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Poetry reading and discussion: poetry and place
No full textThis is the archive of a poetry reading and discussion given by Tomaz Salamun, considered Slovenia's greatest living poet and one of the foremost figures of the Eastern European poetical avant-garde, Tomaz Salamun is revered by many American poets for his unique surrealistic style. His most recent collection in English is The Book for My Brother (Harcourt, 2006, translated by Christopher Merrill and others). Moderator: David Rivard, Poetry Editor at the Harvard Review; author of Bewitched Playground (2000), Wise Poison (1996), and Torque (1987). This discussion originally aired on WBUR's World of Ideas. Watch the video on BUniverse at http://www.bu.edu/buniverse/view/?v=2JrIFv9H.Center for International Relations (Boston University); AGNI (literary journal); Boston University Poetry Series; American Literary Translators Association (ALTA); Zephyr Press; European Commission Delegation (Washington, DC); Boston University Humanities Foundatio
A sátira nos contos de Tomaz de Figueiredo
No full textMestrado em Estudos PortuguesesTomaz de Figueiredo é autor de romances, poesia, teatro e contos. A sua
escrita, essencialmente ambivalente, é atravessada pelas isotopias do
amor e da raiva. Amor pela família, a de sangue e a de coração, esta
constituída pelos plebeus, mas nobres de carácter. Raiva pelos que
personificam a ambiguidade hipócrita e a vileza humana.
O trajecto vivencial do autor surge ficcionalmente transfigurado na voz dos
narradores e das personagens que, nos contos, funcionam como seus
duplos diegéticos, denunciando a dor e a solidão e justificando o seu
dissídio com o mundo que não lhe permitiu o reencontro com o seu Bem
perdido.
Autocaracterizando-se como «um cavador de letras», deplora a escrita
vazia e balofa. A observação da realidade inscrita na memória e iluminada
imaginativamente é o pilar que sustenta a sua arte de contar.
A sátira nos contos de Tomaz de Figueiredo cumpre a sua função
moralizadora, mas é também, o elemento preferencial através do qual o
autor veicula a sua revolta, oscilando entre os registos limítrofes da
invectiva, da ironia, do humor, do sarcasmo e do grotesco.
ABSTRACT: Tomaz de Figueiredo is a novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer.
His essentially ambivalent fiction is dominated by the key-themes of love
and wrath. Love is expressed towards his family, including both blood and
affection ties. Wrath, on the other hand, is directed at those who personify
hypocritical ambiguity and human villainy in general.
The author’s biography is fictionally transfigured and he uses his narrators
as mouthpieces, making them voice his own pain and solitude, as well as
his never-ending conflict with a world that has prevented him from
regaining his lost paradise.
By portraying himself as a ploughman of words, the author deplores empty
and trivial writing. Acute observation of reality, enlightened by memory and
imagination, is the basis underlying his literary art.
In Tomaz de Figueiredo’s short stories, satire fulfils a moralizing function
but has also been elected as the crucial strategy the author resorts to in
order to convey his revolt, thus encompassing the complementary tones of
irony, humour, sarcasm and grotesque
Absurdo e sátira o teatro de Tomaz de Figueiredo: crítica e desilusão
No full textInternational audiencePoet and short story writer, author of a «heroic chronicle», as well as of a «dictionary of spoken language», Tomaz de Figueiredo (1902-1970) is more (re)known as a novelist, especially for his first book, A Toca do Lobo (1947). But he is also the author of dramatic texts which occupy a rather limited space within his complete work but which are entitled to claim a special place in the history of Portuguese theater. Tomaz de Figueiredo belongs to a long tradition of writers, poets and satirical playwrights. To illustrate the various literary devices used, we will pay particular attention to a typical character, a recurrent figure of his theater: the «Figurão» or «Importante». We will then question the role of the absurd. If satire and absurd form an implacable duo to settle some family accounts and make a mockery of the triumphant salazarist ideology (which advocates absolute and hypocrite respect for order and authority), their coexistence is also a sign of a more distant and disillusioned relationship with the world.Poète, contiste et nouvelliste, auteur d’une « chronique héroïque », ainsi que d’un « dictionnaire de la langue parlée », Tomaz de Figueiredo (1902-1970) est surtout (re)connu comme romancier, particulièrement pour son premier livre, A Toca do Lobo (1947). Mais il est également l’auteur de textes dramatiques qui, certes, occupent un espace plutôt réduit au sein de son œuvre complète, mais qui sont en droit de réclamer une place particulière dans l’histoire du théâtre portugais. Tomaz de Figueiredo s’inscrit dans une longue tradition d’écrivains, de poètes et de dramaturges satiriques. Pour illustrer les différents procédés utilisés, on s’intéressera en particulier à un personnage-type, figure récurrente de son théâtre : le « Figurão » ou « Importante ». On interrogera ensuite le rôle de l’absurde dans cette entreprise dénonciatrice. Car, si satire et absurde forment un duo implacable pour régler quelques comptes familiaux et tourner en ridicule l’idéologie salazariste triomphante (qui prône le respect absolu – et hypocrite – de l’ordre et de l’autorité), leur coexistence est également le signe d’un rapport plus distancié et plus désabusé au monde
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No full textPneumothoraces on Computed Tomography Scan: Observation using the 35 Millimeter Rule is Safe
No full textABSTRACT Introduction The management of a pneumothorax (PTX) either by observation or with a tube thoracostomy (TT) has long been dictated by practitioner discretion rather than objective criteria. Many physicians elect to routinely place a TT for traumatic PTX, particularly when patients undergo positive pressure ventilation (PPV). Placement of unnecessary TT exposes patients to avoidable morbidity and may prolong hospitalization. Based on prior work establishing a cutoff, we hypothesized that all PTXs ≤35 mm in patients who have no physiologic derangement may be safely observed without TT regardless of the need for PPV. Materials and methods Retrospective review of all patients diagnosed with a PTX between 1/2009 and 2/2013. All PTXs visible on chest computed tomography (CT) were identified. Any patient with an associated significant hemothorax or those patients who were moribund were excluded. All PTXs were measured by measuring the perpendicular distance of the largest air pocket between the chest wall and the mediastinal or pulmonary structure. Management of the PTX was categorized as observation or TT. Observed PTXs were labeled as success or failure with failure defined as enlargement of the PTX or physiologic deterioration, requiring a TT. Results Out of 165 PTXs, 17 (10.3%) measured >35 mm, whereas 148 (89.7%) measured ≤35 mm. Of the 17 > 35 mm, 15 (88.2%) received immediate TT. Of the two PTXs >35 mm which were observed, one received a delayed TT for a pleural effusion (6 days after PTX diagnosis) and one (5.9 %) was safely observed. Of the 148 PTXs which measured ≤35 mm, 10 (6.8%) received immediate TT. Of the 138 remaining PTXs, 129 (93.5%) were safely managed without TT. Six (4.3%) of the PTXs initially observed eventually required TT placement for enlargement of the PTX. Only one of those six had manifested ongoing desaturations prior to TT. The remaining three cases received TT for reasons unrelated to the PTX. Of the 27 PPV cases in the ≤35 mm cohort, none contributed to the six failures. A cutoff measurement of 35 mm demonstrated a negative predictive value (NPV) of 95.7% in its ability to predict successful observation of the PTX with an area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of 0.90. Conclusion All PTXs measuring ≤35 mm perpendicular to the chest wall without physiologic derangement may be safely observed independent of the need for mechanical ventilation. How to cite this article Cropano C, Mesar T, Turay D, King D, Yeh D, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, de Moya MA. Pneumothoraces on Computed Tomography Scan: Observation using the 35 Millimeter Rule is Safe. Panam J Trauma Crit Care Emerg Surg 2015;4(2):48-53
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