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Problems Of Contemporary Mexico As Seen In The Works Of Mariano Azuela, Jose Antonio Flores

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Relatively little has been written concerning Mariano Azuela and his works in comparison to critical material on Mexican authors. Since Azuela is the recognized novelist of the the Mexican Revolution, it is necessary that intimate acquaintance with the man and his works be made in order to understand the problems, feelings, and aspirations of the Mexican people immediately prior to and during the Revolution.

The aim of this thesis is to examine critically the novels of Azuela in view of the known facts of the Mexican Revolution principally as they touch upon the religious, social, economic, and political aspects.

Liberal Ideas In The Drama Of Benito Pérez Galdós, Mary Lee Forsyth

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

This study seeks to point out through the consideration of the Dramatic works of Benito Pérez Galdós, certain of his ideas that explain his attitude toward many vital and fundamental problems affecting the process and welfare of Spanish society of his day.

Superstitions And Beliefs Among The Spanish-Speaking People Of New Mexico, Benjamin S. Moya

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

In the thesis covering the following pages the author has given a definition and an analysis of superstition and its function in folk society. He has attempted to make certain comparisons of superstitions and beliefs prevalent in New Mexico with those of other regions which abound in popular superstition, particularly those prevalent in Spain and Mexico. To do this there is a presented a collection of superstitions found among Spanish-speaking people in New Mexico, critical remarks concerning several of these beliefs are made, and all attempt to trade the origin of others is undertaken.

A Student Edition Of El Equipaje Del Rey José By Benito Pérez Galdós, Katherine Ann Gardiner

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Introduction written in English.

It is the aim of this introduction to give the student of Spanish language and literature some tangible background as a preparation and aid for the appreciation of El Equipaje Del Rey José. The author, Don Benito Pérez Galdós, was very human, and one can hardly read any of his novels without soon discovering this humanity. He took all of Spain and its people and showed them to the whole world in his novels, for they have been translated into many languages. It will be an aid to the student to have some explanation of the …

An Investigation Of The Parallel Development Of The Picaresque Novel And The Hispanic Folktale, Alyce Mae Hawk

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

In Spanish literature Don Quijote exemplifies the qualities that characterize the Spanish people. In him will be found the most tangible manifestations of realism, the imaginative illusion of the idealist and the spontaneity engendered by native individualism.

Comparative Study Of The New Mexican And Mexican Popular Songs, Fernando Sifuentes

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

For the purpose of this study which is to compare the current popular song in New Mexico and the popular song in Mexico, an historical background will be laid for both songs and then an attempt will be made to ascertain the New Mexico production and contribution to the repertoire of popular songs now considered as New Mexico.

To do this the origin and development of the Mexican and New Mexican songs will be traced, and there will follow a comparison of the two groups to find similarities or differences in theme, type and other important characteristics.

Una Comprobación De La Descripción De La Flora Americana En La Historia Natural De Fernández De Oviedo, Eustaquio Garcia

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

La Historia General y Natural de Indias de Fernández de Oviedo es una de las fuentes principales y únicas para el conocimiento de la flora de las Indias Occidentales en el tiempo de la conquista espanola. El propósito de esta tesis es dar una serie de artículos sobre las plantas que conocía Oviedo con el fin de comprobar la autenticidad de sus descriptiones y observaciones de la flora de las Indias. Se ha guardado el mismo sistema de agrupación con excepción de unos cuantos casos donde Oviedo clasifica algunas planatas herbáceas (la Pitahaya, planta de la familia de los cactos) …

Some Recurrences Of The Don Quixote-Sancho Panza Pair In World Literature, J. Angie Wynn

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

It is not the purpose of this study to consider the influence of Don Quixote on World Literature in general, but rather to describe the imitations of Don Quixote in the works of three famous authors. These authors have each created a pair similar to Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, and each shows in his creation the influence of Cervantes' characters. These authors represent three different national literatures and three successive centuries. They are: Henry Fielding of eighteenth-century England; Alphonse Daudet of nineteenth-century France; and Jacinto Benavente of twentieth-century Spain. We have chosen for this study: Tom Jones, the History …

Lo Castizo In The Theatre Of Jacinto Benavente, Lois M. Beckett

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Jacinto Benavente, known as the creator of the modern drama of Spain, has been the subject of controversial opinions. One reason may be that he has continued to write after his own manner and ideas despite the initial reception accorded him by Spanish critics and audiences. Another cause may conceivably be that his theatre differs strikingly in outward appearance from that of the Golden Age. A third reason is undoubtedly that Benavente has come to be popular with his own people after a patient struggle against their indignation, and he has been recognized as a writer of first importance.

Spanish Games In New Mexico, Dionisio Costales

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

This thesis tends to offer a collection of games that are played by Spanish children in New Mexico. Some critical remarks are also made concerning several games. These comments are intended to notice the similarity of games of New Mexico with those of other countries. The material for this thesis was obtained through personal research and investigation and was received mostly by word of mouth.

A Critical Study Of The Spanish Picaresque Novel And A Comparison Of The Picaresque Elements With Certain Phases Of New Mexican Folklore, Elias W. Telles

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The purpose of this study is to show that since the beginning of Spanish civilization, picaresque elements existed among the Spanish people; that these elements have been preserved by Spaniards through all these centuries; and that Spaniards value the picaresque at the present time. To do this, picaresque literature will be studied from the first known novels to the present time. This peculiar form of literature will be compared with Spanish life as well and with the life reflected in the folklore of New Mexico.

Neogongorismo And Gongora In Contemporary Spanish-American Poetry, Clyde M. Denton

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

My purpose in this paper is twofold. In the first place, I wish to clarify somewhat the meaning and scope of the term "neogongorismo" and to show in what respects it resembles and in what respects it differs from gongorism. Secondly, I desire to show the attitude manifested towards Gongora by the contemporary Spanish-American literatos. I shall substantiate my deductions wherever possible with actual critical and poetic references.

Spain's Problem As Seen By Her Eminent Contemporary Essayists, Nina Porter Fatjo

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The vision of a new Spain obsessed with the Generation of 1898, but this unanimity split when cause and remedy were sought. Some preached reform through the regeneration of Spanish values, other through Europeanization--an infiltration of modern though and culture from Europe.

It is the purpose of this thesis to learn by a study of the works of the leading essayists what each considered the cause of Spain's decadence and what remedy each thought the best medicine for the malady.

Rosas; A Complete Picture, Ruth Taylor Westfall

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Rosas is considered the greatest enigma of Latin American history. To some he was a monster; to others and idol. By his persecution of the cultured classes, he made his enemies famous; A gaucho and a federalist, he destroyed his own world, created a nation, and delivered Argentina to his foes. No man was more bitterly hated; nor has any other tyrant been given more attention in literature. Many South American poets in authors or remember solely for their bitter denunciations of the Rosas regime.

To get a complete picture of Rosas it is necessary to take both the contemporary …

Benito Perez Galdos And Abnormal Psychology, Leota W. Elliot

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The purpose of this paper is to show, in general, that Galdos had a thoroughly modern understanding of the abnormal mind, from the borderline neurotic to the definitely psychotic, or insane; and in particular, that he anticipated certain theories advanced by Freud today with regard to the etiology of the neuroses and psychoanalysis.

La Naturaleza En Las Novelas De José Maria Pereda, Beryl H. Hurd

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Habiendo recorrido mucho, por medio de los libros, los rincones lejanos del mundo, es grate hallar un escondrijo donde hay gente y excenas un tanto más apacable, de modales más sencillos, que da, por regla general la suerte.

New Mexican Weaving And The Practical Vegetable Dyes From Spanish Colonial Times, Mela Sedillo Brewster

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

This study deals with the history of New Mexico as it affects the crafts. It covers the general history and techniques of spinning, loom development and weaving. It considers designs of 17th century Spain and Colonial Mexico and the misinterpretation of designs in New Mexico. It deals primarily with the Spaniards and their descendants who will hereafter be referred to as New Mexicans. Linguistic influences and changes are noted whenever they apply to the crafts. The Indian weaving is discussed only insofar as it helps to understand the New Mexican. Conclusions concerning the craft are drawn both from the study …

The Moral Aspects Of The Dramas Of Tamayo Y Baus, Carroll H. Conway

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The purpose of this thesis is to make a critical study of the dramas of Tamayo y Baus with a view to ascertaining whether or not the insistence on a moral tends to weak his dramas. It is the plan of the study to classify the dramas under the following heads: (1) lesser social plays based on moral proverbs, (2) more important plays distinctly social, (3) more important plays generally conceded to be free of any overt attempt to moralize, and (4) other minor plays. The plays of each of these divisions will be carefully studied and specific cases will …

The Spanish Folksong In New Mexico, Tonia Ann Komadina

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

When the Spaniards came to New Mexico, driven by a lust for gold, they brought with them the tradition of song which has been an inestimable treasure for succeeding generations. Their descendants and the descendants of the settlers who came north from Mexico clung to the precedent established by their ancestors; they sang old songs, composed new ones, and passed them down to their children by word of mouth transmission.

In this study an attempt has been made to trace briefly the development of the song in its various forms, from the sixteenth century to the present day canción de …

The New Mexican Decima, Reginald C. Reindorp

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Introduction. In the study here presented an attempt has been made to gather as many decimas as possible in one source so that they will be easily accessible for future reference and study and to give a few pertinent remarks concerning them.

The material presented in appendix 1 does not represent all of the decimas known in New Mexico, but is probably sufficient in quantity to ensure a sample of all types. Last attempts to obtain additional material resulted in securing only duplicates of decimals already at hand. However there is doubtless other material to be had in remote sections. …

Spanish Refranes And Riddles Of The Southwest, Josué Trujillo

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The Spanish refrán was born in the springtime of the Spanish language and culture from familiar and common expressions, which have a peculiar element of folklore common to all people. It has spread wherever the spoken languages in Spanish.

The riddle as well as the refrán is the folklore fossil of all languages. It sprang from man's earliest conceptions and observations of nature. He concentrated all his observations in the form of a question from which sprang the riddle.

Cuentos Populares Españoles De Nuevo México, Lolita H. Pooler

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

El estudio del Folklore español in Nuevo México es, no solo interesante, sino muy importante. El eminente folklorista, el Doctor Aurelio Espinosa ha hecho unas investigaciones científicas acerca de este asunto en Nuevo México y también en España. Se hallan muchos cuentos parecidos en los dos países. Estos cuentos que he recogido ya son recogidos de la tradicion oral. La lástima es que los jóvenes anglo-mexicanos de hoy día no se han fijado en esta tradicion y por consecuencia está perdiéndose este tesoro de la literatura. Solamente pudiendo hablar español se pueden recoger estos cuentos.

Some Phases Of The Macías Legend And The Source Of El Doncel De Don Enrique El Doliente, Mary Helen Bruno

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The purpose of this study is, first, to prove that Larra's El doncel de don Enrique el Doliente was modeled after Henri III et sa Cour, by Alexandre Dumas père, and second, to trace the legends in which the Macías character appears, and to point out the probable influences in the Macías character as he is utilized by various authors.

New Mexico Spanish Folk-Tales, Arthur L. Campa

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The folk-tale is one of the most fascinating forms of folk-lore that can be studied. When a good story is told in the family circle (in many cases the entire village is one large family) or in a gathering of friends, the question: "Where did you read that?" never arises. Neither do the hearers make a written record of the tale they have just listened to. It is an accepted custom that all "cuentos" are committed to memory.