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Latin American Literature

2012

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Full-Text Articles in Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature

Family /War: A Cautionary Tale, Irene Kacandes Nov 2012

Family /War: A Cautionary Tale, Irene Kacandes

Dissidences

No abstract provided.


Becoming Aurora: Translating The Story Of Arshaluys Mardiganian, Shushan Avagyan Nov 2012

Becoming Aurora: Translating The Story Of Arshaluys Mardiganian, Shushan Avagyan

Dissidences

No abstract provided.


Signs Of State Terrorism In Post-Authoritarian Santiago: Memories And Memorialization In Chile, Carolina Aguilera, Gonzalo Cáceres Nov 2012

Signs Of State Terrorism In Post-Authoritarian Santiago: Memories And Memorialization In Chile, Carolina Aguilera, Gonzalo Cáceres

Dissidences

No abstract provided.


Journeys To Self And Lessons Of Other: Carlos Castaneda, Indigenismo, And The Politics Of A New Age, Ageeth Sluis Oct 2012

Journeys To Self And Lessons Of Other: Carlos Castaneda, Indigenismo, And The Politics Of A New Age, Ageeth Sluis

Ageeth Sluis

During the 1960s and 1970s, Carlos Castaneda’s work on shamanism introduced a large international readership to Mexico at a time when the Americas saw pronounced socio-political and cultural changes: mounting social unrest, political instability, civil rights movements, the counterculture, and the sexual and other revolutions. While heavily criticized by contemporary scholars, Castaneda's work became instrumental in the construction of an imagined Mexico, which, in addition to drawing counterculture tourists, featured new ways of conceptualizing race and gender. Seeking to understand the Castaneda phenomenon within a larger transnational context, the study sheds light on how new conceptions of indigenous identity informed …


Desplazamientos Y Cambios De Signo: La Reescritura De El Juguete Rabioso (1926), De Roberto Arlt, En Si Yo Muero Primero, De Susana Silvestre Y La Nueva Rabia (2008), De Marcelo Eckhardt, Karina Elizabeth Vázquez Oct 2012

Desplazamientos Y Cambios De Signo: La Reescritura De El Juguete Rabioso (1926), De Roberto Arlt, En Si Yo Muero Primero, De Susana Silvestre Y La Nueva Rabia (2008), De Marcelo Eckhardt, Karina Elizabeth Vázquez

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

Uno de los rasgos sobresalientes de la narrativa argentina de los últimos quince años es el retorno de la estética realista. Esta tendencia comprende textos cuya verosimilitud no se asimila ni al pacto mimético profesado por los escritores realistas del treinta, ni al realismo comprometido, de influencia sartreana, de los setenta. Durante la década del ochenta, la escritura cifrada, basada en la alusión y la alegoría, con la que escritoras y escritores respondieron a la censura y represión sistemática de la última dictadura militar (1976-1983), zanjó el problema del imperativo político en la literatura mediante el rechazo de "lo real". …


Officialization And Linguistic Acculturation Of Spanish In The United States Catholic Church, Antonio Medina-Rivera Aug 2012

Officialization And Linguistic Acculturation Of Spanish In The United States Catholic Church, Antonio Medina-Rivera

World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications

The present investigation brings to light some of the changes associated with the use of English and Spanish in the US Catholic Church. The first part is an examination of the process of officialization from a historical perspective, acknowledging the impact of some groups or associations in the use of vernacular la!_lguages within the Church. The second part examines the role of acculturation during this process of officialization; and the final section analyzes the use of inclusive language in the Church, as an attempt to have a more gender-balanced institution. These three elements serve to provide a more complete perspective …


Reformulando Espacios, Estereotipos Y Discursos: Las Narrativas Femeninas De La Violencia En La Literatura Hispanoamericana Contemporánea., Mara Pereira Borges Aug 2012

Reformulando Espacios, Estereotipos Y Discursos: Las Narrativas Femeninas De La Violencia En La Literatura Hispanoamericana Contemporánea., Mara Pereira Borges

Doctoral Dissertations

The dissertation “Reformulando espacios, estereotipos y discursos: Las narrativas femeninas de la violencia en la literatura hispanoamericana contemporánea” analyzes four novels from contemporary Spanish-American literature: Laura Restrepo’s El leopardo al sol (1993), Julia Álvarez’s En el tiempo de las mariposas (1995), Nora Strejilevich’s Una sola muerte numerosa (1997) and Ana Valentina Benjamin’s 7x1: Siete crímenes per cápita (2006). All four novels focus on historical backgrounds marked by violence such as the emergence of the drug cartels in Colombia, the military dictatorship in Dominican Republic during Trujillo’s rule, the Dirty War in Argentina, and a very particular manifestation …


Taak In Sutik (I Want To Return), Jose Lopez Bribiesca Aug 2012

Taak In Sutik (I Want To Return), Jose Lopez Bribiesca

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this film is to have four descendants of the Maya tell their stories and through them, explain four difficult concepts facing the 21st century contemporary Maya:

* How do Mayan languages influence a worldview different than the westernized, globalized worldview?

* How do the media, especially through movies, portray the Maya and other indigenous groups unfairly?

* How have the descendants of the Maya coped with adapting to modernity while keeping their traditions intact?

* How will the four protagonists ensure the protection of their language and their culture when they return home?


La Agresión Verbal En La Novela Mexicana De Temática Homosexual, Juan Carlos Rocha Osornio Jul 2012

La Agresión Verbal En La Novela Mexicana De Temática Homosexual, Juan Carlos Rocha Osornio

Juan Carlos Rocha Osornio, Ph.D

No abstract provided.


El Viejo Puente, El Río Y El Mercado: Avatares De La Subjetivación En "Gregorio" Del Grupo Chaski, Pablo Salinas Jul 2012

El Viejo Puente, El Río Y El Mercado: Avatares De La Subjetivación En "Gregorio" Del Grupo Chaski, Pablo Salinas

Hipertexto

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“Vamos En Un Tren De Suicidas” La Recepción De La Teoría De La Degeneración En La Crítica Cultural De Carlos Díaz Dufoo, Revista Azul 1894-1896, Christian Sperling Jul 2012

“Vamos En Un Tren De Suicidas” La Recepción De La Teoría De La Degeneración En La Crítica Cultural De Carlos Díaz Dufoo, Revista Azul 1894-1896, Christian Sperling

Hipertexto

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El Adefesio De Rafael Alberti: Una Denuncia De La Impostura Y El Autoritarismo, Andre Mah Jul 2012

El Adefesio De Rafael Alberti: Una Denuncia De La Impostura Y El Autoritarismo, Andre Mah

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La Españolización Del Surrealismo En Sobre Los Ángeles, Benito Gomez Jul 2012

La Españolización Del Surrealismo En Sobre Los Ángeles, Benito Gomez

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Slave-Master Relationship In Ramón Méndez Quiñones’ ¡Pobre Sinda!, Rosita E. Villagomez Jul 2012

Slave-Master Relationship In Ramón Méndez Quiñones’ ¡Pobre Sinda!, Rosita E. Villagomez

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Cuando El Saber No Les Hace Libres: La Educación Como Elemento De Contención Social En Por El Cielo Y Más Allá, Emilio Ramon Jul 2012

Cuando El Saber No Les Hace Libres: La Educación Como Elemento De Contención Social En Por El Cielo Y Más Allá, Emilio Ramon

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“Como Una Buena Mujercita De Su Casa” Un Vistazo A La Mujer Del Campo A Través De La Novela De Miguel Delibes: La Hoja Roja, Sara Fernández-Medina Jul 2012

“Como Una Buena Mujercita De Su Casa” Un Vistazo A La Mujer Del Campo A Través De La Novela De Miguel Delibes: La Hoja Roja, Sara Fernández-Medina

Hipertexto

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The Frequency Of Ch /ʧ/ In Contemporary Mexican Highland Spanish, Daniel Nappo Jul 2012

The Frequency Of Ch /ʧ/ In Contemporary Mexican Highland Spanish, Daniel Nappo

Hipertexto

That particular sounds are characteristic of different languages is widely understood. For example, studies of Amerindian languages of the Amazon basin have discovered sounds as unique as a ―voiced, lateralized apical-alveolar/sublaminal-labial double flap with egressive lung air‖ [L,], exhibited only in Pirahã, an isolated language spoken by approximately one hundred people (Everett 92). English has an apparent proclivity for the phoneme /ʃ /, which, as Baugh and Cable point out, may be produced by twelve different spellings (14). This paper argues that the phoneme /ʧ /, represented exclusively in Spanish by the digraph ch, may be viewed as one of …


Noël Valis. Sacred Realism. Religion And The Imagination In Modern Spanish Narrative. New Heaven: Yale Up, 2010., Jose Maria Martínez Domingo Jul 2012

Noël Valis. Sacred Realism. Religion And The Imagination In Modern Spanish Narrative. New Heaven: Yale Up, 2010., Jose Maria Martínez Domingo

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Perspectives, Problems, And Processes In Contemporary Spanish Adaptations, Vinodh Venkatesh Jul 2012

Perspectives, Problems, And Processes In Contemporary Spanish Adaptations, Vinodh Venkatesh

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“Oh Yo Que Estoy Viniendo”: Hombre Nuevo Y Dios En Los Textos Inéditos De Orbe (1926-1931), Carlos Peinado Elliot Jul 2012

“Oh Yo Que Estoy Viniendo”: Hombre Nuevo Y Dios En Los Textos Inéditos De Orbe (1926-1931), Carlos Peinado Elliot

Hipertexto

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Adela Morín Rodríguez Y Ángeles Mateo Del Pino, Eds. Grafías Del Cuerpo. Sexo, Género E Identidad. Valencia: Aduana Vieja Editorial, 2011. 388 Pp., Josué Hernández Rodríguez Jul 2012

Adela Morín Rodríguez Y Ángeles Mateo Del Pino, Eds. Grafías Del Cuerpo. Sexo, Género E Identidad. Valencia: Aduana Vieja Editorial, 2011. 388 Pp., Josué Hernández Rodríguez

Hipertexto

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Hipotermia De Álvaro Enrigue ¿Autobiografía O Texto Autoficcional?, Maria Del Carmen Castañeda Hernández Jul 2012

Hipotermia De Álvaro Enrigue ¿Autobiografía O Texto Autoficcional?, Maria Del Carmen Castañeda Hernández

Hipertexto

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Violencia Y Apocalipsis En El Día Señalado De Manuel Mejía Vallejo, Virginia Capote Diaz Jul 2012

Violencia Y Apocalipsis En El Día Señalado De Manuel Mejía Vallejo, Virginia Capote Diaz

Hipertexto

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La Herida De Moctezuma, Mark K. Warford Jun 2012

La Herida De Moctezuma, Mark K. Warford

Spanish Model Lesson Plans

A Sociocultural Model Lesson Plan centered on a folktale about the demise of Moctezuma. La Herida de Moctezuma comes from John Bierhorst's Cuentos Folclóricos Latinoamericanos. A Google search will yield an excerpt, but it is recommended that you use the entire tale. Targeted to Intermediate-High learners.


Mapa Provisonal De La Literatura Hispanoamericana De Entre Siglo (Xx-Xxi): Una Mirada Al Camino Literario Actual, Claudia Lorena Márquez-Reséndiz Jun 2012

Mapa Provisonal De La Literatura Hispanoamericana De Entre Siglo (Xx-Xxi): Una Mirada Al Camino Literario Actual, Claudia Lorena Márquez-Reséndiz

Dissertations

Globalization has dramatically transformed many aspects of our life. Media and technology have advanced significantly in the last two decades. At the same time, migration has increased at an unprecedented pace. Literature reflects and expresses the social, economic, political and cultural factors that are occurring at any given time. My dissertation focuses on a novelistic production of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. This body of literature carries within a particular structure of feeling that has emerged in our global era.

In chapter one, I undertake the reading of three novels that discuss and question the concept of "national" …


Review Of Building Nineteenth-Century Latin America: Re-Rooted Cultures, Identities, And Nations, Lee Joan Skinner Jun 2012

Review Of Building Nineteenth-Century Latin America: Re-Rooted Cultures, Identities, And Nations, Lee Joan Skinner

CMC Faculty Publications and Research

Recent years have seen the publication of several excellent collections of essays devoted to nineteenth-century Latin American cultural studies. Works such as Beyond Imagined Communities: Reading and Writing the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Latin America, edited by Sara Castro-Klarén and John Charles Chasteen, and special numbers of journals such as Revista Iberoamericana’s issue on cultural change and periodical reading in nineteenth-century Latin America (January–March 2006), to adduce but two examples, have amplified our understanding of the complex ways in which hegemonic and nonhegemonic discourses functioned in the nineteenth century and how the divisions between elite and popular cultures were …


Fencing Off Love/ Feeding Off Love: Men In Love And The Women They Distrust In Machado De Assis's Ressurreição And Dom Casmurro, Diana Anselmo-Sequeira May 2012

Fencing Off Love/ Feeding Off Love: Men In Love And The Women They Distrust In Machado De Assis's Ressurreição And Dom Casmurro, Diana Anselmo-Sequeira

Diana Anselmo-Sequeira

As obras de Machado de Assis dramatizam as ansiedades vividas no seio da sociedade brasileira do fim de século XIX, especialmente as tensões sentidas entre uma masculinidade ameaçada e uma feminilidade emergente. Este artigo examina dois dos romances que melhor definem as mudanças estilísticas da vida literária de Machado - Ressurreição (1872), o seu primeiro livro moldado ao estilo europeu; e Dom Casmurro (1899, a obra que marcou a sua passagem para um tom único e realista. Analisando a complexa relação de despeito e ternura que instiga os principais pares amorosos retratados nestas duas obras, eu procuro argumentar que o …


Voces Fabuladas Contra Estatuas Míticas: Francisco Herrera Luque Y Su Aproximación Literaria A La Historia Venezolana, Juan Vicente Ayala Mar 2012

Voces Fabuladas Contra Estatuas Míticas: Francisco Herrera Luque Y Su Aproximación Literaria A La Historia Venezolana, Juan Vicente Ayala

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis postulates the narrative of Venezuelan psychiatrist and novelist Francisco Herrera Luque as one that demystifies the official historical discourse of his nation.

Our argument is developed through a two-part analysis. First, we present and examine the author's characteristic method, one that he called "fabled history", and the way it deals with elements of Venezuela's historical past. Secondly, we analyze the way Herrera Luque, while crafting an undoubtedly historical narrative, also analyzes many elements of the Venezuelan idiosyncrasy and identity through the illustration of colonial life in the nation, in particular within the oligarchic social class known as mantuanos, …


Borges Ante El Fin: Un Sentido De La Eternidad, I. Gabriel Villarroel Mar 2012

Borges Ante El Fin: Un Sentido De La Eternidad, I. Gabriel Villarroel

Nomenclatura: aproximaciones a los estudios hispánicos

No abstract provided.


El Choteo En Cien Botellas En Una Pared Y Raining Backwards: El Gracioso Disfraz De Las Circunstancias Trágicas Durante La Revolución Cubana Y El Período Especial, Kristin Nicole Lisenby Mar 2012

El Choteo En Cien Botellas En Una Pared Y Raining Backwards: El Gracioso Disfraz De Las Circunstancias Trágicas Durante La Revolución Cubana Y El Período Especial, Kristin Nicole Lisenby

World Languages and Cultures

This project attempts to explore the idea that the combination of tragedy and humor in Cuban and Cuban-American literature is a form of “choteo” or “no tomar nada en serio,” which demonstrates a coping strategy used by Cubans during hard times. In the case of Ena Lucía Portela's Cien botellas en una pared, and Roberto Fernandez's Raining Backwards, I believe that the two authors use his and her own personal insight into a Cuban's life during the Cuban Revolution of the 60's and the Special Period of the 90's, and that those personal experiences are reflected throughout the novels …