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Calderon's "La Nave Del Mercador": Auto Sacramental, S. Hugh Fitch

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The definitions of the Auto sacramental which have been devised over a period of three hundred years, from Lope de Vega to the present day, vary from the strictness of: "el auto sacramental, cuyo tema es exclusivamente el dogma de la presencia eucaristica," to the opposite extreme of "No era esencial al auto la materia eucaristica, ni lo fue nunca, en ninguna epoca de su historia." In order to understand the disparity between these two statements, it will be necessary to review the history of the auto, and to see how it developed in the hands of the master of …

Character Portrayal In The Works Of Miguel De Unamuno, Barbara Brooks

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Unamuno, therefore, had a twofold purpose in writing novels. He wanted to delve into the soul of the person to find out what struggle caused his personality, and then he wanted to see how this struggle effected the individual's attitude towards death and eternal life.

The purpose of this study is to see how well Unamuno succeeded in carrying out these two central themes, first, intimately, in his own character; second, remotely, in the character of his reader; and third, creatively, in the characters of his novels.

The Poetry Of Rafael Alberto Arrieta, William W. Moseley

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

It is with the Post-Modernist group that we are concerned in this study, for it is in this direction that the poetry of Rafael Alberto Arrieta leads. The poetic expression of Arrieta is not, however, a conscious, deliberate rebellion against Modernism. Arrieta was born in the 1889; he therefore grew up under the influence of Modernism. The most formative years of his life were spent while Modernism dominated the world of poetry. Yet Arrieta had the literary integrity to express his own personality in spite of the prevailing influences.

The Translation And Literary Analysis Of Francisco De Moncada's Expedicion De Los Catalanes Y Aragoneses Contra Turcos Y Griegos, Mary Frances Baker

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

It is the thesis of this analysis to establish Francisco de Moncada's Expedición as one of the four great literary chronicles, using the procedure of comparison with other works already accepted as important to literature from one standpoint or another.

Witches And Witchcraft In The Hispanic Folklore Of New Mexico, Lois Bartlett Harpham

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The principal purpose of this study is to accumulate as much material as possible pertaining to witches and witchcraft in the Hispanic folklore of New Mexico, and to make a critical and analytical study of this material. There are many articles and stories in various periodicals, folklore journals, collections of folktales, and varied sources; but there is no work devoted exclusively to this particular phase of New Mexican folklore.

The Framework Of The Spanish Short Collections Before 1700, Eugene A. Henning

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

A collection of short stories joined together by a surrounding narrative or framework is recognized as a very ancient type of fiction. Present in the traditional writings of the Orient and accepted by the earliest writers of the Western world, the framework device achieved a popularity during the Renaissance that has never completely disappeared even in modern times.

An Analysis Of Romain Rolland, Mildred Lagomarsino

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The first fifty years of Romain Rolland’s life were spent in inconspicuous and almost solitary labors. From then on this name became a storm center of European discussion

The significance of his life’s work becomes plain only when it is contemplated as a whole. It was slowly produced, for it had to encounter great dangers; it was a gradual revelation, tardily consummated. The foundations of this splendid structure were deeply dug in the firm ground of knowledge, and were laid upon the hidden masonry of years spent in isolation. Owing to the strength of its foundations, to the solidity of …