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An exploration of the outsider's role in selected works by Joseph Conrad, Malcolm Lowry, V.S. Naipaul.
No full textPhDThis thesis explores ways in which the outsider questions rather than confirms
dominant cultural values whilst avoiding the crudity of overt politicisation. I argue
that the outsider's preference for an observer's stance is not so much an act which
denies responsibility to the world of his day, but rather a means of reassessing its
priorities.
In Section One, I discuss Conrad's role as an outsider in the age of Empires. I
demonstrate the ways in which Conrad employs narrators, frequently using strategies
of irony which can be and have been read in very different ways. I argue that Conrad
uses irony as a tool for condemnation rather than condonement of imperialist practice,
if not its ideology.
In Section Two, I discuss Lowry as an emigre from England (so contrasting
him with Conrad, the immigrant from Europe), and examine his dissenting voice
which opposes bourgeois prejudice against the working class, a totalising ideology
like Fascism, and a Western rationalism which sees too rigid a distinction between
sanity and madness. I demonstrate how Lowry as an outsider reacts to the age of
twentieth century World Wars.
In Section Three, I discuss Naipaul's role as an outsider in the age of
decolonisation, when bogus liberals and false redeemers fail to rebuild the newly
independent post-colonial states. As in Conrad's case, I show how a failure to read
Naipaul's ironic tone of voice has given rise to radically divergent views as to what he
is about. I also link Conrad and Naipaul through their cultural negotiation between the
'centre' and its peripheries.
By looking at these three writers in chronological order and offering a
comparative perspective on their work, I highlight the outsider's disturbing, yet
illuminating role within a historical context. I also draw attention to creative tensions
between artistic concerns and a serious political purpose. I assess the outsider as
observer and man of conscience rather than as a` mere onlooker. I conclude that the
outsider also fulfils a social obligation by promoting critical awareness on the reader's
side by means of his defamiliarising perspective
Engineering: Cornell Quarterly, Vol.11, No.2 (Summer 1976): A Century of Electrical Engineering
No full textIN THIS ISSUE: When the Sparks Began to Fly: A Century of Electrical Engineering at Cornell /2 (In the spirit of centenary (if not bicentennial) celebration, the College of Engineering focuses on Cornell's part in the growth of electrical engineering from its beginnings to the huge, complex, and immensely important technology it is today. Donald F. Berth, director of special projects, and Howard G. Smith, professor of electrical engineering, emeritus, collaborated on the research and writing for this historical survey.) ...
Electrical Engineering at Cornell Today /25 (Where the history has led is assessed by G. Conrad Dalman, director of the School of Electrical Engineering, in a survey of the scope and significance of the educational and research functions of the College's largest unit.) ...
Communication with Lightwaves: The Potential of Optics and Optoelectronics in Electrical Engineering Technology /35 (An example of current Cornell electrical engineering research is provided by Professor C. L. Tang, who explains why he believes optics technology is at the threshold of a revolutionary development.) ...
Register /40 ... Faculty Publications /45 ... ENGINEERING: Cornell Quarterly--The First Ten Years of the College Magazine /49
(An anniversary is noted with publication of an index of Volumes 1 through 10.
Fifth Annual John Peters Award, American Society of Nephrology
No full textIn 1983 the Council of the American Society of Nephrology instituted the John P. Peters Award to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to clinical Nephrology. The award is presented at the annual meeting and is a counterpart to the Homer W. Smith Award, co-sponsored by the American Society of Nephrology and the New York Heart Association, which recognizes achievements in basic Nephrology research. The Award was named for John P. Peters, Professor of Medicine and Director of Metabolism and Renal Diseases at Yale who was a leader in establishing the specialty of Nephrology in the United States by his training of many leading academic Nephrologists.The first recipient of the Award in 1983 was Donald W. Seldin and subsequent awards were given to Jean Hamburger and John P. Merrill in 1984, to Franklin H. Epstein in 1985, to Belding H. Scribner in 1986 and to Conrad L. Pirani and Jacob Churg in 1987.THOMAS F. FERRISPresident, American Society of Nephrolog
Telling realities : the story of Winnie Verloc in Joseph Conrad's The secret agent
No full textThis dissertation will investigate how Conrad's "purely artistic purpose" comes under ethical review as reader, character and author renegotiate the terms of the story's telling - specifically (to pursue the novel's haunting reference to Othello) with regard to "the pity of it"
"A PURELY SPECTACULAR UNIVERSE": JOSEPH CONRAD AND IMPRESSIONISM
No full textThis study essentially offers an alternative method for the comparative study of literature and visual art in general, and of Conrad's fiction and the artistic movement known as Impressionism in particular. Rather than dealing with literal resemblances between visual tableaux and prose passages (a practice of limited usefulness), the comparative critic should deal in analogy; he or she should deal with the various ways in which artists working in widely varying media strive to express the same essential visions. The works of Joseph Conrad, when thus studied from the point of view of Impressionist theory—the theory of man's basic inability to ascertain anything beyond the ephemeral and the apparent—reveal a curious transition from a sparkling vision of man striving to discover the mysteries within himself, to what G. K. Chesterton called the essence of Impressionism: "that final scepticism which can find no floor to the universe." In fact, the subtle gradations range from the technical virtuosity of the early Almayer's Folly to the final, deterministic fragments of Suspense. The pivotal point of Conrad's gradually darkening vision is to t be found in the masterpieces of his middle years—Nostromo and The Secret Agent—wherein the nerfect balance between Impressionist philosophy and artistic expression is tinged with an ever-deepening cynicism. One of the main and basic contributions of this thesis, however, is simply the argument that Conrad was not only an Impressionist author but an Impressionist philosopher. His far-ranging curiosity, his immediate grasp of abstract notions and his associations with figures such as Bertrand Russell all speak powerfully of a mind always searching, as is Marlow in Lord Jim, for "some exorcism against the ghost of doubt."Master of Arts (MA
A framework for the analysis of mineral tax policy in sub-Saharan Africa
No full textGiven the dual role played by the Government as resource owner and tax collector in many sub - Saharan economies, it is important to separate"resource factor payments"from taxes through the use of different instruments. The instruments to be considered are: (1) a factor payment system that includes"ad rem"or"ad valorem"royalties. Production sharing, resource rent schemes, and fixed fees could also be used, but some form of unit payment is necessary and justified, because natural resources in the ground are inputs into the production process; (2) a cash flow and withholding tax system initially for the mineral sectors and eventually for other sectors of the economy. The cash flow tax would capture a share of the"economic rent"from each sector and be neutral across sectors; and (3) a depletion account to preserve the nations capital stock. Natural resources are part of an economy's capital stock, which will fall unless"replacement investment"is made as the resource is depleted.Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Banks&Banking Reform,Public Sector Economics&Finance,Health Economics&Finance
Football Team (1928)
No full textTop Row: Capozzi, Romeo; Hertzlich, Jacob; Anglemoyer, William F.; McMillen, Earl J.; Gulian, Edward; Van Ormer, Henry P.; Second Row: Eisenhart, Charles W.; McCloy, Merritt J.; Snyder, Conrad W.; Waite, Robert H.; Hower, J. Ernest; Morse, Alfred A.; Tussey, Paul K.; Roche, James J.; Bream, Coach Henry T.; Front Row: Wilson, Paul B.; Slaughter, LeRoy C.; Laird, Lewis F.; Hubisack, John A.; Miller, John B.; Cockley, Donald W.; Spangler, Charles M.; Drawbaugh, George W.; Cramer, Clarence H.Tipton #3828
Vitamins and coenzymes /
No full textThe critically acclaimed laboratory standard, Methods in Enzymology, is one of the most highly respected publications in the field of biochemistry. Since 1955, each volume has been eagerly awaited, frequently consulted, and praised by researchers and reviewers alike. The series contains much material still relevant today - truly an essential publication for researchers in all fields of life sciences.Pts. I-L edited by Donald B. McCormick, John W. Suttie, Conrad Wagner.Includes bibliographical references.V. 1 contributors Susanne L. von Schuching e. a.V. 2 contributors F. M. Matschinsky e. a.V. 3 contributors Doriano Cavallini e. a.V. 5 contributors Laphalle Fuller e. a.V. 6 contributors S. L. Lee e. a.The critically acclaimed laboratory standard, Methods in Enzymology, is one of the most highly respected publications in the field of biochemistry. Since 1955, each volume has been eagerly awaited, frequently consulted, and praised by researchers and reviewers alike. The series contains much material still relevant today - truly an essential publication for researchers in all fields of life sciences
Berekhah bet-asda, seu, Dissertatio philologica de piscina Bethesda ad locum Ioh. V. v. 2.3.4
No full textsub praesidio viri venerandi, clarissimi Iohannis Baptistae Ottii, pastoris Zollikonensis viliantissimi & linguae sanctae in collegion Carolino professoris celeberrimi ... subiicit Iohannes Conrad Hottingerus, f. responsurus author ad diem octobr
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