The Postcolonial Short Story: Katherine Mansfield and Jean Rhys

Traballo Fin de Grao en Lingua e Literatura Inglesas. Curso 2018-2019As a literary genre, the short story have often received less critical recognition in comparison with other narratives , most prominently, the novel. Insights offered both by critics and practitioners of the short story have often emphasized the genre´s peripheral nature, which Frank O’Connor famously encapsulated as the expression of “submerged population groups” in his seminal work “The Lonely Voice” (1962). However, more recent critical approaches to the short story have emphasized the genre’s connection with aesthetic and formal innovation due to its brevity and freedom from conventions: such is the case of Dominic Head’s groundbreaking study “The Modernist Short Story” (1992), where he convincingly argues that modernist authors explored new approaches to fiction in their short stories, whose innovations predated techniques to be found later in their novels. Prominent examples of this are Virginia Woolf’s “Monday or Tuesday” (1921) or James Joyce “Dubliners” (1914). This dissertation departs from this premise, aiming to examine the various ways in which the twentieth-century short story is a genre “particularly suited to the representation of liminal or problematized identities”, as speaking “directly to and about those whose sense of self, religion, state or nation is insecure” (Hunter 2007). This consideration has served as a vehicle for minority groups to correlate their marginal identities with different themes that were not being taken into account in mainstream culture. Taking Hunter’s assessment of the short story as particularly suited to problematized liminal identities, along with Head’s consideration of the genre as especially apt for innovative approaches to fiction, this dissertation will explore what may be called the “postcolonial short story” by focusing on the short narratives of two postcolonial women writers: Katherine Mansfield and Jean Rhys, respectively. Both of them were born in English colonies -Mansfield in New Zealand and Rhys in Dominica- and both encapsulate in their short stories concerns pertaining to their “peripheral” nature, gender and identit

Planktonic desmids of three Amazonian systems (Lake Batata, Lake Mussurá and Trombetas River), Pará, Brazil

Forty-eight taxa of planktonic desmids were recorded in 319 samples taken during one year from Lakes Batata and Mussurá and Trombetas River, State of Pará, Brazil. Thirty-eight of these are described and 33 illustrated. Staurodesmus, Staurastrum and Cosmarium were represented by more species than were other genera. The importance of desmids in Amazonian waters, previously documented in literature, is confirmed by the present study

University extension and human rights: challenges in the contemporaneity

O presente artigo, de caráter teórico-interpretativo, objetiva discutir a relação necessária entre Direitos Humanose a Extensão Universitária, entendendo esta última, no estabelecimento da relação Universidade-sociedade,como instrumento privilegiado na luta pela garantia dos Direitos Humanos enquanto expressão maisampla da cidadania. Partimos da premissa que a Extensão é um espaço fundamental para trabalhar asdiferentes expressões dos direitos humanos, buscando resgatar o papel da Universidade Pública na construçãoda cidadania.The present article, of character theoretician-interpretativo, objective to argue the necessary relation betweenHuman Rights and the University Extension, understanding this last one, in the establishment of the relationUniversity-society, as privileged instrument in the fight for the guarantee of the Human Rights while amplerexpression of the citizenship. We leave of the premise that the Extension is a basic space to work the differentexpressions of the human rights, searching to rescue the paper of the University in the construction of thecitizenship.El actual artículo, del carácter teórico-interpretativo, objetiva discutir la relación necesaria entre los derechoshumanos y la extensión de la universidad, entendiendo este último, en el establecimiento de la Universidadsociedadde la relación, como instrumento privilegiado en la lucha para la garantía de los derechos humanosmientras que una expresión más amplia de la ciudadanía. Tenemos como premisa que la extensión es unespacio básico para trabajar las diversas expresiones de los derechos humanos, buscando para rescatar elpapel de la universidad en la construcción de la ciudadanía

Costureiras, mucamas, lavadeiras e vendedoras: o trabalho feminino no século XIX e o cuidado com as roupas (Rio de Janeiro, 1850-1920)

O trabalho assalariado feminino se transforma no século XIX, enquanto se desenvolve o capitalismo. Se, por um lado, as mulheres passam a ser vistas como consumidoras de mercadorias, por outro, esse consumo dá início a uma série de transformações nas suas vidas. As mulheres passam a sair da casa para comprar, em especial, roupas. A indústria de confecção, que começa a partir de pequenos ateliês, abre espaço para novos tipos de trabalho feminino remunerados: vendedoras, costureiras, fazedoras de chapéus. Multiplicam-se os trabalhos femininos no cuidado com a roupa e no vestir-se das mulheres de elite. Mas são as mucamas, as costureiras e as lavadeiras, geralmente escravas, que vão transformar o tipo de trabalho feito por mulheres no século XIX

Planktonic algae, other than desmids, of three Amazonian systems (Lake Batata, Lake Mussurá and Trombetas River), Pará, Brazil

The phytoplankton composition of three clear-water Amazonian environments (Lakes Batata and Mussurá and Trombetas River) is presented. The results are based on 319 samples collected during one year. 136 of the 228 taxa recorded are described, except desmids which have been treated elsewhere. Lake Batata showed higher species richness (188) than both Lake Mussurá (139) and the Trombetas River (116), the Chlorophyceae and Zygnemaphyceae being best represented. Lower species richness was recorded in the area of Lake Batata influenced by bauxite tailings, when compared to the natural (non-impacted) area

Histopathologic Evolution of Cardiomyopathy in a Canine Model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a recessive X-linked disorder characterized for mutation in dystrophin gene and manifested by progressive degeneration and necrosis of skeletal and cardiac muscle with replacement leading to generalized muscular weakness and atrophy. The dog Golden Retriever Muscular Dystrophy (GRMD) is the best experimental model for DMD, with genotypic and phenotypic manifestations closely of human disease. Similar to patients with DMD, heart failure is a major cause of death in GRMD animals. The objective of this study was to evaluate the pathological progression of myocardial lesions from GRMD dogs in different ages in order to clarify the pathogenesis of Duchenne´s cardiomyopathy. Fragments of left and right ventricle and interventricular septum, from 18 GRMD dogs between 6 to 51 months were collected, fixed, dehydrated, clarified, and finally embedded in paraffin. Five micrometer thick serial sections were obtained and stained with Hematoxylin-Eosin (HE), Picrosirius red, and Von Kossa. Histological analyses were performed at the light microscopy. Myocardial lesions were observed in all GRMD dogs and the sequence of cardiac lesion classified according to according to the age included: abnormal calcium accumulation, myofibrillar necrosis, proliferation of granulation tissue, endomysial and perimysial fibrosis, and finally myocardial fatty infiltration. Interestingly, several Anitschkow cells, the hallmark of rheumatic carditis, were detected in inflammatory infiltrate present at granulation tissue. Our results demonstrate the sequence of cardiac lesions that determine the cardiomyopathy in Golden Retriever dogs affected by DMD and exhibit, for the first time, the Anitschkow cells in the histological findings of this cardiomyopathy. These results are relevant for to clarify the pathogenesis of cardiomyopathy in dogs and humans affected by DMD

Avaliação da aderência do sistema de revestimento argamassa com o uso da solução de cai no preparo da base

This study presents the state of the art on the ways of using the lime solution as a base preparation for the internal mortar coating system. The objective of this work is to evaluate the tensile bond strength of internal mortar coating systems with the base preparation using the lime solution, either in the roughcast (in the mixing water), or directly in the substrate (by moistening). For this evaluation research was carried out on articles, magazines, standards, monographs, dissertations, theses and books. The publications and works related to the theme have shown positive results regarding the use of the lime solution as a base preparation for the coating system, in addition, the tensile strength test has been fundamental for this concept to remain consistent in the scientific community.Este estudo apresenta o estado da arte sobre as formas de utilização da solução de cal como preparo de base para o sistema de revestimento argamassado interno. O objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar a resistência de aderência à tração de sistemas de revestimento argamassado interno com o preparo de base utilizando a solução de cal, seja no chapisco (na água de amassamento), seja diretamente no substrato (por umedecimento). Para esta avaliação, foram realizadas pesquisas em artigos, revistas, normas, monografias, dissertações, teses e livros. As publicações e trabalhos referentes ao tema têm apresentado resultados positivos quanto a utilização da solução de cal como preparo de base do sistema de revestimento interno, além disso, o ensaio de resistência de aderência à tração tem sido fundamental para que esse conceito permaneça consistente na comunidade científica