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Ekphrasis through otherness: the transformation of imagery in Derek Walcott's White Egrets
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura Correspondente, Florianópolis, 2015.Abstract : Opposing the contemporary literary reductionism of ekphrasis to a verbal representation of a painting, a sculpture, a drawing, or a photograph, this research views otherness as the object of contemplation. Through the present rereading of ekphrasis, the investigation will seek 1) to analyze how the ekphrastic characteristics of Walcott`s poetry in his latest work White Egrets promote more companionship than antagonistic views between poetry and painting, and; 2) to analyze how ekphrasis transforms the imagery of Derek Walcott`s créole identity into an aesthetic object of contemplation, depicting it in the similar way of a work of art. More specifically, the discussion analyses how the cultural relations/representations between the self and the other provide an ?ekphrastic situation? for Derek Walcott in the Caribbean?s complex colonial legacy. The poet`s ekphrastic act to render private and personal identity intimacies will lean on the nonfixity of the image, or its motion in stasis. The main theoretical concepts that sustain this investigation are drawn from the works of W.J.T. Mitchell (1980, 1986, 1994, 1996), Cheeke (2008), Loizeaux (2008), and Hall (1989, 1993, 1996, 1997).Opondo-se ao reducionismo literário contemporâneo de que a écfrase seja somente uma representação verbal de uma pintura, uma escultura, um desenho ou uma fotografia, esta pesquisa vê a própria alteridade como objeto de contemplação. Através desta releitura da écfrase, a presente investigação visa 1) analisar como as características ecfrásticas da poesia de Derek Walcott em sua última coleção de poesias intitulada White Egrets (Garças Brancas) propiciam mais companheirismo que visões antagônicas entre poesia e pintura, e; 2) analisar como a écfrase transforma a imagem da identidade crioula de Derek Walcott em um objeto estético de contemplação, retratando-a de uma forma semelhante a uma obra de arte. Mais especificamente, a discussão analisa como as relações/representações culturais entre o eu-individual e o outro propiciam uma  situação ecfrástica para Derek Walcott no complexo legado colonial Caribenho. O ato ecfrástico do poeta ao relatar aspectos privados e pessoais de sua identidade revelar-se-á embasado na infixidez da imagem, ou seja, seu imobilismo em movimento. Os principais conceitos teóricos que sustentam esta investigação foram retirados das obras de W.J.T. Mitchell (1980, 1986, 1994, 1996), Cheeke (2008), Loizeaux (2008), e Hall (1989, 1993, 1996, 1997)
A critical edition of Derek Walcott's Omeros
No full textThe thesis is a Critical Edition of Derek Walcott’s Omeros, consisting of a Critical
Introduction and Annotations. The Critical Introduction analyses:
- Narrative
- Settings
- Metaphor and Paronomasia
- Symbolism
- Historiography
- Intertexts
- Dualism
- Autobiography
- Dialects
- Prosody.
The Annotations comment on more than 1000 references that may be obscure and on
specifics of narrative, language and prosody.
This study presents new conclusions about some aspects of Omeros:
- It challenges the prevailing view that the work is written substantially in a
variation of terza rima and shows that regular quatrains predominate.
- It demonstrates ways in which the metrics follow the sense of the narrative and
takes a more balanced position on the use of Caribbean as opposed to classical
metrics than that put forward previously.
- It identifies a paragraphic structure to the verse.
- It proposes a new prosodic structure for the significant Chapter XXX/iii.
- It extends Walcott’s recognised use of numerology into word counting the
names of characters.
- It develops the idea of Walcott’s dualism and his use of pairing and
contradiction as a dialectical method.
- It defines his wide use of paronomasia and shows that many of the puns have a
metaphorical aspect beyond mere word-play.
- It analyses some of Walcott’s symbolism.
- It identifies intertextual links to his earlier works and to some thirty other
writers, and suggests homage to Hemingway and possibly Heaney.
- It provides the first complete analysis of Walcott’s rhyme types in Omeros.
In its analysis of Omeros and in the Annotations it has included commentary from
across the critical literature, to provide some sense of other views on Walcott’s
writing, and has included as many as possible of Walcott’s own comments on Omeros
and on the writer’s task, as a background to understanding the poem
Plan stability: replanning versus plan repair
No full textThe ultimate objective in planning is to construct plans for execution. However, when a plan is executed in a real environment it can encounter differences between the expected and actual context of execution. These differences can manifest as divergences between the expected and observed states of the world, or as a change in the goals to be achieved by the plan. In both cases, the old plan must be replaced with a new one. In replacing the plan an important consideration is plan stability. We compare two alternative strategies for achieving the {em stable} repair of a plan: one is simply to replan from scratch and the other is to adapt the existing plan to the new context. We present arguments to support the claim that plan stability is a valuable property. We then propose an implementation, based on LPG, of a plan repair strategy that adapts a plan to its new context. We demonstrate empirically that our plan repair strategy achieves more stability than replanning and can produce repaired plans more efficiently than replanning
Tilting at Windmills : BLDSC and the UK Higher Education Community
No full textPurpose - To provide an overview of, the relationship between the British Library and higher education libraries in the 1990s, with particular relation to document supply. It also goes on to explore current developments in scholarly communication. Design/methodology/approach - The author played a role in several of the events described and uses the available literature to enlarge on a personal view of that decade. Findings - The paper shows that the relationship was a strained one caused in part by a mismatch of resources, but is in any case dwarfed by the larger external forces and changing opportunities and technologies for scholarly communication. Originality/value - Provides a record of the period
A functional characterization of CGI-58
No full textMutations in the gene CGI-58/ABHD5 cause Chanarin-Dorfman Syndrome, a Neutral Lipid Storage Disorder (NLSD) where many cells and tissues, including human skin fibroblasts, store excessive triacylglycerol (TAG). The protein, CGI‐58, has been characterized in vitro as both a co‐activator of adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) and a lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase (LPAAT). We hypothesized that CGI‐58 LPAAT activity is not necessary for co-activation of ATGL. This hypothesis was investigated through 3 specific aims: 1) to identify LPAAT active site residues, 2) to demonstrate that CGI‐58 lacking LPAAT activity can co-activate ATGL, and 3) to analyze the lipid composition of cultured NLSD fibroblasts relative to normal human skin fibroblasts. A molecular model of CGI‐58 was created to identify potential active site residues. In the model, the putative LPAAT active site residues H329 and D334 were not in close proximity, suggesting that they may not be active site residues. Recombinant H329A and D334A CGI‐58 variants, when purified from BL21(DE3) E. coli, showed higher levels of LPAAT activity than purified wild-type CGI‐58. LPAAT activity was linked to a protein contaminant, likely plsC, the endogenous E. coli LPAAT. The purification of recombinant CGI‐58 was optimized to reduce contaminant proteins. These new preparations lacked LPAAT activity, yet retained the ability to co‐activate ATGL. Additionally, extracts of Bl21(DE3) cells expressing GST-tagged CGI‐58 lacked LPAAT activity when plsC was removed by centrifugation. The previously observed LPAAT activity was due to a protein contaminant; thus, CGI‐58 lacks LPAAT activity and LPAAT activity is not necessary for the co-activation of ATGL. Additionally, using a protein‐lipid overlay, CGI‐58 bound to phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate [PI(3)P] and phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate [PI(5)P] but not lysophosphatidic acid [LPA], the LPAAT substrate. CGI‐58 binding of PI(3)P or PI(5)P does not alter co-activation of ATGL. Finally, CGI-58 variant H84R, found in humans with NLSDi, was expressed in cultured NLSD cells and studied in vitro. H84R CGI-58 failed to reduce accumulated TAG of NLSD fibroblasts, unlike unmodified CGI-58 or the H84A variant. Both H84 variants lacked the ability to co-activate ATGL in vitro. Thus, H84R CGI‐58 contributes to the NLSD phenotype by failing to co-activate ATGL.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Derek B. McMaho
Exploiting a graphplan framework in temporal planning
No full textGraphplan (Blum and Furst 1995) has proved a popular and successful basis for a succession of extensions. An extension to handle temporal planning is a natural one to consider, because of the seductively time-like structure of the layers in the plan graph. TGP (Smith and Weld 1999) and TPSys (Garrido, Onaindía, and Barber 2001; Garrido, Fox, and Long 2002) are both examples of temporal planners that have exploited the Graphplan foundation. However, both of these systems (including both versions of TPSys) exploit the graph to represent a uniform flow of time. In this paper we describe an alternative approach, in which the graph is used to represent the purely logical structuring of the plan, with temporal constraints being managed separately (although not independently). The approach uses a linear constraint solver to ensure that temporal durations are correctly respected. The resulting planner offers an interesting alternative to the other approaches, offering an important extension in expressive power
The literary impact of the Haitian Revolution
No full textThe Haitian Revolution (1 791-1804) reshaped the debates about slavery and
freedom in Europe, accelerated the abolitionist movement, precipitated
rebellions in neighbouring territories, and intensified both repression and antislavery
sentiment. Its long-term effects remain visible in the many
representations, recuperations, and invocations of the Revolution as an
exemplar of black agency. At the same time, the violence of the conflict led to
portrayals of Haiti as unregenerate and primitive, a prey to 'voodoo' and
lawlessness. Hence the recuperation of Haiti's political and cultural history, in
which the establishment of the first postcolonial nation must be accounted for
as a momentous event despite its ostensible failure, contests the tradition of
imperial denigration. The thesis addresses how the Haitian Revolution followed
by the establishment of a Black Republic, provided inspiration for writers,
artists and intellectuals throughout the Atlantic Diaspora in diverse cultural and
intellectual locations from the 1920s onwards. If public knowledge about
Haitian history has for some time now been limited in Europe and North
America, the Revolution has been a potent factor in black memory and it
remains an inspiration to Carib beans, Africans, African Americans, and Latin
Americans, as well as to radical intellectuals and artists worldwide. The thesis
studies the writings generated by the Revolution in the works of Aime Cesaire,
C. L. R. James, Rene Depestre, Langston Hughes, Edouard Glissant, Alejo
Carpentier, Derek Walcott, and Madison Smartt Bell, spanning French, English,
and Spanish, and including poetry, drama, history, biography, fiction, and
opera; while in the visual arts it considers the paintings of Kimathi Donkor and
commemorative postage stamps. My discussion addresses both critical
understandings and fictional reinventions of the Revolution's achievement and
tragic reversals. I examine the ideologies informing the analyses, and the
aesthetics of the imaginative writings, where a political stance in some cases
served to promote innovation and experimental style and in others was a
constraint
The Significance of Socio-genetic Understanding: Response to Fowler
No full textThe following article is a published response to a review of On Bourdieu, Education and Society (Fowler, B (2006) ‘Clashing Interpretations of Bourdieu's Theory of Practice: Derek Robbins, On Bourdieu, Education and Society. Oxford: Bardwell Press, 2006. ISBN 0_9548_6836_6’ Journal of Classical Sociology 2007; 7 (3) 367) by Derek Robbins, the original author. In this response Robbins criticises the tendency amongst social scientists to advocate the exploitation of biographical material without challenging the detached superiority of scientific professional. He reasserts the need to develop a sociology of ‘life-world interaction’ but accepts that it must not concentrate on the interpersonal to the neglect of an objective perspective especially concerning conditions of disadvantage and inequality
Positron-annihilation study of equilibrium defects in Al-Cu-Fe face-centered-icosahedral quasicrystals
No full textIn situ Doppler-broadening temperature scans and room temperature positron-lifetime measurements are reported for Al63CU25Fe12, Al62.5CU25Fe12.5, Al62CU25.5Fe12.5, and Al62Cu22.8Fe15.2 face-centered-icosahedral (FCI) quasicrystalline samples. Quenched-in disorder has been observed and found to anneal out of the samples above 200 degrees C. A quasicrystal-to-microcrystal phase transition has been observed in two of the samples (Al63Cu25Fe12 and Al62Cu22.8Fe15.2), indicating an instability of the FCI phase at low temperatures. No such transition is observed in the other two samples (Al62.5CU25Fe12.5 and Al62Cu25.5Fe12.5). It is shown that intrinsic structural vacancies, possessing only Al-atom nearest neighbors, exist in both the microcrystal and FCI phases and act as saturation traps for the positrons. At similar to 200 degrees C, thermal activation of dynamic Al-atom phasons in the FCI phase results in distortions of the intrinsic structural vacancies as the nearest neighbor Al atoms begin to hop within double-well potentials. At higher temperatures (525-750 degrees C depending upon the sample stoichiometry) dynamic Cu-atom phasons are activated and observed to coincide with the onset of plasticity in the FCI phase.PT: J; CR: AUDIER M, 1986, PHILOS MAG B, V54, L105 AUDIER M, 1991, PHILOS MAG B, V63, P1375 AUDIER M, 1993, J NON-CRYST SOLIDS, V153, P591 BELIN E, 1993, J NONCRYST SOLIDS, V153, P298 BELLISSENT R, 1993, J NON-CRYST SOLIDS, V153, P1 BESSIERE M, 1991, J PHYS I, V1, P1823 BRESSON L, 1993, J NONCRYST SOLIDS, V153, P468 BURKOV SE, 1992, J PHYS-CONDENS MAT, V4, P9447 CALVAYRAC Y, 1990, J PHYS-PARIS, V51, P417 CHIDAMBARAM R, 1990, B AM PHYS SOC, V35, P331 CHIDAMBARAM R, 1990, J PHYS-CONDENS MAT, V2, P251 CHIDAMBARAM R, 1990, J PHYS-CONDENS MAT, V2, P9941 CHIDAMBARAM R, 1993, PHYS REV B, V48, P3030 CODDENS G, 1991, EUROPHYS LETT, V16, P271 CODDENS G, 1993, EUROPHYS LETT, V154, P557 CODDENS G, 1993, EUROPHYS LETT, V23, P33 CORNIERQUIQUAND.M, 1993, J NONCRYST SOLIDS, V154, P10 DENOYER F, 1990, J PHYS-PARIS, V51, P651 DENOYER F, 1993, J NON-CRYST SOLIDS, V153, P595 DIVINCENZO DP, 1993, J NONCRYST SOL, V153, P145 DUNLAP RA, 1987, J PHYS F MET PHYS, V17, L39 ELSER V, 1985, PHYS REV LETT, V55, P2883 HABERKERN R, 1993, J NON-CRYST SOLIDS, V153, P303 HAUTOJARVI P, 1977, PHILOS MAG, V35, P973 HOWELL RH, 1992, MATER SCI FORUM, V105, P651 ISHIMASA T, 1990, PHIL MAG LETT, V62, P357 JANOT C, 1991, EUROPHYS LETT, V14, P355 KAN XB, 1993, J NON-CRYST SOLIDS, V153, P33 KANAZAWA I, 1990, J NON-CRYST SOLIDS, V117, P793 KANAZAWA I, 1992, MATER SCI FORUM, V105, P1093 KANG SS, 1992, PHILOS MAG A, V66, P151 KATZ A, 1991, PHYS REV B, V44, P2071 KIRKEGAARD P, 1974, COMPUT PHYS COMMUN, V7, P401 KIZUKA T, 1989, PHYS REV B, V40, P796 KLEIN T, 1991, PHYS REV LETT, V66, P2907 KLEIN T, 1993, J NON-CRYST SOLIDS, V153, P312 KLEIN T, 1993, J NON-CRYST SOLIDS, V153, P562 KOSTER U, 1993, J NONCRYST SOLIDS, V153, P446 KRISTIAKOVA K, 1992, MATER SCI FORUM, V105, P1113 LAWTHER DW, 1990, J PHYS-CONDENS MAT, V2, P6239 LAWTHER DW, 1993, J NONCRYST SOLIDS, V154, P611 LAWTHER DW, 1993, KEY ENG MATER, V81, P95 LINDQVIST P, 1993, PHYS REV B, V48, P630 MOTSCH T, 1992, J PHYS I, V2, P861 NIEMINEN RM, 1983, POSITRON SOLID STATE, P359 OHATA T, 1990, PHYS REV B, V42, P6730 PAULING L, 1938, PHYS REV, V54, P899 PIERCE FS, 1993, PHYS REV B, V47, P5670 POON SJ, 1992, ADV PHYS, V41, P303 QUILICHINI M, 1993, J NONCRYST SOLIDS, V153, P568 QUIVY A, 1993, J NONCRYST SOLIDS, V153, P482 SADOC A, 1993, J NONCRYST SOLIDS, V153, P338 SAHNOUNE A, 1993, J NONCRYST SOLIDS, V153, P343 SANYAL MK, 1989, J PHYS-CONDENS MATT, V1, P3733 SEEGER A, 1987, PHYS STATUS SOLIDI A, V102, P171 SEEGER A, 1989, POSITRON ANNIHILATIO, P275 SHASTRI A, 1993, J NON-CRYST SOLIDS, V153, P347 SHI D, 1992, MATER SCI FORUM, V110, P829 SHIELD JE, 1992, PHYSICS CHEM FINITE, V1, P125 STEPHENS PW, 1986, PHYS REV LETT, V56, P1168 TSAI AP, 1987, J MATER SCI LETT, V6, P1403 TSAI AP, 1990, PHIL MAG LETT, V61, P9 WANG K, 1993, J NONCRYST SOLIDS, V153, P357 WASEDA A, 1993, J NON-CRYST SOLIDS, V153, P635; NR: 64; TC: 17; J9: PHYS REV B; PG: 7; GA: MW349Source type: Electronic(1
Gothic television
No full textThis thesis examines forms of Gothic fiction on television, and defines the ways in which television produces Gothic drama which is medium-specific (e.g. formally distinct from versions of the genre in other media). This work employs a textual analysis to explore Gothic television, and combines this with archival research and an examination of the changing climate of television production in a range of national and historical contexts. The thesis is organised into four case studies, each dealing with different national industries during different periods: British anthology drama of the 1960s and 70s (e.g. Mystery and Imagination (ABC/Thames, 1966-70), Ghost Story for Christmas (BBC1, 1971-78)); Danish art television in the mid-nineties (Riget (Danmarks Radio/Zentropa, 1994); British adaptations of female Gothic literature, (e.g. Rebecca (BBC2, 1979), The Wyvern Mystery (BBC1/The Television Production Company, 2000); and big-budget, effects-laden series from North America in the 1990s (e.g. American Gothic (CBS/Renaissance, 1995-96), Millennium (20th Century Fox/10:13, 1996-1999). I argue that Gothic television plays on the genre's inherent fascination with the domestic/familial, to produce television drama with an overt consciousness of the contexts in which the programmes are being viewed, a consciousness which is locatable within the text itself; as such, the thesis defines the Gothic as a genre which is well suited to presentation on television.
Furthermore, an examination is offered of the 'model' viewer as presented within the television text, enabling an understanding of the ways in which conceptions of television viewership are inscribed into television drama at the moment of production. I also interrogate the notion that television is an 'uncanny' medium by locating the precise sources of uncanniness with Gothic television, and delineate the ways in which innovations in television production have been showcased through the representation of the supernatural and the uncanny with Gothic Television
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