According to Venuti, the translation strategy of domestication is the dominant strategy in Anglo-American translation culture. However, domestication also seems to be the dominant strategy in Dutch...Show moreAccording to Venuti, the translation strategy of domestication is the dominant strategy in Anglo-American translation culture. However, domestication also seems to be the dominant strategy in Dutch translations of children's literature. This article will first give an explanation of children's literature, then discuss both the foreignization and domestication strategy and lastly will outline a casestudy of different translations of Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling and Koning van Katoren by Jan Terlouw.Show less
This thesis has aimed to shed light on the correspondences between religious and social changes in early modern England on the one hand and changes in the early modern will on the other. Some...Show moreThis thesis has aimed to shed light on the correspondences between religious and social changes in early modern England on the one hand and changes in the early modern will on the other. Some researchers have questioned how much value the wording of wills has as evidence for the development of religious and social matters in early modern England. However, in this thesis I have argued that the correspondence between religious and social changes is in fact not questionable at all. To understand the will in early modern England, we need to know about the social and religious function that the last will had in early modern society and the role the Church played in the process of will-making. Did the church have a hand in the content of the will, or is it just the testator talking? The influence of the church on will-making diminished and people started looking for more independence and secrecy for their wills. Not only the content changed because of this, but also the circumstances in which the wills were made. In this study I was particularly interested in the differences between medieval and early modern wills. Because of the overlapping features, the differences between the two eras can tell us all the more about changes in social and religious life. In addition to this, the Protestant rejection of Purgatory is a crucial starting point for studying changes in the early modern will, as the end of payments for the good of the soul was beneficial for relatives. In the medieval period, there was a tension between the Church’s wishes for donations on the one side and family expectations on the other. Throughout the early modern period, by contrast, bequests for family were the testator’s main duty. As the will became less important as a religious document, it became more important as a reflection of family relations. The will changed from an ‘afterlife insurance’ for the testator to more of a life insurance for the living, and more similar to the will as we know it today: a secular document that provides for the family that is left behind.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Griekse en Latijnse taal en cultuur (BA)
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De lezing en interpretatie van ‘de nieuwe Sappho’, dat de naam Broersgedicht draagt, vormt het onderwerp van mijn scriptie. De vraag die ik in deze scriptie beantwoord is de volgende: hoe kan op...Show moreDe lezing en interpretatie van ‘de nieuwe Sappho’, dat de naam Broersgedicht draagt, vormt het onderwerp van mijn scriptie. De vraag die ik in deze scriptie beantwoord is de volgende: hoe kan op basis van de tekst en in vergelijking met andere werken van Sappho en contemporaine auteurs het Broersgedicht vanuit literair oogpunt worden geïnterpreteerd? Om die vraag te beantwoorden zal ik in een aantal stappen te werk gaan. Ten eerste zal ik een Nederlandse vertaling van dit nieuwe gedicht voorstellen en een beknopt commentaar geven (hoofdstuk 2). Vervolgens zal ik enkele methodische opmerkingen maken over de manier waarop ik het gedicht zal interpreteren en een voorlopige, enkel op de tekst gebaseerde, interpretatie van het gedicht voorstellen (hoofdstuk 3). Aan de hand van deze interpretatie wordt een aantal thema’s uit het gedicht vergeleken met andere fragmenten van Sappho en in sommige gevallen ook met teksten van andere auteurs (hoofdstuk 4). In het afsluitende hoofdstuk (5) zal ik bezien of deze vergelijking noopt tot aanpassing van mijn voorlopige interpretatie en komen tot een literaire interpretatie van ‘de nieuwe Sappho’.Show less
De journalistiek geniet het laatste decennium minder vertrouwen van de burgers. Om dit te herstellen proberen media meer verantwoording af te leggen over hun geleverde werk. Door middel van media...Show moreDe journalistiek geniet het laatste decennium minder vertrouwen van de burgers. Om dit te herstellen proberen media meer verantwoording af te leggen over hun geleverde werk. Door middel van media accountability systems, waarvan de mediaombudsman een goed voorbeeld is. De ombudsman functioneert als schakel tussen de lezers en de krant. Het instrument ‘ombudsman’ is in het leven geroepen toen internet nog niet bestond. In dit onderzoek is bekeken in hoeverre de ombudsman zich aanpast aan de mogelijk- en moeilijkheden die het internet biedt. Aan de hand van de ombudsmannen van De Volkskrant, NRC Handelsblad en De Standaard is geanalyseerd in hoeverre de ombudslieden op de hoogte zijn van de mogelijk- en moeilijkheden, en ze hier zelf iets mee doen en hoeveel waarde ze aan online kwesties toedichten. Er blijken verschillen te zijn tussen de ombudsmannen. Niet in de onderwerpen die ze aankaarten, maar vooral in de hoeveelheid aandacht die ze besteden aan online. In de columns komt het bij de ene ombudsman zelden aan bod, terwijl de andere zeer regelmatig over online kwesties schrijft. Ook blijkt dat de mogelijkheden die het internet biedt niet door alle ombudslieden evenredig wordt ingezet. Het zoeken van interactie met lezers is makkelijker geworden, maar wordt niet altijd benut, evenals de ruimte die het internet biedt om meer te publiceren. Samenvattend: ombudslieden zijn niet volledig aangepast op de mogelijkheden van het online mediaklimaat. De transparantie, wat een belangrijk doel is van het accountability instrument ‘ombudsman’, kan juist in het huidige mediaklimaat de waarde van een ombudsman vergroten.Show less
This thesis concentrates on correlative sentences in Russian. A number of derivational accounts have been proposed in the literature for correlatives in Hindi, Serbo-Croatian and Hungarian...Show moreThis thesis concentrates on correlative sentences in Russian. A number of derivational accounts have been proposed in the literature for correlatives in Hindi, Serbo-Croatian and Hungarian respectively (Srivastav 1991, Dayal 1996, Bhatt 2003; Izvorski 1996; Lipták 2005, 2009, 2012), but little has been said about the possible derivation of Russian correlatives. The main goal of my thesis is to apply the derivational account proposed by Lipták (2012) for Hungarian in a modified form to Russian. I first provide a thorough background on correlatives in general, and secondly how they behave in Russian specifically. The criteria for preferring the structural account proposed Lipták (2012) will be discussed as well. The 2 derivational steps of primary importance in my analysis are: 1.) Focus fronting of the Dem XP in the main clause; 2.) base-generation of the correlative clause in the left periphery of the main clause and its optional Topicalization. I furthermore show that the crucial diagnostics used by Lipták for Hungarian do not apply to Russian. Using a different set of diagnostic tests I eventually conclude that 1.) the Dem XP in the main clause is contrastively Focused; 2.) the correlative clause is likely to be base-generated in the left periphery of the main clause, and is similar to a contrastive Topic in Russian.Show less
As a reaction to the poor handling by the Japanese government of the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the Fukushima Children Network was established whose main goal it is to...Show moreAs a reaction to the poor handling by the Japanese government of the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the Fukushima Children Network was established whose main goal it is to prevent children from being irradiated by radioactive materials. With the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, mother's would yet again take up their motherhood and use in such a way that they are supposedly the expert concerning their children's well being. This research will analyze the activities of the Fukushima Children Network in relation to the concept of civil society in Japan as coined by Jurgen Habermas. The main research question will be: What is the effect of Fukushima Children Network's actions in the public sphere? More specifically, did their actions lead to a growing awareness of the dangers, such as radioactive contamination, that the use of nuclear energy brings about? Starting with only a few people and setting out their course of action, they gained notoriety throughout the country. Also having inspired other members of the public to take action on their own, it can be argued that they have come quite far within the public sphere.Show less
Zuid-Korea heeft de laatste jaren altijd bovenaan de OECD lijsten gestaan wat betreft zelfmoordcijfers. Dit cijfer ligt namelijk ruim boven het (globale) gemiddelde. Waarom is zelfmoord in Korea zo...Show moreZuid-Korea heeft de laatste jaren altijd bovenaan de OECD lijsten gestaan wat betreft zelfmoordcijfers. Dit cijfer ligt namelijk ruim boven het (globale) gemiddelde. Waarom is zelfmoord in Korea zo'n veelvoorkomende actie? In deze scriptie tracht ik punten te specificeren die (kunnen) leiden tot een verhoogd risico van zelfdoding. Hierbij wordt ook de vergelijking met Japan gemaakt, een ander Oost-Aziatisch land dat jarenlang heeft gekampt met enorm hoge cijfers wat betreft zelfdoding. Zijn er parallelen te trekken tussen de twee landen, en wat maakt elke situatie uniek?Show less
This paper discusses the transfer of the Dutch factory from Hirado to Nagasaki in 1641 and the specific circumstances leading up to it. The research question is then: what did the VOC personnel...Show moreThis paper discusses the transfer of the Dutch factory from Hirado to Nagasaki in 1641 and the specific circumstances leading up to it. The research question is then: what did the VOC personnel think about the political circumstances surrounding the relocation of the Dutch Factory from Hirado to Nagasaki; what did they believe was going on and how did these beliefs correspond with what the secondary literature on Japan says happened during this time? To answer this question primary sources written by the Dutch chiefs of the factory (Dagregisters gehouden bij de opperhoofden van de Nederlandse Factorij in Japan) are compared with the general consensus of these events as seen in contemporary secondary literature.Show less
Cornelis van Haarlem en Roelant Savery hebben samen twee schilderijen gemaakt. Onderzocht worden diverse aspecten van hun samenwerking aan de hand van de samenwerking tussen zelfstandige schilders...Show moreCornelis van Haarlem en Roelant Savery hebben samen twee schilderijen gemaakt. Onderzocht worden diverse aspecten van hun samenwerking aan de hand van de samenwerking tussen zelfstandige schilders in die tijd in de Nederlanden waarover meer bekend is.Show less
The nineteenth century witnessed a change in reading behaviour and in readership. With the changes in readership, the newspaper coverage on books and book related businesses in the Netherlands must...Show moreThe nineteenth century witnessed a change in reading behaviour and in readership. With the changes in readership, the newspaper coverage on books and book related businesses in the Netherlands must also have changed. But how was this change reflected in newspapers? This thesis aims to give an answer to that question. It will review newspapers from three years: 1815, 1850 and 1890 in order to present a broad perspective on the changes during the century. The focus will be on newspapers from larger cities and regions, and on national newspapers. This means that the newspapers that are featured in this study will, for the most part, be from the western parts of The Netherlands.Show less
The aim of this thesis is to evaluate how much progress Japan has made in dismantling its most costly non-tariff measures (NTMs). Two specific industries are evaluated: the pharmaceutical and the...Show moreThe aim of this thesis is to evaluate how much progress Japan has made in dismantling its most costly non-tariff measures (NTMs). Two specific industries are evaluated: the pharmaceutical and the medical devices industry.Show less
This thesis explores one of the solutions to the problem of a declining labour force Japan is faced with: increasing women’s employment, also after marriage and/or childbirth. In Japan, women...Show moreThis thesis explores one of the solutions to the problem of a declining labour force Japan is faced with: increasing women’s employment, also after marriage and/or childbirth. In Japan, women generally occupy a significantly lower position than men in the workplace. Through in-depth interviews with Japanese women, I have found answers to the following questions: What do Japanese women think of this inequality? Are they demotivated by a lack of prospects? Additionally, I explore what they consider important in a job, taking both content and conditions of employment into account. I argue that when the elements women consider important in work are determined, future laws and regulations aimed at increasing women’s employment rate can take these elements into account. Consequently, such laws will be more efficient in drawing more women to the labour force.Show less
Door handel, oorlogen en bedevaarten nemen de interculturele contacten toe in de late middeleeuwen, maar in de medioneerlandistiek blijft het onderzoek naar de westerse beeldvorming van...Show moreDoor handel, oorlogen en bedevaarten nemen de interculturele contacten toe in de late middeleeuwen, maar in de medioneerlandistiek blijft het onderzoek naar de westerse beeldvorming van vertegenwoordigers van andere culturen onderbelicht. Een interessante vertegenwoordiger van een andere cultuur is Saladin. Deze historische tegenstander van de twaalfde-eeuwse kruisvaarders speelt de hoofdrol in verschillende Middelnederlandse teksten. Saladin krijgt in deze teksten tegenstrijdige eigenschappen: hij is een heidense vijand, maar ook een edelmoedige held. In dit onderzoek ga ik dieper in op de representaties van Saladin in de verschillende afschriften van Van den coninc Saladijn ende van Hughen van Tabaryen.Show less
This thesis studies the pictorial transformation among three Christian illustrated books, Evangelicae Historiae Imagines, Song nianzhu guicheng, and Tianzhu jiangsheng chuxiang jingjie, which were...Show moreThis thesis studies the pictorial transformation among three Christian illustrated books, Evangelicae Historiae Imagines, Song nianzhu guicheng, and Tianzhu jiangsheng chuxiang jingjie, which were producedand published by the Jesuits in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century. Three research questions will be discussed in this thesis: 1. How were the Christian images transformed from the European representation, in Evangelicae Historiae Imagines, into Chinese style in the latter two books? 2. How did the Jesuits combine Christian doctrines with Confucianism, and use inculturation on the Christian illustrations? 3. Who was the target of these illustrations and what was the audience’s reaction and perspective about these Gospel illustrations in Late Ming China?Show less
