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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. …

Seventeenth Centuy Golden Era Of French Drama, Vera P. Duplessis

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

Drama is a word belonging to the Greek Language which means action. It is applied to that form of literature which has action in it and is suited for performance. A drama usually tells a story either by means of speeches or dialogue, there are to be spoken by actors impersonating characters and performing the actions according to the story.

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.

A Comparison Of Rabelais's Ideas On Intellectual, Religious, And Social Freedom With Those Of Montaigne, Calvin, And Marguerite De Navarre, Archalita Reba Millsaps

Masters Theses

(From the Introduction)

The characteristic intellectual manifestation of the Renaissance in France was the spirit of free inquiry, of revolt against traditional authority. In other words, it was the assertion of the freedom of man and of the rights of the individual. For this reason the sixteenth century marks a great change in all the provinces of the intellectual life. Here can be seen the full advent of the Italian Renaissance with its spirit of intense liberty and originality.

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.

Latin Has Always Held Prominence As An Educational Factor, R M

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

Rome one of the greatest powers of the ancient world has exerted important influence upon practically all modern nations. It has done much to shape the lives and customs of the people is necessary to obtain an understanding of our language, our literature, our religion our art and out government. This fact makes Latin as their language, and important topic for study by all nations in all ages.