O duplo na perspectiva da literatura fantástica nos contos de Cristina Fernández Cubas

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Macário e La cruz del diablo: a caracterização da figura do diabo na literatura fantástica

Pós-graduação em Letras - IBILCE

Las cosas por su nombre : Notas sobre la palabra en algunas novelas fantásticas

En este trabajo se plantean algunas aproximaciones a la cuestión del uso del lenguaje y sus representaciones dentro del fantasy, profundizando una investigación anterior sobre el tema (Gagliardi, 2011). En la literatura fantástica se le asigna frecuentemente a la palabra un valor mágico y performativo, en especial dentro de los relatos de la denominada "fantasía heroica". Nuestra hipótesis es que existen al menos dos representaciones diferentes sobre el rol de la palabra en estas ficciones: unas que siguen la tradición de Cratilo ("El que conoce los nombres conoce también las cosas") y otra más reciente que se cuestiona la relación unívoca entre palabra y referente, al mismo tiempo que problematiza cuestiones como la identidad. De este modo, la palabra, su valor y posibilidades dentro de las obras literarias que proponemos explorar participa de la construcción del universo ficcional, su cosmovisión y verosímil. La selección de obras literarias para esta presentación tiene como fin mostrar algunos casos representativos que puedan extenderse luego a un corpus más amplio dado que esta comunicación plantea un estado de la cuestión. Tomaremos las novelas Un mago de Terramar (Le Guin); Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal (Rowling); El nombre del viento (Rothfuss) y El dador de recuerdos (Lowry). De todas ellas analizaremos fragmentos en los cuales aparezcan las representaciones sobre el lenguaje y propondremos una clasificación tentativa al respecto

Las cosas por su nombre : Notas sobre la palabra en algunas novelas fantásticas

En este trabajo se plantean algunas aproximaciones a la cuestión del uso del lenguaje y sus representaciones dentro del fantasy, profundizando una investigación anterior sobre el tema (Gagliardi, 2011). En la literatura fantástica se le asigna frecuentemente a la palabra un valor mágico y performativo, en especial dentro de los relatos de la denominada "fantasía heroica". Nuestra hipótesis es que existen al menos dos representaciones diferentes sobre el rol de la palabra en estas ficciones: unas que siguen la tradición de Cratilo ("El que conoce los nombres conoce también las cosas") y otra más reciente que se cuestiona la relación unívoca entre palabra y referente, al mismo tiempo que problematiza cuestiones como la identidad. De este modo, la palabra, su valor y posibilidades dentro de las obras literarias que proponemos explorar participa de la construcción del universo ficcional, su cosmovisión y verosímil. La selección de obras literarias para esta presentación tiene como fin mostrar algunos casos representativos que puedan extenderse luego a un corpus más amplio dado que esta comunicación plantea un estado de la cuestión. Tomaremos las novelas Un mago de Terramar (Le Guin); Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal (Rowling); El nombre del viento (Rothfuss) y El dador de recuerdos (Lowry). De todas ellas analizaremos fragmentos en los cuales aparezcan las representaciones sobre el lenguaje y propondremos una clasificación tentativa al respecto

Las cosas por su nombre : Notas sobre la palabra en algunas novelas fantásticas

En este trabajo se plantean algunas aproximaciones a la cuestión del uso del lenguaje y sus representaciones dentro del fantasy, profundizando una investigación anterior sobre el tema (Gagliardi, 2011). En la literatura fantástica se le asigna frecuentemente a la palabra un valor mágico y performativo, en especial dentro de los relatos de la denominada "fantasía heroica". Nuestra hipótesis es que existen al menos dos representaciones diferentes sobre el rol de la palabra en estas ficciones: unas que siguen la tradición de Cratilo ("El que conoce los nombres conoce también las cosas") y otra más reciente que se cuestiona la relación unívoca entre palabra y referente, al mismo tiempo que problematiza cuestiones como la identidad. De este modo, la palabra, su valor y posibilidades dentro de las obras literarias que proponemos explorar participa de la construcción del universo ficcional, su cosmovisión y verosímil. La selección de obras literarias para esta presentación tiene como fin mostrar algunos casos representativos que puedan extenderse luego a un corpus más amplio dado que esta comunicación plantea un estado de la cuestión. Tomaremos las novelas Un mago de Terramar (Le Guin); Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal (Rowling); El nombre del viento (Rothfuss) y El dador de recuerdos (Lowry). De todas ellas analizaremos fragmentos en los cuales aparezcan las representaciones sobre el lenguaje y propondremos una clasificación tentativa al respecto

Mr. Munchausen; being a true account of some of the recent adventures beyond the Styx of the late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder, as originally reported for the Sunday edition of the Gehenna Gazette by its special interviewer the late Mr. Ananias formerly of Jerusalem and now first transcribed from the columns of that journal

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The Arabian nights entertainments;

An accurate version of the wonderful and fanciful stories of 1,001 Arabian nights, retold and corrected from an Aribic manuscript, by the famous translator, Dr. Jonathan Scott.

El libro maligno: Aura e Inés

Se explora la figura del lector y la naturaleza envolvente del libro que lo seduce.

Otherworlds: fantasy and history in medieval literature

This book offers a new perspective on the otherworlds of medieval literature. These fantastical realms are among the most memorable places in medieval writing, by turns beautiful and monstrous, alluring and terrifying. Passing over a river or sea, or entering into a hollow hill, heroes come upon strange and magical realms. These places are often very beautiful, filled with sweet music and adorned with precious stones and rich materials. There is often no darkness, time may pass at a different pace, and the people who dwell there are usually supernatural. Sometimes such a place is exactly what it appears to be-the land of heart's desire-but, the otherworld can also have a sinister side, trapping humans and keeping them there against their will. Otherworlds: Fantasy and History in Medieval Literature takes a fresh look at how medieval writers understood these places and why they found them so compelling. It focuses on texts from England, but places this material in the broader context of literary production in medieval Britain and Ireland. The narratives examined in this book tell a rather surprising story about medieval notions of these fantastical places. Otherworlds are actually a lot less 'other' than they might initially seem. Authors often use the idea of the otherworld to comment on very serious topics. It is not unusual for otherworld depictions to address political issues in the historical world. Most intriguing of all are those texts where locations in the real world are re-imagined as otherworlds. The regions on which this book focuses, Britain, Ireland and the surrounding islands, prove particularly susceptible to this characterization.

THE PIANO FANTASY FROM BACH TO DANIELPOUR

The Fantasy, as the term suggests, is a genre that composers have found congenial for exploring innovative and imaginative processes. Works in this genre are numerous in the solo piano literature, and extend even to works for piano and orchestra and to chamber music with piano. I was curious to explore how a specific genre of music maintained similar characteristics but evolved over time. A fantasy is primed to be inventive and I wanted to see how composers from different eras and backgrounds would handle their material in this genre. I have learned that composers worked through formal developments while making innovations within this genre. The heart of my dissertation is presented through the recording project. Because ofthe abundance ofpiano fantasies, many works had to be excluded from this project for time's sake. On two compact discs, I have recorded approximately two hours of solo piano music. I have included some shorter fantasies to magnify significant developments from era to era, country to country, and composer to composer. The first disc has recordings of eighteenth and nineteenth-century fantasies: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903 by J.S. Bach (1685-1750); Fantasia inC major, H. XVII, 4 by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809); Fantasy inc minor, K. 475 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756- 1791); Fantasia inf-sharp minor, Op. 28 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847); and Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61 by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849). On the second disc I have included mid-19th, 20th and 2151-century piano fantasies: Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H by Franz Liszt (1811-1886); Fantasia Baetica by Manuel de Falla (1876-1946); Three Fantasies by William Bergsma (1921-1994); Fantasy, Aria and Fugue by Frederic Goossen (1927-2011); and Piano Fantasy ("Wenn ich einmal sol! scheiden") by Richard Danielpour (b. 1956). The accompanying document includes program notes for each of the pieces recorded. They were recorded on a Steinway "D" in Dekelboum Concert Hall at the University of Maryland by Antonino D'Urzo ofOpusrite Productions. This document is available in the Digital Repository at the University of Maryland and the CO's are available through the Library System at the University of Maryland.

Reducing the future threat from (liver) fluke: realistic prospect or quixotic fantasy?

The liver fluke remains an economically significant parasite of livestock and is emerging as an important zoonotic infection of humans. The incidence of the disease has increased in the last few years, as a possible consequence of changes to the World's climate. Future predictions suggest that this trend is likely to continue. Allied to the changing pattern of disease, reports of resistance to triclabendazole (TCBZ) have appeared in the literature, although they do not all represent genuine cases of resistance. Nevertheless, any reports of resistance are a concern, because triclabendazole is the only drug that has high activity against the migratory and damaging juvenile stages of infection. How to deal with the twin problems (of increasing incidence and drug resistance) is the overall theme of the session on “Trematodes: Fasciola hepatica epidemiology and control” and of this review to introduce the session.

Greater knowledge of fluke epidemiology and population genetics will highlight those regions where surveillance is most required and indicate how quickly resistant populations of fluke may arise. Models of disease risk are becoming increasingly sophisticated and precise, with more refined data analysis programmes and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data. Recent improvements have been made in our understanding of the action of triclabendazole and the ways in which flukes have become resistant to it. While microtubules are the most likely target for drug action, tubulin mutations do not seem to be involved in the resistance mechanism. Rather, upregulation of drug uptake and metabolism processes appear to be more important and the data relating to them will be discussed. The information may help in the design of new treatment strategies or pinpoint potential molecular markers for monitoring fluke populations. Advances in the identification of novel targets for drugs and vaccines will be made by the various “-omics” technologies that are now being applied to Fasciola. A major area of concern in the current control of fasciolosis is the lack of reliable tests for the diagnosis of drug (TCBZ) resistance. This has led to inaccurate reports of resistance, which is hindering successful disease management, as farmers may be encouraged to switch to less effective drugs. Progress with the development of a number of new diagnostic tests will be reviewed.

The encounter with the real and post-Soviet trauma : fantasy construction in Russian popular cinema /

This thesis examines the impact of the Soviet Union's collapse on the Russian Symbolic as represented through popular cinema of the post-Soviet period. The disintegration of the USSR in 1991 became one of the most traumatic experiences for many Russian people. The trauma of the collapse of the Soviet Union penetrated the everyday reality of the Russian Symbolic, leaving the traces-symptoms in different cultural fonns like literature, arts, television and cinema. Because popular culture usually reacts very quickly to any social, political and economical shifts in society, it is an excellent barometer for deeper changes in society. Focusing on postSoviet popular cinema, this thesis analyzes the symptoms of cultural and individual trauma occasioned by the momentous changes of the 1990's. This study is grounded in post-analytic theory of Jacques Lacan and its interpretation by Slavoj Zizek, which emphases the traumatic encounter with the Real as a "hard core" of our reality. According to this paradigm, a new chain of signifiers is structured around the traumatic breach in the Symbolic, initiating a process of fantasy construction to deal with consequences of trauma and, thus, to support our Symbolic order. This thesis examines three major fantasy constructions - drinking, traveling to a "happy land" and family reunion and money - in popular films by Alexander Rogozhkin, Yurij Mamin, Georgij Shengelia, Dmitrij Astrakhan, Valerij Todorovskij, Alexej Balabanov, Sergej Bodrov Jr. and Petr Buslov. According to Zizek, enjoyment underlies any fantasy constructions, and that is why after the intrusion of the Real every individual and culture should go through the process of fantasizing about some substitutes which can help to minimize the traumatic effect and which can lead to a partial enjoyment. By analyzing the fantasies about drinking, "happy land", reconstruction of the family bonds and money in Russian popular cinema since 1991, this thesis demonstrates how the traumatic engagement with the Real affected the everyday lives of Russian people, and how individuals tried to fill the gap, the lack, in the post-Soviet Symbolic and "return" the lost feeling of unity and plenitude.

Une Fantasy roubaldienne, ou, Nouvelle exploration ludique des potentialités littéraires : essai ; suivi de La Quête du Vortex (création littéraire)

Le Jeu, un phénomène difficile à définir, se manifeste en littérature de différentes manières. Le présent travail en considère deux : l’écriture à contrainte, telle que la pratique l’Oulipo, et l’écriture de l’imaginaire, en particulier les romans de Fantasy française. La première partie de cette étude présente donc, sous forme d’essai, les origines et les visées des deux groupes d’écrivains, mettant en lumière les similitudes pouvant être établies entre eux malgré leurs apparentes différences. Tandis que l’Oulipo cherche des contraintes capables de générer un nombre infini de textes et explore la langue par ce moyen, la Fantasy se veut créatrice de mondes imaginaires en puisant généralement à la source de Tolkien et des jeux de rôle. Il en résulte que le jeu, dans les deux cas, se révèle un puissant moteur de création, que le récit appelle un lecteur-explorateur et qu’il crée une infinité de mondes possibles. Malgré tout, des divergences demeurent quant à leurs critiques, leurs rapports avec le jeu et les domaines extralittéraires, et leurs visées. Considérant ce fait, je propose de combiner les deux styles d’écriture en me servant du cycle des Hortense de Jacques Roubaud (structuré au moyen de la sextine) et des Chroniques des Crépusculaires de Mathieu Gaborit (figure de proue en fantasy « pure »). Ce projet a pour but de combler le fossé restant encore entre les deux groupes. Ainsi, la seconde partie de mon travail constitue une première tentative de réunion des deux techniques d’écriture (à contrainte et de l’imaginaire). Six héros (trois aventuriers et trois mercenaires) partent à la recherche d’un objet magique dérobé à la Reine du Désert et capable de bouleverser l’ordre du monde. Le récit, divisé en six chapitres, rapporte les aventures de ce groupe jusqu’à leur rencontre avec l’ennemi juré de la Reine, un puissant sorcier elfe noir. Chaque chapitre comporte six sections plus petites où sont permutés – selon le mouvement de la sextine – six éléments caractéristiques des jeux de rôles : 1-Une description du MJ (Maître du Jeu) ; 2-Un combat ; 3-Une énigme à résoudre ou un piège à désarmer ; 4-Une discussion entre les joueurs à propos de leurs avatars ; 5-L’acquisition d’un nouvel objet ; 6-Une interaction avec un PNJ (Personnage Non Joueur). Tout au long du texte, des références aux Chroniques des Crépusculaires de Mathieu Gaborit apparaissent, suivant également un ordre sextinien. D’autres allusions, à Tolkien, Queneau, Perec ou Roubaud, agrémentent le roman.