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Cult: A Composite Novel
No full textCult (redacted)
The first component of the thesis is a composite novel called Cult which falls into two parts with seven narratives in each. Part 1 tracks the protagonist, Ellen, from her first involvement with the cult through to her eventually leaving it. Although fiction, the first half of the book answers the kinds of questions the author is asked when people discover that she was once a sannyasin (a follower of the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh). While the experiences of meditation, group therapy and communal living are all faithfully rendered within the stories, the need for strong characters, narrative drive and a lightness of touch takes precedence.
Part 2 picks up Ellen’s story some twenty or so years later and explores what becomes of her in middle age. It also looks at other groups in society, such as academia, the law and the internet dating community which each have their own jargon, hierarchies, rituals and rules but are not considered to be cults.
The book examines the question raised in the Epigraph, ‘how do we be together when we feel so alone’ with a focus on relationships other than the familial and the romantic.
Collisions, Chasms and Connections: a Performative Exploration of the Composite Novel Form
The second part of the thesis is both a critical and creative response to three contemporary American books: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout; A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan; and Legend of a Suicide by David Vann. The critical element comprises a close reading of the three books; a chronological reconstruction of their overarching storylines; and a consideration of what their authors have said about writing the books. It concludes that, in the composite novel, the simultaneous presentation of multiple views and storylines operate much like a 3D image to give the impression of depth to the characters and situations rendered. The creative element of the essay is a playful and personal response to the texts
The Author: David Poulsen
No full textDavid A. Poulsen has been a broadcaster, teacher, football coach, stage and film actor and—most of all—writer. His writing career began in earnest when his story “The Welcomin’ “ won the 1984 Alberta Culture Short Story Competition. Now the author of more than 25 books, many for middle readers and young adults, David’s newest teen novel, And Then the Sky Exploded, is scheduled for an October release. It’s the story of Christian Larkin who learns that his great-grandfather helped build the A-bombs dropped on Japan and wants to make amends … somehow.David recently made his inaugural foray into the world of adult crime fiction with Serpents Rising, the first book in the Cullen and Cobb Mystery series. The follow-up novel, Dead Air, will be arriving in January of 2017. A UBC Creative Writing alumnus and former Writer in Residence at the Saskatoon Public Library, David lives with his wife Barb on a small ranch in the foothills of southwestern Alberta
David Lodge's Author, Author and the Genre of the Biographical Novel
No full textInternational audienceThis essay is an attempt to analyse the mechanisms of the biographical novel in David Lodge's Author, Author (2004) which focuses on Henry James's middle years as well as on the few months before his death. By paying special attention to the paratexts and to the subtle intertwining of fiction and reality within the text, the paper demonstrates how Lodge manages to strike a delicate balance between imagination and facts. The article also explores the reasons for the prominence of the mixed genre of the biographical novel in contemporary British literature and attempts to situate Author, Author in relation to postmodernist historiographic metafiction.Cet article tente d'analyser les mécanismes du roman biographique dans Author, Author (2004) de David Lodge, qui met en scène Henry James dans les années 1880-1890, ainsi que dans les derniers mois avant sa mort. Par le biais d'un examen précis des paratextes et du tressage de la fiction et de la réalité au sein même du texte, l'article démontre que Lodge est parvenu à opérer un équilibre subtil entre imagination et faits réels. Cet essai propose en outre de déterminer les raisons du succès du genre mixte du roman biographique dans la littérature britannique contemporaine, et s'efforce d'évaluer le statut de Author, Author en le comparant aux métafictions historiographiques postmodernistes
David Lodge's Author, Author and the Genre of the Biographical Novel
No full textInternational audienceThis essay is an attempt to analyse the mechanisms of the biographical novel in David Lodge's Author, Author (2004) which focuses on Henry James's middle years as well as on the few months before his death. By paying special attention to the paratexts and to the subtle intertwining of fiction and reality within the text, the paper demonstrates how Lodge manages to strike a delicate balance between imagination and facts. The article also explores the reasons for the prominence of the mixed genre of the biographical novel in contemporary British literature and attempts to situate Author, Author in relation to postmodernist historiographic metafiction.Cet article tente d'analyser les mécanismes du roman biographique dans Author, Author (2004) de David Lodge, qui met en scène Henry James dans les années 1880-1890, ainsi que dans les derniers mois avant sa mort. Par le biais d'un examen précis des paratextes et du tressage de la fiction et de la réalité au sein même du texte, l'article démontre que Lodge est parvenu à opérer un équilibre subtil entre imagination et faits réels. Cet essai propose en outre de déterminer les raisons du succès du genre mixte du roman biographique dans la littérature britannique contemporaine, et s'efforce d'évaluer le statut de Author, Author en le comparant aux métafictions historiographiques postmodernistes
David Mitchell on Cloud Atlas
No full textAuthor David Mitchell joined LMU via Skype to discuss his novel, Cloud Atlas
Research by Fondazione Bruno Kessler on Strategies to Improve the Yield in Plasma Focused Ion Beam Circuit Editing
No full textThis contribution explores the potential of PFIB for the post-production circuit editing of custom ASICs. The reworking of integrated circuits with ion beam is an effective tool for testing design modifications rapidly, and in small-volume productions, it proves to be a valuable substitute for the microfabrication of chips with a revised layout, thus reducing the cost and lead time. In the case study in this work, the PFIB intervention resulted in the recovery of ~90% of defective channels in a multichannel ASIC design by disconnecting some parts of the internal circuit. This contribution describes several implemented optimization strategies and their statistical effectiveness
David cooperfield
No full textBuku ini menganalisis novel karya Charles Dickens yang berjudul David Copperfield. Novel ini menampilkan topik tentang seorang anak yang bernama David Copperfield yang mendapatkan tekanan dari ayah tirinya . Dia harus memperjuangkan hidupnya agar kehidupan di masa depan menjadi lebih baik. Tekanan dari ayah tirinya berkaitan dengan kondisi sosial selama Revolusi Industri.225 hlm, 20 c
Genre and identity in the work of David Grossman.
No full textDavid Grossman is a central figure in Israeli literature. Widely translated, his work has achieved international acclaim for its bold and innovative engagement in the events and mood of the day. In this study, the first monograph on his work in English, I focus on his process of constructing identity through storytelling. Key themes of identity---adolescence and parent-child relationships, sexuality and the body-soul dichotomy---are interwoven into diverse literary genres. My method is to examine the paradigms and significance of Grossman's literary genres, placing them in the context of Israeli and Western literature. I analyse his technique of manipulating traditional structural features of these genres to reveal the ambiguities and changing nature of identity. I show how he acknowledges his literary forefathers by his use of intertext to develop identity. I contend that Grossman's focus on the adolescent protagonist pinpoints a young person's confrontation with his inherited identity. I discuss The Book of Intimate Grammar as zntx-Bildungsroman, illustrating the instability experienced en route to a cogent sense of self and an accommodation with the adult world. Grossman breaks new ground in his seminal work of Holocaust fiction, See under: Love. Moving beyond the sphere of witness accounts and their consequent fiction, he uses a fragmented plot and complex narratives, revealing the impossibility of viewing the Holocaust as a single synchronic story, exposing the damaged identities that remain. In Be My Knife, his more recent epistolary novel, I find a shift in his construction of identity. Rhythms of internal and external languages combine in this exploration of sexuality and parenthood. I suggest that his narrative techniques of multiple voices and indeterminate endings enhance reader involvement. They are a call to share Grossman's enduring commitment to a "wide-hearted humanism". This credo involves creating an ethical identity of self-examination, facilitating the recognition of difference in self and others, as evidenced in his socio-political novel and essays. I highlight Grossman's artistry: his sensitivity to registers of language, expressing sociological aspects of Israeli life in the past decades. Ultimately, for Grossman, both the world and the "I" are but a narrative
TRAUMATIC IDENTITY AND AURA IN DAVID LODGE’S AUTHOR, AUTHOR
No full textThis paper delves into David Lodge’s Author, Author (2004) as an example of neo-Victorian celebrity biofiction, more concretely on Henry James. The genre belongs to the wave of Victorian revival in current literature which also affects cultural studies in general. My main contention is that Lodge’s novel responds to current cultural anxieties, particularly the crisis of identity and authorship and the end of Walter Benjamin’s concept of aura, by sublimating them into late-nineteenth-century traumata. The choice of James is, the article argues, not casual. He represents the redeeming figure of a lost auratic world; the human in crisis, traumatized because he does not fit in the new status quo.Este artículo analiza la novela Author, Author (2004) de David Lodge como ejemplo de bioficción neo-victoriana centrada en una celebridad, en este caso concreto, Henry James. El género forma parte del renacimiento victoriano actual que afecta a los estudios culturales en su conjunto. Mi argumento central es que la novela de Lodge constituye una respuesta a las ansiedades culturales actuales, en particular a las que se refieren a la crisis identitaria y autoría literaria, así como a la pérdida del aura artística de Walter Benjamin, sublimándolas a través de los traumas de finales del siglo XIX. La elección de James, como demuestra el artículo, no es casual. Es el último representante de un mundo perdido en el que el aura aún tenía un espacio; el ser humano en crisis y traumatizado porque no encaja en un status quo nuevo
Multiculturalism in David Yoon’s Novel Frankly In Love
No full textThe discussion in this paper focuses on the values and the impacts of multiculturalism in David Yoon’s novel Frankly in Love. The novel Frankly in Love by David Yoon tells about Frank, the main character in the novel, experience culture differences in America. Frank vulnerably shares his experiences being caught between two cultural realities. David Yoon, the author, draws on his own experience growing up with immigrant parents to breathe life and authenticity into Frank’s character. The author read the whole story of the novel to collect the data that related to multiculturalism and get some references from books and internet. In writing this paper, the writer used a descriptive qualitative method and library research as the method of study. The purpose of this paper is to present and introduce about multiculturalism because multiculturalism is very important for daily life so that it can lead to a more peaceful society in this culturally diverse world.46 PagesKertas Karya Diplom
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