Theme (narrative)

About: Theme (narrative) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 13050 publications have been published within this topic receiving 159511 citations. The topic is also known as: narrative theme.

Some Notes on Analyzing Wagner: "The Ring" and "Parsifal"

Abstract: Example la sketches the Tarnhelm motive from Das Rheingold as first heard; ex. lb sketches the modulating middle section of the Valhalla theme, again as first heard. For many years I had sensed some underlying relation between the two passages, without being able to put my finger on it. In my recent book, Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations, I tried to work out a suitable relationship using networks of Klang transformations. Figure 1 reproduces figure 8.2 from the book.' There is a misprint: what is incorrectly written as "(G ,-)" on the left of figure la should be written as "(G ,-)." The bracketed harmonies on the figure are understood as interpolated transformational stages in the networks. LT signifies Riemann's Leittonwechsel transformation: the two notes spanning the minor third of a triad are preserved, while the third note moves a semitone to form a new triad of the opposite mode. The transformation SUBM makes a given triad the submediant in the key of the transformed triad. I was eager to assert SUBM between the opening and final harmonies of figure la; this made me assert B major, but not B minor, to be functional at the end of ex. la. (Wagner uses both major and minor harmonizations in the course of the Ring and Tristan.) In the book (p. 178), I say that exs. 2a and 2b "make visually clear a strong functional relationship" between the two passages, "a relationship which it is difficult to express in words." The relationship is difficult to express because the analysis is bad. It is bad for at least three methodological reasons that I can spot. Criticism (a): There is no point asserting "a strong relationship" without being able to 19th-Century Music XVI/1 (Summer 1992). ? by The Regents of the University of California.

Supervision: Critical Reflection for Transformational Learning, Part 1

Abstract: If many lives encapsulate a theme, then mine revolves around the theme of learning. This is how I would locate myself in both my personal and professional worlds. I have always been fascinated by l...

The Double in Nineteenth-Century Fiction

Abstract: Preface - The Psychological and Theological Background - The Emergence and Development of the Double Theme - Terror, Pursuit and Shadows - E.T.A. Hoffmann - James Hogg - Edgar Allan Poe - The Russian Double - The Double in Decline - Into Psychology - Notes - Selected Bibliography - Index

"Blessed Are the Meek, for They Shall Inherit the Earth" – An Aspiration Applicable to Business?

Abstract: The paper's broad aim is to provide a wider understanding of a complex virtue, "meekness". This interest is pragmatic. Contemporary research by Collins (2001) has identified "meekness" as a personal quality for highest-level leadership at great businesses, a theme identifiable also in religious and ancient philosophical narratives. Two strands of enquiry are pursued. Firstly, features of "meekness" are inferred by reference to Plato, Aristotle and Xenophon, as also to the gospel writer, Matthew, source of the title's quotation. It concludes that "meekness" is not about powers foregone but "powers controlled and exercised with discernment". The second strand addresses whether there are intrinsic differences between the ethics of business and religious activities. Narrative of a New Testament incident, apparently condemning traders, is briefly explored as a case study. Closer examination points how an inappropriate fusing of regulatory and commercial roles had created market abuses. The timeless account warns against inadequately controlled powers and provides an enduring example of how "the meek" should respond assertively against unethical conduct and avoid it themselves. While the paper acknowledges that there may be distinctive "guardian" and "commercial" syndromes for ethical prioritisation, a spiritual virtue, such as "meekness", transcends individual and organisational purposes, being aspirational for any activities that involve providing services and being accountable.

Differentiated Instruction for English Language Learners as “Variations on a Theme”

Abstract: (2012) Differentiated Instruction for English Language Learners as “Variations on a Theme” Middle School Journal: Vol 43, Differentiating Instruction for Diverse Learners, pp 14-21