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Gabriela Mistral's «Sonnets To Ruth»: The Consolation Of Passion, Howard M. Fraser
Gabriela Mistral's «Sonnets To Ruth»: The Consolation Of Passion, Howard M. Fraser
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
As for many poets, the sonnet form presented the opportunity to Gabriela Mistral to perfect her poetic technique. This study examines in detail the Nobel Laureate's trio of sonnets commemorating the biblical matriarch Ruth. Mistral's treatment of the themes of alienation, self- sacrifice, and the search for human dignity features the contrasts of suffering and consolation which are present in the biblical narrative. But, alongside the thematic purposes which the pleasure/pain duality serves, Mistral exploits this opposition for technical and structural reasons. She uses the feelings of love and pain as an organizational device in her treatment of time, characters …
Cyclones And Vortices: Alejo Carpentier's Reasons Of State As Cartesian Discourse, Joseph F. O'Neill
Cyclones And Vortices: Alejo Carpentier's Reasons Of State As Cartesian Discourse, Joseph F. O'Neill
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Alejo Carpentier's Reasons of State is a reconstruction of Cartesian discourse that is paradoxically both fantastic and baroque in its implications. Building upon the assumption that Cartesianism is typically baroque and therefore a dynamism, rather than a dichotomy of subject and object, the novel proceeds in the form of a retrospective deathbed narrative to suggest the radically anti-Cartesian polarization of subject and object in fin de siècle Latin America by portraying its dictator/narrator as a man whose world-view, like his culture's, is schizophrenically divided between magical realism and positivist progressivism. This ambiguous narrative perception is comparable to that of the …
Points South: Ambrose Bierce, Jorge Luis Borges, And The Fantastic, Howard M. Fraser
Points South: Ambrose Bierce, Jorge Luis Borges, And The Fantastic, Howard M. Fraser
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
The debt of Borges's "A Secret Miracle" to Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" both in theme and technique has been noted in recent criticism. However, a careful study of the two works reveals striking differences, particularly with respect to the treatment of time. Based on Todorov's study of the fantastic, this article attempts to show how Bierce's influence on Borges parallels the general development of psychological realism and its transformation into surrealism. While it is true that the allusive qualities of Borges' work recall thematic and technical aspects of Bierce, nonetheless the American Hispanophile is a precursor …
Front Matter, And A Letter From The Editor, Vol. 1, No. 1, Luis González-Del-Valle
Front Matter, And A Letter From The Editor, Vol. 1, No. 1, Luis González-Del-Valle
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
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