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Fantasising the self: a study of Alasdair Gray's 'Lanark', '1982 Janine', 'Something Leather' and 'Poor Things'
No full textThis thesis explores the use of fantasy in Alasdair Gray's major fictions: Lanark
(1981), 1982 Janine (1984), Something Leather (1990) and Poor Things (1992).
The main purpose is to study the way Alasdair Gray borrows elements from
different forms of fantasy - magical realism, pornography, the Gothic and science
fiction - in order to explore and resolve the internal conflicts of his characters.
In the introduction current definitions of fantasy are surveyed. Also explored is
the concept of magical realism, as one of the objectives of the thesis is to
demonstrate that some of Gray's work, particularly Lanark, presents some of the
characteristics of this branch of Postmodernism.
The first chapter concerns Lanark. The juxtaposition of fantasy and
realism is explored in order to show the fragmentation of the self represented by
the figure of Thaw/Lanark. Also paradoxes and contradictions at the heart of this
work are investigated from the point of view of form and content. Of particular
importance is the conflict between the individual and society.
In the chapter dealing with 1982 Janine, the concept of deidealisation is
introduced to show how Jock deals with the figures in his past, Scotland and
himself Jock's personal conflicts and damaged psyche are explored through his
pornographic fantasies.
In chapter III Something Leather is compared to works by Sade,
particularly their use of sadomasochistic and homosexual fantasies as a form of
social subversion.
Chapter IV discusses Poor Things from the point of view of how characteristics
typical of the Gothic novel are parodied to explore gender issues such as the
construction of female identity by a male Other. Parallelisms between this novel
and Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children and John Fowles' A Maggot are also
explored.
In the conclusion the main concerns and obsessions of Gray's fiction are explored
through a discussion of his shorter fiction
Inhabit Janine Antoni jako metafora kobiecej twórczości
No full textJanine Antoni’s Inhabit as a metaphor of feminine creativity
The article aims to present the figure of contemporary artist Janine Antoni by discussing her most important performances. The author of the article pays particular attention to Antoni’s work Inhabit, which she interprets and analyzes in the spirit of arachnology. This strategy intends to present Inhabit as a kind of metaphor of feminine creativity
‘Inhabit’ of Janine Antoni as a metaphor of female creation
No full text‘Inhabit’ of Janine Antoni as a metaphor of female creationThe article aims to present the figure of contemporary artist Janine Antoni by discussing her most important performances. The author of the article pays particular attention to Antoni’s work Inhabit, which she interprets and analyzes in the spirit of arachnology. This strategy intends to present Inhabit as a kind of metaphor of feminine creativity. ‘Inhabit’ of Janine Antoni as a metaphor of female creationThe article aims to present the figure of contemporary artist Janine Antoni by discussing her most important performances. The author of the article pays particular attention to Antoni’s work Inhabit, which she interprets and analyzes in the spirit of arachnology. This strategy intends to present Inhabit as a kind of metaphor of feminine creativity
La vie sexuelle en France
No full textQue se passe-t-il dans le lit des Français ? C’est pour coller au plus près de la réalité que la sociologue Janine Mossuz-Lavau a enquêté sur le terrain pendant un an. Au cours de longues heures d’entretien, elle a recueilli les témoignages de femmes et d’hommes, jeunes et moins jeunes, de tous les milieux et de toutes les orientations sexuelles. Enfance, première fois, sites de rencontres, sodomie, polygamie compensatoire : tous se sont racontés, confiés. Donnant ainsi à voir ce qu’habituellement on ne voit pas, rendant audibles les paroles murmurées sur l’oreiller (ou ailleurs). Les tabous ont disparu. Sauf un : ces couples qui ne font plus l’amour.À travers ces expériences de vie, Janine Mossuz-Lavau démonte les idées reçues et nous livre une enquête inédite sur la sexualité et l’amour en France. [Résumé éditeur
De la femme trahie à La Femme adultère : Medée et Janine ou la sensualité perdue et retrouvée
No full textCette étude vise à présenter l’enjeu de la sensualité dans La Femme adultère de Camus et Médée d’Euripide. Mal aimées, étrangères et exilées d’elles-mêmes, les deux femmes s’aperçoivent de l’inaccessibilité de leur royaume, issu d’une sensualité trahie et inachevée. Si Janine ne voit pas sa place dans la vie conjugale, Médée la voit détruite et perdue à jamais. Passive, Janine est en attente sensuelle tandis que Médée – passionnée et active – vit en conséquence de la sensualité perdue. Dans la nouvelle, on distingue l’éveil progressif de la conscience : Janine passe de l’accalmie à l’extase. L’union nocturne se présente comme acte charnel, mais aussi comme expérience métaphysique qui, ensuite, figure comme véritable révélation. Partie d’une conscience lucide, Médée se venge d’être expulsée de la vie conjugale alors que Janine y retourne : elle porte la « pierre » de son destin et la sorcière l’utilise pour exorciser son chagrin. Même si les deux écrits tournent autour de l’action féminine, la présence-absence masculine y est omniprésente. En réalité, c’est par rapport aux hommes que la sensualité de deux femmes se définit, se trahit et s’accomplit enfin.This study aims to highlight the issue of sensuality in Albert Camus’ short story The Adulterous Woman and Euripides’ tragedy Medea. Unloved, strangers and exiled from themselves, the two women realize that their kingdom is inaccessible due to a betrayed and incomplete sensuality. Janine cannot find a real place in her marital life, while Medea suffers because of a destroyed marriage. Waiting for sensuality, Janine is rather passive in contrast to Medea : dynamic and passionate, she lives with the consequence of lost sensuality. In the short story, the gradual arousal of consciousness is obvious : Janine goes from calm to ecstasy. The overnight fusion is presented not only as a real copulation but as a metaphysical experience as well, which appears as revelation later on. Under the light of clear consciousness, Medea takes revenge for being expelled from her marriage, while Janine returns there : she bears the "rock" of her destiny, while Medea is using to exorcise her grief. Although both writings narrate the female action, the male presence-absence is everywhere. Indeed, both women’s sensuality is defined, betrayed and finally accomplished in relation to men
Book Review: Surprised to be Standing: A Spiritual Journey
No full textTitle: Surprised to be Standing: A Spiritual Journey
Author: Steven E. Brown
Reviewer: Janine Bertram Kemp
Publisher: Honolulu, HI: Healing Light, 2011
Paper: ISBN: 13: 978-1456521691
Cost: $19.95, 218 page
Provision of secondary prevention medication information to stroke patients with aphasia: an audit proposal
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Cooperate to validate. OBSERVAL-NET experts\u27 reports on Validation of Non-formal and Informal Learning (VNIL) 2013
No full textThe present publication is one of the outcomes of the OBSERVAL-NET project (follow-up of the OBSERVAL project). The main aim of OBSERVAL-NET was to set up a stakeholder-centric network of organisations supporting the validation of non-formal and informal learning in Europe based on the formation of national working groups in the 8 participating countries of the project. Each national working group worked towards bringing together key stakeholders in VNIL and political decision-makers at national level in order to coordinate policy implementation in the field. These national networks were supplemented by a cross-national level of networking, which focused on the following three thematic areas outlined in this publication: The bottom-up process: completely fixed yet. This is even more noticeable in the field of recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learning. Over many years, different terms have been used such as “Recognition of prior learning” (RPL), “Accreditation of prior learning” (APL) and “Validation of prior learning” (VPL). Sometimes, one might also see “Recognition of prior learning outcomes” (RPLO). Recognition, Accreditation and Validation cover distinct stages in the field. For example, recognition does not mean certification, while validation usually does. “Prior learning” has now been replaced by “Informal / non-formal learning” and the term used within the OBSERVAL-NET project is “Validation”. Thus, the term used for this report is “Validation of Non-formal and Informal Learning”, hereafter VNIL. (Author
Stroke prevention medication information provision for individuals with aphasia: clinical audit results
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Self-harm and the harm of others in adolescents
No full textMaintaining a simultaneous sense of oneself as a victim and perpetrator is not a straightforward task for the patient or for the professionals working with them. In this chapter, the author compares his work with an adolescent boy who repeatedly raped his sister and an adolescent girl who made a serious suicide attempt and who was seen as a vulnerable victim. In psychoanalytic terms, the word ‘perversion’ is used descriptively to refer to erotic activity that does not have as its aim genital sexuality. The author uses two clinical examples, Pietr and Zoe, as illustrations. Pietr’s psychotherapy was, in its early stages, characterized by material in which he was a victim of a situation in which he felt he had been misunderstood and unappreciated. Zoe’s suicide attempt, a major drug overdose, took place at the seaside town where her family owned a holiday home
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