be the person showing care and mercy for the king. It also tries to formulate several messages that are useful in the application of the story in religious education of church services
El título rasgado. Kyle Cooper y su influencia en los créditos y openings contemporáneos
No full textTreball Final de Grau en Comunicació Audiovisual. Codi: CA0932. Curs acadèmic 2019-2020Los openings y los títulos de crédito son la sección que introduce al espectador en las películas y series y que a su vez genera un recuerdo y nos ubica y adentra en el mundo que estamos a punto de visualizar. Kyle Cooper es el diseñador aclamado por ser el sucesor de Saul Bass: innovador y factor de cambio en la evolución de los títulos de crédito. El trabajo desvela la marca autoral de Kyle Cooper, sus influencias y demuestra su impacto en otros títulos de crédito y openings mediante la comparativa de sus trabajos a lo largo de su trayectoria. Con ello se demuestra la importancia de su diseño en el mundo audiovisual a día de hoy.The openings and credits are the section that introduces the viewer to films and series that they are going to visualize and generates a memory, and places us in the world we are about to visualize. Kyle Cooper is the designer acclaimed as the successor to Saul Bass: a factor of change in the evolution of credits. The work reveals Kyle Cooper's authorial brand, his influences and demonstrates his impact on other credits and openings by comparing his work throughout his career. This shows the importance of his design in the audiovisual world today
Jennifer Mather Saul, ‘Lying, Misleading, & What is Said’, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. xi + 146
No full textThe text offers a Critical Review of "Lying, Misleading, & What is Said" by Jennifer Mather Saul. The author critically reflects on the book by considering its methodologies, its arguments, and its relation with other books of the same type and on the same subject.Il testo propone una Lettura Critica del libro "Lying, Misleading, & What is Said" di Jennifer Mather Saul. L'autrice riflette criticamente sul libro considerandone le metodologie, gli argomenti e il nesso con altri libri dello stesso tipo e sullo stesso argomento
Goethe and Colonialism: The Wanderjahre and Cooper.
No full textGoethe's relations with the English-speaking world have been the subject of scholarly investigation ever since his lifetime. This volume brings together eighteen articles that provide new points of view, a broad range of approaches, and new and original findings on this relationship. These range from the discussion of applications of recent critical approaches such as chaos theory and Edward Said's Orientalism to Goethean texts, through other more empirical contributions that bring to light new material, some of it deriving from archives in Weimar relating to Goethe's contact with English culture. Other essays involve the reassessment of questions of influence, from both sides: in the case of Cooper and Goethe some standard assumptions are revised, while in the case of Goethe and Edith Wharton and Goethe and George Eliot, new comparative ground is broken. Close readings of portions of well-known texts such as Faust and Wilhelm Meister challenge standard assumptions. The analysis of selected recent translations of Goethe's poetry raises perennial questions of cultural transfer, while the survey of the role played by some of Goethe's texts in one corner of the English-speaking world, Dublin, is long overdue
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