The illuminist discourse of the digital divide: a critic to the Post-Fordist Informatic Mundaneum from Knoxville, Tennessee

This article discusses the project of the Information Society and the discourses that undergo it, as part of a political and ideological conception universalized by those countries that created and dominate computer technology, which is in turn is aligned with the Post-Fordist industrial capitalist order and its emphasis on economic accumulation and consumerism. We explain how information technology creates routines and legitimate social orders, taking for analyzes the case of the Clinton-Gore policy in the United States, when the discourse of the computer society was associated with the development and social welfare. This association is revealed in the speech made by Clinton in the city of Knoxville in year 1996. There we see the beginnings of the concern about the Digital Divide as a new form of "social disease" that prevents the passage to a better world, focused on productivity, accumulation and consumption in information-dense societies. This generates a clash between the industrial-graph-centric world and the oral-pre-industrial communities, as a result of attempting to transplant the institutional forms of the developed West. We explain the pillars of the new computerized order, and how they replaced previous epic narratives creating techno-deterministic or techno-phobic discourses in prejudice of more critical approaches. We identify the effects such deterministic discourses that connote the association between the Information Society, welfare and development, questioning the urgency of deploying this system at global level without profound critical discussion, clear goals focused on the benefit of the human beings, and the open participation of the users of the system.

Um conceito plural: a ἄτη na tragédia grega

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Grande sertão: veredas e sua adaptação para a televisão: uma análise das estruturas temporais

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Categorias retórico-poéticas e produção de embates n'o desertor, de Manuel Inácio da Silva Alvarenga

Pós-graduação em Letras - FCLAS

A “didática” nas peças didáticas de Bertolt Brecht: ensino em cena

Pós-graduação em Educação Escolar - FCLAR

A multiprojeção de ambientes virtuais gerados por motores de jogo: o histórico e o design de uma solução genérica aplicado no motor de jogo Unity

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Futebol, poesia e drama: o espetáculo

O que seria necessário para que se pudesse dizer que uma partida de futebol semelha de alguma forma a um espetáculo teatral, poético, emocional? O artigo propõe um passeio livre pela história dos diferentes tipos de teatro e pelas mudanças sofridas ao longo dos anos. A autora lembra que existe, da metade do século passado para cá, uma nítida divisão que colocou em campos opostos o teatro dramático e o teatro épico, o drama rigoroso contra o texto quase absolutamente livre, Aristóteles contra Brecht. E volta a apresentar as razões pela qual se pode afirmar que existem certos momentos no futebol que o aproximam ainda mais do espetáculo teatral, da dança, da comédia e do drama

Electroconvulsive Therapy in Brazil After the "Psychiatric Reform" A Public Health Problem-Example From a University Service

Objectives: The Brazilian public health system does not provide electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which is limited to a few academic services. National mental health policies are against ECT. Our objectives were to analyze critically the public policies toward ECT and present the current situation using statistics from the Institute of Psychiatry of the University of Sao Paulo (IPq-HCFMUSP) and summary data from the other 13 ECT services identified in the country. Methods: Data regarding ECT treatment at the IPq-HCFMUSP were collected from January 2009 to June 2010 (demographical, number of sessions, and diagnoses). All the data were analyzed using SPSS 19, Epic Info 2000, and Excel. Results: During this period, 331 patients were treated at IPq-HCFMUSP: 221 (67%) were from Sao Paulo city, 50 (15.2%) from Sao Paulo's metropolitan area, 39 (11.8%) from Sao Paulo's countryside, and 20 (6.1%) from other states; 7352 ECT treatments were delivered-63.0% (4629) devoted entirely via the public health system (although not funded by the federal government); the main diagnoses were a mood disorder in 86.4% and schizophrenia in 7.3% of the cases. Conclusions: There is an important lack of public assistance for ECT, affecting mainly the poor and severely ill patients. The university services are overcrowded and cannot handle all the referrals. The authors press for changes in the mental health policies.

Cairasco de Figueroa, humanista

[ES]La obra de Bartolomé Cairasco de Figueroa fusiona la herencia humanista y la cultura cristiana en una nueva forma de escribir que plantea la realidad insular como escenario de la gran epopeya del martirologio cristiano. Se trata de adoptar y trasladar una tradición para ponerla al servicio de la enunciación de su realidad. La palabra se convierte así en el lugar de encuentro donde el mito se actualiza y se pone al servicio de un nuevo imaginario.

Reflexiones sobre el valor actual del gobierno de Baratiaria y la quijotización de Sancho

[ES]En este artículo exploramos el quijotismo que aflora en Sancho Panza al aceptar el trabajo como escudero bajo la promesa del gobierno de la ínsula Barataria. Esta “tierra prometida” se convierte en el objeto de deseo de este rústico campesino que desea adoptar una nueva identidad de la misma manera que su amo deviene un caballero andante bajo la influencia libresca de las caballerías. Se analiza también el valor actual del gobierno de Sancho Panza, con sus aciertos y desaciertos, sus logros y sus dificultades.[EN]In this article we explore the outcropping quixotic Sancho Panza in accepting the job as squire under the government's promise of the island of Barataria. This "promised land" becomes the object of desire of this rustic peasant who wishes to adopt a new identity in the same way that his master becomes a bookish knight under the influence of epic tale. The present value of the government of Sancho Panza, with its successes and failures, achievements and difficulties are also analyzed.

L' "opera mondo" di Paolo Volponi fra satira e morale

Nella mia tesi di dottorato mi propongo di indagare la metamorfosi del romanzo nella letteratura italiana contemporanea attraverso il lavoro di Paolo Volponi, che può essere descritto come un’«opera mondo», in accordo con la formula critica coniata da Franco Moretti. Volponi intende superare il divario fra l’io e il mondo e ricomporre il corpo come una mediazione umanistica di ragione e sensi. La sua opera può essere definita ‘epica’ perché recupera la tradizione del romanzo cavalleresco e la parodia esercitata su questa tradizione letteraria da Cervantes nel Don Chisciotte. Ma, come l’Ulysses di Joyce, è un’epica «moderna» perché fondata su una totalità disgiunta e sul conflitto dialogico, in una linea che accomuna la moltiplicazione dei punti di vista, propria del romanzo polifonico secondo Bachtin, alla pluralità di prospettive del discorso scientifico. Dopo un primo capitolo teorico, nel secondo e nel terzo capitolo della tesi i romanzi di Volponi vengono studiati in rapporto al filone dell’«epica moderna» e al genere satirico, che ha un suo modello fondativo nell’opera di Giacomo Leopardi. Il quarto capitolo si focalizza sulle ultime raccolte poetiche, che mostrano la tendenza a recuperare il linguaggio formulare e la matrice orale della poesia delle origini, servendosene per rappresentare in funzione contrappuntistica l’universo globale dell’età contemporanea.

Traduzione del primo canto dell'inferno dantesco in arabo

In this thesis, I have chosen to translate from Italian into Arabic Canto I of the Inferno, from Dante Alighieri’s epic poem the Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia) because it’s a masterpiece in both Italian and world literature. Also I have selected it for its artistic value and the universal themes that it depicts. In fact, my purpose in translating this great work into Arabic is to extol the cultural and universal aspects that can be common to human beings everywhere. My paper is written in Arabic and has six sections: A brief introduction on Dante’s life, an introduction to the Divine Comedy, a summary of Canto 1 of the Inferno and its analysis, Canto I of the Inferno in Italian, its translation into Arabic and finally a comment on the translation. The first part -a summary of Dante’s life was presented. The second part of my paper is an introduction to the Divine Comedy, the allegorical epic poem, consisting of three parts: The Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise). The third part is a summary and analysis of Canto 1 of the Inferno, Dante’s most renowned verses. The analysis of Canto highlights the everlasting conflict of man– sinning and giving in to temptation but then trying to repent and search for his soul’s salvation. He reflects on sin, existence, truth, God, love and salvation in his struggle through the dark and gloomy forest which symbolizes conflict and temptations man may succumb to. The influence of Christianity and the Middle ages here shows his commitment to religion and faith. Moreover, his meeting of Virgil, who guides him to the mountain during his journey to salvation, reflects the positive impact of Virgil’s philosophy on Dante. The fourth part presents the Italian version of Canto 1 of the Inferno. The fifth section of my paper is the translation of Canto 1 of the Inferno from Italian to Arabic. Translating an excerpt of Dante’s masterpiece was not an easy task: I had to consult several critique texts besides the Italian source text with explanations, and also some English versions to overcome any translation difficulties. As a student of translation, my goal was to be faithful in relaying to the Arabic audience the authenticity of Dante’s work, his themes, passions and aesthetic style. Finally, I present a conclusion including a comment on the translation and the bibliography of the sources I have consulted.

La metafora del viaggio in interpretazione simultanea: Analisi comparativa tra l'italiano l'inglese e lo spagnolo

La metafora del viaggio è una metafora 'pervasiva', utilizzata quotidianamente e spesso inconsapevolmente. Ma è altrettanto 'automatico' tradurre tali metafore in interpretazione simultanea? Attraverso lo studio di tale tipologia di metafore, tratte dai discorsi pronunciati durante le sessioni plenarie del Parlamento Europeo, e tratti dal corpus EPIC, e durante gli esami finali della Scuola Superiore di Lingue Letterature Traduzione e Interpretazione, se ne osserverà l'uso in italiano, in inglese e in spagnolo. Solo in seguito, sarà possibile prendere in considerazione le rese in interpretazione simultanea degli interpreti del Parlamento Europeo, i 'professionisti', e gli studenti che sostengono gli esami finali, i 'semi-professionisti'. Dalla ricerca sono emerse sostanziali differenze tra la lessicalizzazione delle metafore del viaggio in italiano, inglese e spagnolo che rendono la loro interpretazione in simultanea tutto fuorché semplice e automatica.

Paradigma Babylon: Rezeption und Visualisierung des Alten Orients im Spielfilm

Die Dissertation erschließt einen bislang unberücksichtigten Teil der Filmgeschichte: die cinematische Adaption altorientalischer Sujets in Gestalt monumentalistischer Bild-Epen. Die Arbeit ist in drei Teile gegliedert: Die erste beleuchtet die Entwicklung des westlichen Orientalismus mit Augenmerk auf den Alten Orient anhand biblischer und antiker Quellen, orientalischer Märchen, Reiseberichte, Malerei, Operngeschichte und, schlaglichtartig, weiterer kulturhistorischer Gebiete. Hinzu kommen die neuen, Fachwelt wie Öffentlichkeit überwältigenden, Erkenntnisse durch die Archäologie im 19. und frühen 20. Jh. Teil II konzentriert sich auf die Analyse von Stummfilmen, die die altorientalische Antike oder alttestamentliche Quellen mit Bezug zum Alten Orient thematisieren. Diese stammen aus Frankreich, Italien, Österreich und den USA. Dabei konnte herausgearbeitet werden, dass bis zum Jahr 1914 die französischen Produktionen dem Selbstverständnis nach eher dem Genre Historienfilm unterstanden, die italienischen wiederum dem Genre des, zunehmend spektakulärer werdenden, Antikfilms. Der von beiden Filmstandorten seinerseits zwar beeinflusste frühe amerikanische Film basiert hingegen vor allem auf dem protestantischen Bibelverständnis der eigenen Landesgeschichte und Religiosität. Ein eigenes Kapitel widmet sich Griffiths Babylon(kon-)version in INTOLERANCE aus dem Jahr 1916, bei dessen Untersuchung nicht nur die archäologischen, sondern auch sämtliche historischen wie literarischen Bezüge erstmals auf ihre Quellen zurückverfolgt wurden und bis dahin vorhandene Widersprüche somit geklärt werden konnten. Griffiths Interpretation der Quellen trug dazu bei, dass Babylon bzw. sein Mythos zum ersten und letzten Mal eine positive Konnotation erfuhr. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt bis zum Jahr 1928 liegt auf der gender-Thematik, speziell auf der femme fatale in Gestalt von historischen, legendären und fiktiven altorientalischen Frauenfiguren wie der Königin von Saba, Delilah, Judith oder Semiramis. Darüber hinaus spiegeln die Filme der 1920er Jahren auch das Bild vom Neuen Babylon. Bis zum Ende der Stummfilmzeit kann abschließend von einer direkten Traditionslinie zu den Klischees des Orientalismus sowie zum Assyrian revival des 19. Jh. gesprochen werden. Dies ändert sich im dritten Teil der Arbeit, der sich mit der zweiten Blütezeit des Monumentalfilms während der 1950er und 1960er Jahre befasst. Teil III enthält daher sämtliche, heute noch verfügbaren Tonfilme, die den Alten Orient rezipieren. Diese entstammen den Produktionsstätten Hollywood und Cinecittà. Was die US-Filme betrifft, so konnte erneut ein Fokus auf dem amerikanischen Bibelverständnis herausgearbeitet werden, diesmal jedoch speziell auf dem Antagonismus zwischen Babylon und Zion. Denn dieser diente seitens der Regisseure auch der Legitimation der zeitgenössischen Nahostpolitik aus der Geschichte heraus. Darüber hinaus spiegeln die antiken Frauenfiguren die Rolle der Frau in der amerikanischen Gesellschaft während dieser Zeit. Die italienischen Produktionen dieser Jahre hingegen zeigen, so konnte dargelegt werden, dass diese Filme die altorientalische Antike vielmehr dergestalt inszenieren, wie sie bereits seit Jahrhunderten vor allem durch die griechisch-römische Geschichtsschreibung, Literatur und Operntradition Italiens Teil einer, nicht auf Moral basierenden, landestypischen Motivgeschichte gewesen war, derer sich auch der Film lustvoll bedient. Bei allen Produktionen wurden, als spezifische Aspekte, stets alle recherchierbaren Informationen zum Film, seiner Entstehung und seiner Handlung, zu seinen Kulissen und Kostümen, zu sämtlichen Inspirationsquellen sowie zeitgenössische Kritiken berücksichtigt. Die abschließenden Bewertungen innerhalb der einzelnen Filmkapitel fließen in einem Fazit zur jeweiligen Epoche ihrer Entstehung zusammen.

Poema of Lieutenant Schmidt’s End: Pasternak’s Dialogue with Tsvetaeva through the Prism of Genre.

Boris Pasternak’s poemy are acutely self-conscious of their place in the epic tradition. Lieutenant Schmidt (LS) represents one attempt at exploring the parameters of the poema itself as the poet makes a “difficult” transition from “lyric thinking” to “the epic.” In this article I examine this transition against a contemporaneous example in the genre, Tsvetaeva’s Poema of the End (PE). In LS, structural elements of the poema are counterposed to those of PE. While PE amplifies the individual voice, LS muffles what is personal for the sake of the public voice. While PE is atemporal, LS is historical. While PE unfolds on symbolic planes, with elements of plot kept to a bare minimum (a single moment of separation), LS is a plot-driven account based on concrete, documentary material. Finally, while PE is an “overgrown lyric”—representing the “lyric thinking” that Pasternak hopes to transcend— LS is an exploration of the possibilities that a more traditional model of the poema can offer. Although in the present analysis I draw on several theories of poetic genres, this is by no means an exhaustive study of epic versus lyric forms of poetry. Instead, my analysis focuses on those structural and thematic features of the poema that the poets themselves perceived as central to their texts. Pasternak, for his part, develops the structure and thematics of his poema in ways that are inspired by PE, but also, as we will see, in more significant ways, contrast with it.