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An analytical study of narrative techniques in Giono's Regain

- Abel, Hermione

  • Authors: Abel, Hermione
  • Date: 1986
  • Subjects: French fiction , Novels , Criticism , Symbolism , Regain , Giono, Jean, 1895-1970 -- Criticism and interpretation
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:3561 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002008
  • Description: The dominant theme in Regain is that of death leading to rebirth. This dissertation attempts to explore Giono's narrative techniques within this context. No single chapter will be devoted to a specific technique; instead, the various devices used by the author are discussed as they emerge from the structure of the chapters. Justifying the field of study as defined in the "Introduction", the following three chapters outline the passage of life from death to eventual rebirth. With acknowledgement to Frank Kermode, who writes: "A concord of past, present and future three dreams which, as Augustine said, cross in our minds, as in the present of things past, the present of things present, and the present of things future" ¹, the first three chapters bear his terminology for their headings. Chapter One, "The Present of Things Past", deals with Mameche's loss of her husband and son. Chapter Two, "The Present of Things Present", focuses upon Mameche' s realization of Gaubert's departure, and the decision that she must do something to save the dying village of Aubignane. Chapter Three, "The Present of Things Future", sees Mameche setting out in search of a wife for Panturle, and succeeding. This brings to an end Part One of the novel. Interwoven throughout the chapters are paradigms from Greek mythology, rich in universal symbolism, and the author's belief in man's ability to fuse himself with his surroundings. The conclusion summarizes the findings of this study, attempting to show how an analysis of Giono's narrative technique provides an insight into such a novel as Regain. ¹The Sense of an Ending (London: Oxford University Press, 1966), rpt., 1970, p. 50.
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  • Date Issued: 1986

Mzeno Nkomati 1986

- Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's Chopi Timbila xylophone orchestra group of 25 men of Wildebeesfontein, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mngeniso 1986

- Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's Chopi Timbila xylophone orchestra group of 25 men of Wildebeesfontein, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mtsitso I 1986

- Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's Chopi Timbila xylophone orchestra group of 25 men of Wildebeesfontein, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mtsitso I 1986

- Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's Chopi Timbila xylophone orchestra group of 25 men of Wildebeesfontein, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mwemiso 1986

- Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's Chopi Timbila xylophone orchestra group of 25 men of Wildebeesfontein, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mwemiso 1986

- Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's slow version for learning Timbila orchestra of Wildebeesfontein, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mgeniso 1986

- Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's slow version for learning Timbila orchestra of Wildebeesfontein, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mzeno 1986

- Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's slow version for learning Timbila orchestra of Wildebeesfontein, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mgeniso 1986

- Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's slow version for learning Timbila orchestra of Wildebeesfontein, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mwemiso 1986

- Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's slow version for learning Timbila orchestra of Wildebeesfontein, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mwemiso 1986

- Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's slow version for learning Timbila orchestra of Wildebeesfontein, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mzeno 1986

- Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's slow version for learning Timbila orchestra of Wildebeesfontein, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mtsitso I 1986

- Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's slow version for learning Timbila orchestra of Wildebeesfontein, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mtsitso I 1986

- Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's slow version for learning Timbila orchestra of Wildebeesfontein, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mtsitso II

- Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's Timbila orchestra, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mtsitso I 1986

- Alberto Mange and Venancio Mbande's Timbila orchestra, Tracey, Andrew T N

A review of the sediment-hosted, disseminated precious metal deposits of Nevada : geological setting, classification, genesis and exploration

- Ash, Philip John

  • Authors: Ash, Philip John
  • Date: 1986
  • Subjects: Ore deposits
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:4906 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001566
  • Description: Carlin-type, fine-grained, "invisible" or Disseminated Replacement Type gold-silver deposits are all different names for a major new type of ore deposit that is currently being extensively developed in the Western United States. This type of deposit is now being found elsewhere. Thus a descriptive empirical model that emphasizes the geological and geochemical environment of formation is needed to assist the mining industry in the search for similar deposits. These deposits are typically formed in carbonaceous, silty dolomites and Iimestones or mineralization calcareous siltstones rocks and is exceedingly fine-grained is disseminated in the and claystones. host sedimentary Gold-silver , ore. Primary alteration usually less than one micron in size in unoxidized types include decalcification, argillitization, silicification resulting in the and pyritization. Silicification is commonly intense formation of jasperoid bodies which may be the host to higher grade ore. Supergene alteration is dominated by oxidation resulting in the formation of numerous oxides and sulphates and the release of gold from its association with sulphides and organic carbon. elements are As, Ba, Hg, Sb, and TI. Commonly associated trace Available geological, geochemical, fluid inclusion and stable-isotope studies lead to the conclusion that a circulating hydrothermal system is the important factor necessary for gold-silver concentration and deposition. A direct genetic or only casual relation between are deposition and discrete igneous formations remains unclear. However, it is considered that volcanism provided the source of heat necessary for the generation of a circulating hydrothermal system. High angle faults and fold structures facilitate transport and are of prime importance in directing are fluids to favourable host lithologies. The host rocks, overwhelmingly carbonate - rich, include those whose original and/or altered compositions and resulting permeability provide favourable sites for the precipitation of disseminated gold. The processes specialized. resulting Any th ick in the formation of these deposits are section of carbonate rocks has the potential not to produce Disseminated Replacement Type deposits wherever underlying igneous activity has developed a hydrothermal system
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  • Date Issued: 1986

Elie Wiesel's fictional universe : the paradox of the mute narrator

- Berman, Mona

  • Authors: Berman, Mona
  • Date: 1986
  • Subjects: Wiesel, Elie, 1928- -- Criticism and interpretation , Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives , Auschwitz , Narration , Silence , English literature , Criticism
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:2178 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001829
  • Description: The approach I have chosen for my study is to analyse the narrative techniques in Wiesel's fiction, with particular emphasis on the role of the narrator and listener in the narratives. This will not only highlight aspects of his authorial strategy involving the reader's response to various dimensions of the Holocaust, but will allow an appraisal of the literary merit of Wiesel's novels. The hushed reverence that tends to accompany allusions to Auschwitz and its literature has impeded certain theoretical investigations, with the result that most critical studies undertaken on Wiesel's works have dealt predominantly with themes and content rather than with form. A narrative approach, however, while it accounts for themes, does so within the narrative process of the work. Form and content are examined as interwoven entities in the particular context of an individual work. My decision to adopt this pursuit is based on the conviction that Wiesel's fiction is a significant contribution to the literature of testimony, not only because of its subject matter, but also because of the way in which his narrators unfold their stories with words suspended by silence in the text. The paradox of the mute narrator, the title of my study, is intended to convey the paradoxical quality of Wiesel's fiction and to show how silence, which is manifested in the themes of his work, is concretized by his strategy of entrusting the transmission of the tale to narrators, who, for various reasons have been silenced. A mute by definition cannot emit an articulate sound. A narrator, on the other hand, is a storyteller who is reliant on verbal articulation for communication. This contradiction in terms is dramatized in the novels and is symptomatic of the dilemma of Wiesel's narrators who are compelled to bear testimony through their silence. In my study of Wiesel's fiction, I will follow the chronological sequence in which the novels were written, although I will not be using a developmental approach, except to point out that the trilogy which marks the beginning of his exploration into narrative strategies, and The Testament, the last book I will be dealing with, are a culmination of his previous fictional techniques. While a developmental analysis of his fiction, particularly from a thematic point of view, enables the reader to gain insight into his background, which is important in a comprehensive study of his works, I feel that this avenue of investigation has been competently dealt with by other critics. Ellen Fine's Legacy of Night, one of the first book-length studies of Wiesel, puts forward a convincing argument for examining his fiction in chronological sequence as a kind of serialized journey from being a witness in l'univers concentrationnaire to bearing - witness in a post-Holocaust world. Furthermore, it is possible to trace the direction Wiesel's fiction follows, as in each book the seeds are sown for new ideas which are expanded upon in subsequent books. My discussion, however, will deal with the narrative process of each novel as an individual work in its own particular context. Apart from the trilogy which is examined in one chapter, and The Testament which serves as a conclusion to the study, I have not used cross references to Wiesel's other fiction when analysing specific books. Moreover, I have deliberately avoided including Wiesel's comments on his works and references to them in his essays, interviews and non-fiction writing. The reason for this approach is that I consider each novel to be a separate narrative work which merits an interpretative response that is independent of the comparative criteria that has up to now influenced the assessment of his fiction. (Introduction, p. 12-14)
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  • Date Issued: 1986

A demographic and socio-economic profile of Region D

- Black, Philip A, McCartan, Patrick John, Clayton, P M

  • Authors: Black, Philip A , McCartan, Patrick John , Clayton, P M
  • Date: 1986
  • Subjects: Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Population -- Statistics Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Economic conditions -- Statistics Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Social conditions -- Statistics
  • Language: English
  • Type: Book , Text
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2053 , vital:20251 , ISBN 0868101486
  • Description: Region D is one of the eight so-called development regions created in terms of a regional development strategy mapped out by the South African government in a White Paper of 1982. The region essentially consists of the Eastern Cape Province, the Border corridor, and the nominally 'independent' homelands of Ciskei and Transkei (southern part) stretching from Uniondale in the west, to Middelburg in the north and Umtata in the east. There is clearly a need to develop a data base for this region especially as it has been afforded priority status in terms of the new regional development policy. The purpose of this Working Paper is therefore to provide a statistical profile of Region D, distinguishing where possible between various sub-regions within Region D and between Region D and the rest of South Africa. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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  • Date Issued: 1986
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