Sonata Divina Commedia (Part I: Inferno),
2014
Southern Methodist University
Sonata Divina Commedia (Part I: Inferno), Anthony Elia
Bridwell Library Research
Part 1 of planned 3-part violin and piano sonata modeled after Dante's "Divina Commedia." Part 1 "Inferno" is a wild modernist adventure for violin and piano, echoing the terrors of inferno. As the piece is incredibly virtuosic, the composer allows for variation, adaptation, and some minor changes if necessary for performers to execute the piece, as faithfully as they can. The work was written in honor of two superb musicians, who by random chance, the composer met or had connections with separately, before realizing the violinist (Mr. Kerr) and the pianist (Mr. Wallace) actually met and went to school together …
Quaestio Linguae 1995: The Use Of English Words In The Italian Language,
2014
Brigham Young University
Quaestio Linguae 1995: The Use Of English Words In The Italian Language, Aaron Hess Sherinian
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Scholars have labored for centuries to define the elements that constitute the Italian language. This debate, the “QUAESTIO LINGUAE” or “question of the language” as it is referred to, often takes into consideration the influence of foreign languages upon Italian (Petronio 1987).
Trieste In Literary And Cultural Imagination: A Select Bibliography,
2014
Brigham Young University
Trieste In Literary And Cultural Imagination: A Select Bibliography, Robert Ricks, Cinzia Noble
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Trieste is a charming port city on the Adriatic Sea in the northeast corner of Italy, home to nearly 300,000 and capital of the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region. Though Trieste has ancient roots as the Roman settlement Tergeste, it was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when it became the most important port of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, that Trieste grew and flourished. Its advantageous location at the crossroads between Latin, Slavic, and German civilizations certainly favored its rise to greater regional importance and bred a peculiar cosmopolitan atmosphere that survives to this day.
Implementing Videos And Dvds In Teaching Foreign Language Classes: A Need For A Strategy,
2014
Brigham Young University
Implementing Videos And Dvds In Teaching Foreign Language Classes: A Need For A Strategy, Loredana Comparone Martin, Dr. Michael D. Bush
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Teaching authentic language in context has a vital role in foreign language instruction. Especially at an intermediate level, students need to be exposed to something other than simulated authentic discourse, defined by Geddes and White (1978) as “language produced with a pedagogical purpose.” (cited in Omaggio Hadley, 175)
Estudio Y Edición De Las "Poesías Varias" De José Navarro (1654),
2014
CUNY Graduate Center
Estudio Y Edición De Las "Poesías Varias" De José Navarro (1654), Almudena Vidorreta
Graduate Student Publications and Research
José Navarro Bermuz, an Aragonese intellectual who worked for the Italian family of the Ludovisi, was known for his active participation in the literary academies and poetic competitions of his time, and for his collection of Poesías varias. My research entails an in-depth study of the intellectual and political landscape of the second half of the 17th century in which Navarro lived and wrote. My aim was emphasize the significance of his literary production within the context of Spanish Early Modern literature, together with the critical edition of both his Poesías varias, and the Loa para la comedia …
Autotraduction, Traduction Interculturelle Et Intersémiotique Dans La Quarta Via De Kaha Mohamed Aden,
2014
Stony Brook University
Autotraduction, Traduction Interculturelle Et Intersémiotique Dans La Quarta Via De Kaha Mohamed Aden, Simone Brioni
Department of English Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Postcolonialismo, Subalternità E New Italian Epic: Intervista Con Wu Ming 1,
2014
Stony Brook University
Postcolonialismo, Subalternità E New Italian Epic: Intervista Con Wu Ming 1, Simone Brioni Dr.
Department of English Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Cognitive Poetics And Italian Literary Criticism,
2014
University of Mississippi. Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College
Cognitive Poetics And Italian Literary Criticism, John Biffle
Honors Theses
This thesis explores the possibility of the application of cognitive poetics to Italian literature, with a comparison to four major nineteenth century currents of literary criticism. Given the interdisciplinary nature of the research, the data was obtained from reviewed psychology articles, textbooks regarding both psychological and literary subjects, original sources containing the examined poetry and prose, e-books, and open source web material for literary works that lacked copyright. Unless specified, all translations from Italian to English were done by me. Since cognitive poetics are based on the assumption that we perceive literature similarly to how we perceive reality and that …
Remembering The Haitian Revolution Through French Texts: Victor Hugo's Bug-Jargal And Alphonse De Lamartine's Toussaint Louverture,
2013
Brigham Young University - Provo
Remembering The Haitian Revolution Through French Texts: Victor Hugo's Bug-Jargal And Alphonse De Lamartine's Toussaint Louverture, Irene Joyce Kim Stone
Theses and Dissertations
The Haitian Revolution was the first successful slave revolt in history. And even though Haiti declared independence from France in 1804, most French civilization textbooks do not include this important event. From an economic standpoint, France depended on its imports from Saint-Domingue (Haiti's pre-revolutionary name); and from a philosophical standpoint, the slave revolt in Saint-Domingue originated from ideas that came from French philosophers preaching the Rights of Man. Studying the Haitian Revolution within the context of the French Revolution provides a perspective that highlights the complex relationship between France and its colonies as well as religion's displaced role after 1789. …
Reframing Italy: New Trends In Italian Women's Filmmaking,
2013
University of Auckland
Reframing Italy: New Trends In Italian Women's Filmmaking, Bernadette Luciano
Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures
In recent years, Italian cinema has experienced a quiet revolution: the proliferation of films by women. But their thought-provoking work has not yet received the attention it deserves. Reframing Italy fills this gap. The book introduces readers to films and documentaries by recognized women directors such as Cristina Comencini, Wilma Labate, Alina Marazzi, Antonietta De Lillo, Marina Spada, and Francesca Comencini, as well as to filmmakers whose work has so far been undeservedly ignored. Through a thematically based analysis supported by case studies, Luciano and Scarparo argue that Italian women filmmakers, while not overtly feminist, are producing work that increasingly …
Unruly Catholics From Dante To Madonna: Faith, Heresy, And Politics In Cultural Studies,
2013
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Unruly Catholics From Dante To Madonna: Faith, Heresy, And Politics In Cultural Studies, Marc Dipaolo
Faculty Books & Book Chapters
"During the Second Vatican Council, the Roman Catholic Church went through a period of liberal reform under the stewardship of Popes John XXIII and Paul VI. Successive popes sharply reversed course, enforcing conservative ideological values and silencing progressive voices in the Church. Consequently, those Catholics who had embraced the spirit of Vatican II were left feeling adrift and betrayed. In Unruly Catholics from Dante to Madonna, scholars of literature, film, religion, history, and sociology delve into this conflict–and historically similar ones–through the examination of narratives by and about rebellious Catholics.
Essays in Unruly Catholics explore how renowned Catholic literary figures …
An Analysis Of The Contemporary Italian Environment Movement: Challenges And Possible Solutions,
2013
Brigham Young University
An Analysis Of The Contemporary Italian Environment Movement: Challenges And Possible Solutions, David C. Mcknight, Ilona Klein
Journal of Undergraduate Research
A significant portion of my senior year at Brigham Young University was dedicated to the completion of my Senior Honors Thesis entitled: “An Analysis of the Contemporary Italian Environmental Movement: Challenges and Possible Solutions.” The information most pertinent to my argument had to come from current sources, as environmental issues are changing constantly. Consequently, I decided to pursue an ORCA scholarship, as I could only gain this information by traveling to Italy to interview Italy’s top political and environmental experts, and to gain access to specialized archives holding ecological materials.
Publishing Henry De Saict-Didier’S 1573 Manual On The ‘Single Sword’,
2013
Brigham Young University
Publishing Henry De Saict-Didier’S 1573 Manual On The ‘Single Sword’, Robert Hyatt, Dr. Jesse Hurlbut
Journal of Undergraduate Research
I had the good fortune to be introduced to the Henry de Sainct-Didier manual by a friend named John Clements, and I was able to obtain one of the few surviving copies of this manual from a used bookstore in France. With fellow student Devin Wilson, we had translated most of the manual. For my ORCA project, I refined the translation and with Devin’s long-distance help, translated the rest of the poems. I scanned in entire manual at an extra-high resolution and arranged to have Paladin Press publish the book. Paladin Press now has the final manuscript and is getting …
The Kirtland Temple: Its Role In Consolidating The Power Of Jesus Christ In The Acting Figure Of The Prophet Joseph Smith,
2013
Brigham Young University
The Kirtland Temple: Its Role In Consolidating The Power Of Jesus Christ In The Acting Figure Of The Prophet Joseph Smith, Wendy K. Young, Dr. Donald W. Parry
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Scholars continue to find striking similarities among temples of the ancient world. Research yields evidence of similarities not only among ancient temples, but also between ancient and modern temples.
Amanda Knox And Bella Figura,
2013
CUNY New York City College of Technology
Amanda Knox And Bella Figura, Denise Scannell Guida
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
From Theory To Practice: Translating Ying Chen's Les Lettres Chinoises,
2013
Brigham Young University - Provo
From Theory To Practice: Translating Ying Chen's Les Lettres Chinoises, Sunny Ann Hendry
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis analyzes Ying Chen's Les Lettres Chinoises through the lenses of literary translation, migrant writing and epistolary genres, as well as through critical theory of Chen's poetics in order to inform a translation of said novel from French into English. This theoretical groundwork is accompanied by analysis of the process of the translation, including specifications, methods used, and justifications for translation decisions. Les Lettres Chinoises is Ying Chen's second novel, written in French rather than her native Chinese language. Spanning a fifty-seven letter exchange between Shanghai and Montreal, Chen's choice to write in language other than her first, as …
Pietro Bembo’S Bias: Patronage, History, And The Italic Wars,
2013
East Tennessee State University
Pietro Bembo’S Bias: Patronage, History, And The Italic Wars, Zachary M. Lizee
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
During the Italic Wars, the Italian peninsula experienced foreign invasions and internal discord between rivaling duchies and city-states. Florence and Venice both faced internal and external discord due to the constant wars and political in fighting. Venetian Pietro Bembo wrote historical accounts of this period during the Renaissance. His contemporaries, Marino Sanudo, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Francesco Guicciardini, also wrote historical accounts of this time. My research spotlights Bembo’s history of the Venetian Republic. This history was written in a supposedly objective fashion, yet, scholarship shows that historical writing from this time contained bias. I focused on Bembo because there is …
Intersections In Immanence: Spinoza, Deleuze, Negri,
2013
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Intersections In Immanence: Spinoza, Deleuze, Negri, Abigail Lowe
Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The connection between French philosopher Gilles Deleuze and Italian political theorist Antonio Negri has drawn attention in academic publications over the last decade. For both thinkers, the philosophical concept of immanence is central to how both respectively conceptualize the world. However, in order to consider their work with regard to a metaphysical grounding, one may benefit from turning to each thinker’s engagement with Jewish Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza whose immanent ontology, or monism, was indeed his Ethics. This essay concentrates on drawing out an ontological distinction between the philosophical projects of Deleuze and Negri by way of a close reading …
Godly Heretics: Essays On Alternative Christianity In Literature And Popular Culture,
2013
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Godly Heretics: Essays On Alternative Christianity In Literature And Popular Culture, Marc Dipaolo
Faculty Books & Book Chapters
"When computers freeze, they are "rebooted" and soon working properly again. Similarly, legendary thinkers throughout history have argued that Christianity should start fresh by recapturing the humanitarian spirit of Jesus' original message. These include such disparate individuals as Thomas Jefferson, Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, Friedrich Nietzsche, Leo Tolstoy, George Bernard Shaw, and the religious leaders of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Surprisingly enough, even classic television shows and films meant to be entertaining--Lost, Battlestar Galactica, It's a Wonderful Life, Groundhog Day, Decalogue, and A Charlie Brown Christmas--are attempts to apply the basic principles of Christianity to modern times. …
Pasolini's Laugh: Joyful Ignorance In The Decameron,
2013
Western University
Pasolini's Laugh: Joyful Ignorance In The Decameron, Andrea Privitera
Modern Languages and Literatures Annual Graduate Conference
In this paper, I discuss Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron and its 1971 film adaptation by Pier Paolo Pasolini. To be more precise, I focus on the fifth novella of the sixth day, the one about Giotto and Forese, and its audiovisual re-elaboration, which can be seen as a very brief and at the same time very vivid example of Pasolini’s ideas on society, language and communication.
