Fragmentos aturdidos. La hibridación genérico-discursiva en 4.48 Psychosis de Sarah Kane

El presente trabajo se propone reflexionar sobre las principales problemáticas en torno a la representación de la subjetividad desplegadas en la obra de la dramaturga británica Sarah Kane a partir del análisis de su último drama, 4.48 Psychosis (1999). Con esta obra Kane lleva al extremo la búsqueda de colapsar ciertos límites para hacer de la forma y del contenido una misma cosa. La naturaleza fragmentaria del texto, la ausencia de trama o anécdota y la imposibilidad de identificar la presencia de uno o más personajes en escena, colaboran en la creación de esa atmósfera densa y ambigua que se correlaciona con el cuadro patológico del yo anticipado en el título de la pieza. Asimismo, la puesta en funcionamiento de estrategias de hibridación genérica, de apropiación, parodia y reescritura de diferentes modalidades discursivas (monólogos líricos, conversaciones entre doctor y paciente, el discurso de los cuestionarios médicos, de la psiquiatría y de las historias clínicas, citas extraídas de literatura de autoayuda o del libro bíblico del Apocalipsis, etc.) se constituye como práctica privilegiada para reflejar el descentramiento y la dispersión del sujeto y el borramiento de los límites entre realidad- ficción, sueño-vigilia, yo-otro

Paleomagnetism of DSDP Leg 80 holes

Paleomagnetic results from sediments acquired from the continental margin at DSDP Sites 548, 549, 550, and 551 are described. Where possible, the results were used to construct a polarity reversal stratigraphy for the sections sampled, thus enabling the biostratigraphic dating of the sediments to be refined. Several sections in this study were found to be suitable for magnetostratigraphic work, in particular the upper Paleocene to middle Eocene sediments from Site 549, which contained rich faunal assemblages. These sediments are underlain by a thick sequence of Cretaceous sediments that formed during the Long Cretaceous normal polarity interval. Sediments that formed during the later part of this magnetically quiet interval were also recovered at Site 550. Three short reverse polarity intervals were also recovered at this site; they lie directly over basement and are thought to represent a mixed-polarity interval of late Albian age. They may therefore provide important evidence concerning the age of the earliest sediments at this site. In addition, measurements of the magnetic susceptibility and intensity of remanent magnetism proved to be of interest. A significant decrease in the susceptibility and intensity values close to the early/middle Eocene boundary was noted at Sites 548 and 549. This decrease may be correlated with the results from Holes 400A and 401, which were drilled on DSDP Leg 48 in the northeast Bay of Biscay. The decrease may represent an abrupt reduction in the supply of terrigenous material at the end of the early Eocene, reflecting, perhaps, a change in sediment transport processes at that time

Early - Late Miocene palaeoclimate data and palaefloras of 48 samples from Southern China

Southern China, especially Yunnan, has undergone high tectonic activity caused by the uplift of Himalayan Mountains during the Neogene, which led to a fast changing palaeogeography. Previous study shows that Southern China has been influenced by the Asian Monsoon since at least the Early Miocene. However, it is yet not well understood how intense the Miocene monsoon system was. In the present study, 63 fossil floras of 16 localities from Southern China are compiled and evaluated for obtaining available information concerning floristic composition, stratigraphic age, sedimentology, etc. Based on such reliable information, selected mega- and micro-floras have been analysed with the coexistence approach to obtain quantitative palaeoclimate data. Visualization of climate results in maps shows a distinct spatial differentiation in Southern China during the Miocene. Higher seasonalities of temperature and precipitation occur in the north and south parts of Southern China, respectively. During the Miocene, most regions of Southern China and Europe were both warm and humid. Central Eurasia was likely to be an arid center, which gradually spread westward and eastward. Our data provide information about Miocene climate patterns in Southern China and about the evolution of these patterns throughout the Miocene, and is also crucial to unravel and understand the climatic signals of global cooling and tectonic uplift.