207 research outputs found
Le poĂšte et l'effacement de l'humain
Ce bref article entre dans un hommage à Fondane dans la rubrique "cahier" de la revue semestrielle La Soeur de l'AngeCe bref article propose une relecture de la poésie de Benjamin Fondane en termes de mise en cause du lyrisme et des pouvoirs accordées à la poésie
Fiction des oasis dans la littérature égyptienne contemporaine
International audienceThe contemporary egyptian novel is often located in a big town, like Cairo, and not in the desert or in a oases. But some novelists, like Bahaa Taher, Nabil Naoum or Gamal Ghitany choose oasis and desert. One reason may be that such a remote location for fiction enables to assume a radical opposition to current and past politics in Egypt. Such a location is halfway between reality and fiction, and it reveals how deeply literature can build a parallel world in competition with physical or geographical reality
Vocal mother-offspring communication in guinea pigs: females adjust maternal responsiveness to litter size
Kober M, Trillmich F, Naguib M. Vocal mother-offspring communication in guinea pigs: females adjust maternal responsiveness to litter size. Frontiers in Zoology. 2008;5(1): 13.Background: In parent-offspring communication, vocal signals are often used to attract attention and offspring might call to induce parental behaviour. In guinea pigs (Cavia aperea f. porcellus) mothers wean larger litters later than small ones, but it is unknown whether this difference depends on processes induced during pregnancy or is influenced post-natally by the number of pups present. We here tested with playback-experiments using pup separation calls whether mothers with cross-fostered large experimental litters (four-pup-litters) were more responsive to offspring calls and maintained responsiveness for longer than mothers with small experimental litters (two-pup-litters). Mothers were tested when two pups were suckling i.e. when both teats were occupied. Results: Mothers of four-pup litters responded stronger to broadcast pup separation calls than those with two-pup litters. Additionally, we tested the mothers' responsiveness to pup separation calls in the absence of their pups on day 8 and 20 of lactation. Mothers of four-pup litters responded stronger and showed no decrease in responsiveness from day 8 to 20, whereas mothers of two-pup litters responded less and decreased responsiveness from day 8 to 20. Mothers of four-pup litters also weaned their pups 5 days later than those of two-pup litters. Conclusion: Measured by their response to pup calls and by time to weaning, guinea pig mothers adjust maternal responsiveness to litter size. This behaviour is likely to be an adaptive strategy in resource allocation during reproduction
Henri Garric, Portraits de villes â Marches et cartes : la reprĂ©sentation urbaine dans les discours contemporains
La reprĂ©sentation de la ville en tant que livre remonte au xixe siĂšcle. Cette assimilation entre deux rĂ©alitĂ©s encourage une lecture de la ville comme systĂšme de signes Ă lâorigine dâun imaginaire et dâun « mythe littĂ©raire » qui trouvent Ă sâemployer en particulier dans le roman. Les signes urbains sont mixtes, Ă la fois texte et image, et participent de la lisibilitĂ© de la ville dans la mesure oĂč celle-ci peut ĂȘtre reprĂ©sentĂ©e par une carte. Cet essai volumineux tente de cerner la nature de..
Jacques Henric, Politique
Cet ouvrage sâoriente naturellement en suivant le fil dâune existence, soigneusement revisitĂ©e, et relue Ă travers des carnets Ă©crits au jour le jour. Cet aspect du livre nâa rien dâennuyeux, puisque lâauteur Ă©carte de lui toute volontĂ© de noter lâinsignifiant ou ce qui relĂšve du nombrilisme. Au contraire, lâambition de Jacques Henric est de comprendre son destin au travers dâune histoire commune. En lâoccurrence, lâhistoire des annĂ©es 1960 et 1970. Mais lâauteur revisite aussi lâĂ©poque de la..
RĂ©cits du corps au Japon
La question du corps peut se transfĂ©rer Ă lâhistoire japonaise comme « sakoku » (éćœ), un pays trĂšs long et trĂšs isolĂ©. Le corps japonais se constituerait Ă travers des histoires et des vues symboliques qui dĂ©criraient la nature et la culture des autochtones en contraste avec le corps de lâĂ©tranger. LâomniprĂ©sence du corps dans les histoires japonaises a-t-elle un sens pour autant ? La construction narrative du corps japonais sâinscrit dans une gĂ©nĂ©alogie, toute une mĂ©diation culturelle autochtone hĂ©ritĂ©e dâavant la grande confrontation avec lâOccident. La littĂ©rature ne confirmerait pas tant lâexistence dâune image du corps quâune relation Ă autrui qui ouvrirait un domaine corporel spĂ©cifique. Lâhistoire dâun improbable « corps japonais », conte Ă usage interne et externe, qui en tant que tel est soumis Ă une vue occidentale contemporaine.The body matter can be transferred to Japan history as âsakokuâ (éćœ), a very long isolated country. Japanese body would build up through symbolic stories and views describing nativesâ nature and culture in contrast with foreignerâs body. Is the body omnipresence in Japanese stories significant for all that? The narrative construction of the Japanese body goes through a genealogy, a whole inherited native cultural mediations before the great confrontation with the West. The literature would confirm not so the existence of a body image as a relation to others opening up a specific body field. The story of an improbable âJapanese bodyâ, tale for inner and outer use, and as such is a party to a western contemporary view
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