81 research outputs found
Aspects of power and history in the dictator novels by Alejo Carpentier, Augusto Roa Bastos and Gabriel García Márquez
No full textThe thesis constitutes a study of aspects of power and
history in the novels Yo el Supremo by Augusto Roa Bastos, El Recurso del
Metodo by Alejo Carpentier and El Otono del Patriarca by Gabriel Garcia
Marquez. The first part (chapters 1 and 2) presents an analysis of how the
idea of power appears in the narrative, by comparing the three works. The
second part (chapters 3, 4 and 5) examines the notion of history in the
novels, yet each chapter deals mainly with one of the books mentioned. Chapter 1 investigates the relation between the structure of
power and patterns of dependency experienced by the countries described in
the novels. It gives evidence of contrasts in the dictators' actions. While
the Primer Magistrado and the Patriarca merely want to retain their personal
power, even if this results in the growing dependency of their nations on
foreign powers, El Supremo uses his power precisely to avoid the economic
subordination of Paraguay, whose sovereignty suffered continuous menace. Chapter 2 examines three aspects of power. The first is a
study of the dictators' solitude and shows that it represents the immediate
consequence of despotism, being the price of power. The second is about the
role of the double, revealing that he serves to intensify the accumulation
of power. And the third aspect is the analysis of how the dictators maintain
their power through persistent violence. Chapter 3 analyses Carpentier's use of history in his works,
particularly in El Recurso del Metodo. His worldview is revealed in the
development of his works through failed revolutions. However, this fact does
not indicate pessimism, as hope of effective change appears through the
character of the Student. The other section compares the transformations
occurring in the historical epoch and their fictional correlation. Yet, the
author presents history in a literary way through the use of humour.
Chapter 4 discusses history in El Otono del Patriarca. The
study focuses upon the lack of historical consciousness in Garcia Márquez’s
characters, and also in some of Carpentier's. In both is established the
failure to understand history as a process, due especially to the repression
of past memories and the false perspective of circular time. The chapter
stresses, however, that this is the characters' view, not the authors'. Chapter 5 studies Yo el Supremo in a historical perspective.
The novel is a counter-history of Paraguay showing that the official version of history is frequently warped by ideology. Thus, the chapter compares Roa Bastos's view on EI Supremo to the historians'. It also shows the relation between past, present and future which establishes the series of "necessary anachronisms" (according to Hegel) characterizing the narrative, and revealing the author's dialectical world vision
From Pinochet to Boric: Chile’s Neoliberal Paradox and Its Unraveling
No full textT he Chile Project investigates what the author describes as “Chile’s paradox”: the nation’s intricate relationship with the neoliberal economic and political framework. The study begins by tracing the adoption of neoliberal policies during Augusto Pinochet’s regime and their subsequent evolution under democratic administrations, culminating in the 2019 insurrection and the 2021 election of President Gabriel Boric, committed to dismantling those neoliberal policies, as these events reflect widespread dissatisfaction with the neoliberal model
A disputa em torno da memória da morte do Imperador Romano Juliano Augusto, dito "O Apóstata", expressa nos séculos IV e V D.C.
No full textEste trabalho se chama A disputa em torno da memória da morte do imperador romano Juliano Augusto, dito “o Apóstata”, expressa nos séculos IV e V d.C. Tem como objetivo visualizar as maneiras com que diversos autores trataram deste tema. Um tema polêmico, visto que Juliano foi o último soberano pagão do Império Romano, sendo, por conseguinte, ponto nodal de disputas ideológicas e de apropriações diversas. Para atingir tal objetivo, analisa-se individualmente cada autor, bem como sua obra.This work is titled The dispute on the memory of the death of the Roman Emperor Julian Augustus, the so-called “Apostate”, as it was expressed during the 4th and 5th centuries AD. It has, as a goal, to study the ways with which many diverse authors treated this topic. A polemical one, since Julian was the last pagan sovereign of the Roman Empire, being, as a result, the nodal point of ideological disputes and diverse appropriations. To achieve this goal, each author, as well as their work, is individually studied
O Livro do Riso e do Esquecimento do autor Milan Kundera
No full textEsta dissertação faz uma análise de como o autor Milan Kundera construiu a personagem Tamina, protagonista do seu romance O Livro do Riso e do Esquecimento, de maneira que fosse apresentada como uma representação do exílio, sendo reflexo de diversas referências ao tema ao longo da obra. O trabalho busca explicar como o romance escrito em sete partes, aparentemente desconexas, consegue manter uma coesão ao colocar a personagem Tamina em posição central, fazendo com que os demais núcleos da narrativa sejam voltados para ela. Desta forma, o trabalho oferece uma perspectiva de análise da protagonista que incorpora o momento histórico da narrativa, assim como a questão política da época em torno da antiga Tchecoslováquia.This dissertation analyzes the way which the author Milan Kundera created the character named Tamina, who is the protagonist in his novel The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, presented as an exile representation, therefore, as a source of several references to this theme throughout the book. This paper explains how this novel, which was written in seven apparently disconnected parts, manages to remain cohesive by placing the character Tamina in a central position, leading the other narrative nuclei to connect to her. Thus, this paper offers an analysis perspective of the protagonist, who incorporates the historical moment of the narrative as well as the existing political issue around the former Czechoslovakia in that period
Enquanto isso no Sudão
No full textO objetivo desse trabalho é traçar a trajetória de vida de Kueth Duany, de como a guerra o expulsou de sua casa no sul do Sudão ainda garoto, de como cresceu como exilado em um bolsão multiétnico nos Estados Unidos, de como se tornou ídolo do basquete e do que pensa sobre o futuro da recém-fundada República do Sudão do Sul. Para tanto, o autor buscou contar, entremeado à experiência de Kueth como exilado, um pouco sobre os acontecimentos políticos que provocaram a guerra que o separou do seu lar no Sudão, fazendo reflexões acerca de temas como guerra, imperialismo, exílio e identidade.This work attempts to tell the life story of southern-sudanese native Kueth Duany, of how the war expelled him from home when he was still a child, of how he grew up as a refugee in a multi-ethnic building in the United States, of how he became a basketball star and of what he thinks of the future of the recently-founded Republic of South Sudan. To do so, the author sought to tell, interweaved with Kueth’s experience as a refugee in the USA, a little bit about the political events that caused the war that separated him from his home in Sudan. To better comprehend Kueth’s experience and that of his people, the author also sought to reflect on subjects such as war, imperialism, exile and identity
Romania's evolving legal framework for private sector development
No full textAs the economies of Central and Eastern Europe move from central planning and state ownership to market-driven development of private sector activity, they are undertaking comprehensive change in the"rules of the game", the legal framework for economic activity. The authors analyze the evolving legal framework for private sector development in Romania. The government has worked intensively in the last two years to create a legal framework for a market economy. It has adopted not only a new constitution but also extensive new legislation covering real and intellectual property, companies, and foreign investment. It has revived the pre-war civil code as a basis for contract law, and is moving to modernize its bankruptcy code. The only area surveyed in which little legal reform has occurred is antimonopoly law. Challenges remain in both law and practice. The broad principles of private ownership, free market exchange, and equal treatment of public and private firms are well recognized and have been largely achieved. But a tendency towards centralized, bureaucratic control remains in excessive requirements for approval and uneconomic limits on certain activities. Moreover, implementation will take a long time because there is little or no institutional framework for enforcement and dispute resolution. Developing a body of regulation and case practice will take time.Environmental Economics&Policies,National Governance,Legal Products,Banks&Banking Reform,Real&Intellectual Property Law
Lincoln Silva, iconoclasta
No full textLincoln Silva, iconoclastLincoln Silva is one of the Paraguayan writers outshone by Augusto Roa Bastos and Gabriel Casaccia. Being an author of two novels, Rebelión después and General, general, he displays his belonging to Rafael Barrett’s “journalism of accusation,” originated at the beginning of the 20th century. In general, Silva can be considered an anarchist who does not agree with Alfredo Stroessner’s dictatorial system and criticizes the institution of the Church and its language. The proletarian revolution and politics itself become another subject of his criticism. Silva opposes the dictator but does not consider satisfactory the possible governance of the opposition. He ridicules the topics of the Paraguayan culture without offering concrete solutions. He refuses the concepts but does not intend to be constructive. Just as Cassacia’s protagonists, all the characters created by Silva are pulled into ethically ambiguous situations and they can be possibly interpreted as “esperpentic.”Lincoln Silva, iconoclastLincoln Silva is one of the Paraguayan writers outshone by Augusto Roa Bastos and Gabriel Casaccia. Being an author of two novels, Rebelión después and General, general, he displays his belonging to Rafael Barrett’s “journalism of accusation,” originated at the beginning of the 20th century. In general, Silva can be considered an anarchist who does not agree with Alfredo Stroessner’s dictatorial system and criticizes the institution of the Church and its language. The proletarian revolution and politics itself become another subject of his criticism. Silva opposes the dictator but does not consider satisfactory the possible governance of the opposition. He ridicules the topics of the Paraguayan culture without offering concrete solutions. He refuses the concepts but does not intend to be constructive. Just as Cassacia’s protagonists, all the characters created by Silva are pulled into ethically ambiguous situations and they can be possibly interpreted as “esperpentic.&rdquo
Intertextualidade Bíblica em Trilhos de Um Peregrino, de Carlos Cabombo, O Outro Livro de Job, de Miguel Torga, e Os Poemas Possíveis, de José Saramago
No full textO presente trabalho visa explorar o substrato bíblico nas obras Trilhos de um
Peregrino, de Carlos Cabombo, O Outro Livro de Job, de Miguel Torga, e Os Poemas Possíveis,
de José Saramago, que se enquadram no âmbito das relações intertextuais.
A motivação para a realização deste estudo assenta no fato de se tratar de autores
com nacionalidades, períodos e estilos diferentes, mas que têm a Bíblia como matriz. O
processo intertextual dá-se quando um determinado autor retoma parte do texto de alguém.
Este processo não se dá apenas através de textos literários (endoliterário), mas também se
desdobra nas artes plásticas, na música, na escultura (exoliterário) ou é ainda um pouco mais
complexo: no caso de um quadro dialogar com um determinado texto que a princípio não
pertence à mesma cultura.
No caso das intertextualidades endoliterárias, os casos mais comuns de retomada ou
oposição dão-se com maior frequência através das alusões, paráfrases, citações e paródias.
Para que se possa determinar o grau das ligações, tem de se ter em conta o número de
referências em que o novo texto alude ao anterior, o que permitirá definir se a relação é
explícita ou implícita.The present paper aims to explore the biblical substrate in the books Trilhos de um
Peregrino, from Carlos Cabombo, O Outro Livro de Job, from Miguel Torga, and Os Poemas
Possíveis, from José Saramago, which fall within the scope of intertextual relations.
The motivation to produce this study lies in the fact that these authors are all from
different nacionalities, periods and styles, but have the Bible as matrix. The intertextual
process happens when a certain author takes up part of someone’s text. This process doesn’t
only arise through literary texts (endoliterary), but also unfolds in plastic arts, music,
sculpture (exoliterary) or is even more complex: if a painting is linked to a certain text which
at first don’t belong in the same culture.
In the case of endoliterary intertextuality, the most common cases of revival or
opposition appear more frequently through allusions, paraphrases, quotations and parodies.
In order to determine the degree of connection, we have to take into account the number or
references with which the new text allude to the previous one, which will allow to identify if
the connexion is explicit or implicit
El destino epistolar de García Márquez
No full textThrough access to the Gabriel García Márquez correspondence between 1961 and 1971, it is now possible an understanding of what the author named the destiny of his “epistolary literature”: that of the demythologization of his work and his lifetime. Far from being dissappointing, the end result is an adjacent version of myths and stories told over the decades, a version in the double genre of testimony and nonfiction. Three myths are intended to be dispelled: that of the pauperized writer, One Hundred Years of Solitude as a spontaneous generation work and the self-proclaimed anti-intelectualism of the author.Mediante el acceso al epistolario de Gabriel García Márquez entre 1961 y 1971, es posible ahora entender en qué consiste lo que aquel llamó el destino de su “literatura epistolar”: una desmitologización tanto de su obra como de su biografía. Lejos de ser decepcionante, el resultado es una versión en el género doble del testimonio y la “no ficción”, complementaria de historias y mitos en circulación permanente. Se abordan tres mitos y su posible desmitificación: el del escritor pauperizado, el de Cien años de soledad como generación espontánea y el del autoproclamado antiintelectualismo del autor
The NIST compilation of ionization potentials revisited (I): From He-like to Xe-like ions
No full textThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) database on ionization potentials for neutral atoms and ions is examined. For each isoelectronic sequence, we construct a regularized perturbative series based on the large-Z and Zâ Nâ 1 behaviors. Comparison of the NIST data with this series allows the identification of problematic values in the reported data.The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author
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