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The Negro in the novels of Rene Maran, 1940
No full textThis study of the Negro in the novels of Rene Maran, Frances most prominent contemporary Negro author, is one of several being made at Atlanta University on the Negro in French literature. This attempt to-show how a Negro, the only one ever to receive the Prix Goncourt, portrays his African brothers, is the first American study of Rene Maran's novels. It is hoped that it will be a modest contribution to an almost unexplored field in French literature and that other students of France and her culture will be inspired to make a more extensive study of Rene Maran and his works. The first chapter is devoted to the life of Rene Maran and a discussion of his style and most important works. The second chapter presents the physical characteristics of the Negro as portrayed by Rene' Maran. Emphasis is placed on physical appearance, tribal marks, dress, disease and odors which seem to be especially characteristic of the Negro. The third chapter is devoted to the social characteristics of the Negro with emphasis on home life, food, religion, feasts, and governments. The last chapter will present a summary of the findings of this study. The appendix includes short synopses of each of the novels with Negro characters, and a latter from Monsieur Maran to the writer. aIt is to be regretted that such a small amount of material has been written on Rene Maran. Because of his modesty he has written even less about himself. Biographical material consists principally of Leon Bocquet's "Preface" to le Petit Roi de Chimerie, a fairy story by Rene Maran; le Coeur serre, an autobiography written as a novel; several articles which have appeared in periodicals and the forementioned letter from Monsieur Maran. First editions of all novels, with exception of Le Livre de la brousse, were used. As the latter was unavailable, the second edition (1937) was used. Rene Maran's most important novels on Africa, Batouala, Djouma, Chien de brousse, Le Journal sans date end le Livre de la brousse have been studied. The novelettes Bokorro and Bassarragba have also been used as references but the longer novels have constituted our major interest. Le Petit Roi de Chimerie , though it contains no Negro characters, was quoted because of one excellent example of Rene Maran's style. Less stress has been placed on Le Journal sans date because only one of its characters is a Negro. The writer sincerely appreciates the kindness and help of Rene Maran, whose letter was a source of constant encouragement
Migration Étude du mouvement migratoire au Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean et son importance au fil des dernières années
No full textDans une économie où les frontières sont sans cesse refoulées par la libéralisation des échanges, le futur pas si lointain nous promettait grâce aux nouvelles technologies de l'information et de la communication, un monde basé sur le loisir plutôt que le travail. Aujourd'hui, nous devons constater que ce rêve s'est dissipé pour faire place entre autres à l'exclusion, la pauvreté et un écart sans cesse grandissant entre les pays riches et les pays pauvres. Le monde industrialisé doit affronter un autre défi qu'aucun pays n'a jamais fait face auparavant soit le vieillissement accéléré de la population. Par ailleurs, un autre obstacle de taille se dresse dans la poursuite du développement économique de certains pays dont plus près de nous, les régions périphériques ou ressources du Québec, soit celui relié à la migration d'une partie de la population et plus particulièrement les jeunes. Les manchettes des journaux commencent à soulever le voile sur une problématique dont plusieurs viennent à peine de s'éveiller. Cette courte étude veut faire le point sur le mouvement migratoire au Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean et son importance au fil des dernières années
Interview with Jean Francois Revel, author
No full textJean Francois Revel, the author of Without Marx or Jesus, has been quoted as saying, "The United States is now a microcosm for all of the problems man faces." In this interview with Meredith Watts, he discusses a new kind of revolution which could produce successful change without violent upheavalGrayscaleSoun
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Investigation of ion-dioffusion in Perovksite Solar Cells
No full textAuthor Rene Zahrhuber, BScMasterarbeit Johannes Kepler Universität Linz 2024Arbeit gesperr
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A survey of Rene Touzet's piano compositions
No full textThis essay presents a survey of published and unpublished compositions for piano written by Cuban composer Rene Touzet. The survey includes information, such as the date of the composition, publishing information, length, tempo indications, information about recordings of the piece, and any published comments. The author further provides a brief description of each composition as well as any pertinent comments. A performer's guide of Mr. Touzet's Sonata Romantica is presented at the end of the thesis. This essay also contains Rene Touzet's biography. The author has compiled most of this information from a series of interviews with Mr. Touzet conducted between the years of 2001 and 2003.</p
Sur Nationalisme et religion (1936) de Louis Lachance, o. p.
No full textAu Québec comme ailleurs, et pour diverses raisons, les rapports entre le nationalisme et la religion ne sont pas toujours allés de soi. Ici, les liens étroits entretenus pendant longtemps entre l’Église catholique et les nationalistes canadiens-français (on parle souvent de clérico-nationalisme) n’ont pas empêché que soit posée la question suivante : peut-on être à la fois nationaliste et catholique ? Certains événements comme la mise à l’Index de L’Action française de Charles Maurras en France en 1926 ainsi que la crise sentinelliste, qui a déchiré les Franco-Américains en 1928, ont eu des répercussions ici et posé ce problème avec plus d’acuité. En 1936, un jeune prêtre et philosophe dominicain canadien-français, Louis Lachance, a tenté d’y apporter une réponse dans un essai intitulé Nationalisme et religion. Pour Lachance, il n’y a de nationalisme légitime que lorsque subordonné et encadré par la religion. Cet article expose les thèses contenues dans ce livre et rappelle entre autres qu’elles ont été reçues favorablement par l’un des critiques les plus véhéments du nationalisme canadien-français de l’époque, Jean-Charles Harvey.For a variety of reasons, and despite the close ties which have historically linked the Roman Catholic Church to Quebec's nationalist movement (many authors even speak of "clerical nationalism" to describe traditional French Canadian nationalism), the relationship between the two groups has at times been strained. These tensions were not unique to French Canada. Indeed, in the wake of certain events, most notably New England's notorious Sentinelle Affair and Pope Pius XI's 1926 condemnation of French monarchist Charles Maurras' Action française—both of which shook French Canadian nationalism to the core—, Catholic thinkers the world over pondered the following question: Could one be at once a nationalist and a Roman Catholic? In 1936 a young French Canadian priest and Dominican philosopher, Louis Lachance, sought to answer this fundamental question in an essay titled Nationalisme et religion. He believed that nationalism could only be legitimate when it was framed by and subordinated to religion. This article explores the ideas contained in this key text. It also examines the favourable reception that Jean-Charles Harvey, one of French Canadian nationalism's most vehement and persistent critics, gave to Nationalisme et religion
Housing Affordability and Safe Supply — with Jean Swanson
No full textJean Swanson has been a city councillor in Vancouver since 2018, when she was elected through COPE (The Coalition of Progressive Electors).Jean is an anti-poverty activist who has been working with Downtown Eastside organizations for almost 50 years, and was awarded the Order of Canada in 2017. She is the author of the book, Poor Bashing: The Politics of Exclusion. Jean recently announced her intention to run for re-election in 2022. Resources: Housing For All Of Us: https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-making-home-kennedy-stewart-revisedCarnegie Action Projects: http://www.carnegieaction.org/reports/Residential Tenancy Act: https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/lc/statreg/02078_01Vacancy Control: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-needs-vacancy-control-tenants-group-says-following-alarming-evictions-study-1.5588483CMHC: Rental Market Report: https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/professionals/housing-markets-data-and-research/market-reports/rental-market-reports-major-centresRenter Services Centre: https://vancouver.ca/people-programs/renter-office.aspxIan Mulgrew: B.C.\u27s chief coroner laments lack of action as opioid crisis hits worst death toll yet: https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/change-bonnie-henry-to-b-c-s-chief-coronerVancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU): https://vandureplace.wordpress.com/Drug Users Liberation Front (DULF): https://www.dulf.ca/Fair Price Pharma: http://fairpricepharma.ca/Insite: https://www.phs.ca/program/insite
L'Eristique: Définitions, caractérisations, historicité
No full textL’éristique demeure un sujet de controverse. Dès l’Antiquité, les experts ne s’entendaient pas sur son statut épistémologique. Est-elle une forme de sophistique, comme le suggère Platon, ou une propédeutique à la philosophie, comme le laisse entendre Isocrate ?En quoi se distingue-t-elle de la dialectique, plus précisément de l’antilogique éléatique ?Ses origines sont également un sujet de discorde. Protagoras apparaît comme son inventeur le plus probable ;pourtant, on ne retrouve aucune occurrence du terme dans les textes antérieurs au IVe siècle avant notre ère. Qu’est-ce que l’éristique ?En quoi consiste-t-elle et quels éléments ont contribué à son développement ?Telles sont quelques-unes des questions auxquelles les contributeurs du présent volume ont cherché à répondre, offrant ainsi la première étude systématique de ce mouvement philosophique encore mal connu.Contributions :Aldo Brancacci, Paolo Crivelli, Louis-André Dorion, Dimitri El Murr, Paolo Fait, Marc-Antoine Gavray, Jean-Baptiste Gourinat, Geneviève Lachance, Juliette Lemaire, Francesca Pentassuglio, Nicolas Zaksinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe
Euro area governance: What went wrong in the euro area? How to repair it? Bruegel Policy Contribution 2010/05, June 2010
No full textBruegel Director Jean Pisani-Ferry focuses on the institutional response to the euro area crisis with the Van Rompuy Task Force being set up to reform economic governance. The task force is due to present its progress report shortly and the author examines two basic questions in this context– what went wrong in the euro area (and the lessons learnt from this) and consequently what are the three choices for reforming governance. He explains why implementation of existing rules need to be strengthened and why the Van Rompuy Task Force should revisit the fundamental principles on which the EMU is founded and resist the temptation to solely address divergences
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