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Literatura Viva: Formas De Conocer La Literatura Y Agricultura Desde Chiapas, Jesse Nichols

Dissertations and Theses

Literatura Viva reflects the links between agriculture and literature in Chiapas, Mexico, demonstrating how the ways of knowing the environment which are culturally expressed through literature and the practices of sustainable agriculture are deeply linked. It argues that the experience of the agricultural working class is central not just to a physical movement towards tangible agricultural change but to a society's ability to understand its socio-cultural and natural environment. The thesis first explores indigenous literature, then agricultural practices and finally educational movements which seek to express pluriversal understandings and ways of interacting with the planet. It argues that these understandings …

Shouts Of The Khori-Challwa: Andean Mythological And Cosmological Reconsiderations Of The American Identity In Gamaliel Churata’S El Pez De Oro, Stephen Delaney Mcnabb

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis explores the possible creation of a new categorization of American Literature as presented in the Andean novel El pez de oro: Retablos del Laykhakuy (1957) by Gamaliel Churata. In El pez de oro, Gamaliel Churata presents a strategy for the recuperation of native Andean cultural agency that enables the Andean subject to reclaim traces of their ancestral past under more verisimilar and verifiable terms. Churata argues that through a recuperation of native language and its infusion into the body of the major colonial language, Spanish, the Andean subject is equipped with a new culture producing tool that …

Escritos Para Desocupados (2013) De Vivian Abenshushan: De Contraensayos, Libros Aumentados Y Vanguardias De Liberación, Gloria M. Robayo Trujillo

Dissertations and Theses

The present study focuses on Escritos para desocupados (Writings for the Unoccupied), a 2013 work by Mexican author Vivian Abenshushan, as a multifaceted book that poses challenges for literary studies, book studies, and the reader in general. From a textual perspective, Escritos para desocupados is a shape-shifter. That is, depending on how the reader accesses its content, it can be a blog-book, a web-book, a printed book or a digital PDF-book. Using a term coined by the author, the "augmented book," I seek to encompass a phenomenon that is no longer unusual, the publication of a text in different media. …

Gritos En El Desierto: Denuncia Y Resistencia En Las Obras De Las Escritoras Wayuu Estercilia Simanca Pushaina Y Vicenta Marí­A Siosi Pino, Lindsay H. Perwak

Dissertations and Theses

The way we read and interpret literature is frequently influenced by factors that operate beyond the scope of the average reader's awareness. In this thesis, selected works by two Wayuu writers, Estercilia Simanca Pushaina and Vicenta Maria Siosi Pino, are analyzed and interpreted in an attempt to unveil some of these behind-the-scenes agents and issues, as well as explore how the stories' classification in the children's literature genre reveals a deep-rooted colonial tendency to infantilize indigenous individuals in contemporary Colombia.

Despite the fact that the two authors, both mestizo women who self-identify with the Wayuu indigenous group of northern Colombia, …

El Cuarto De AtráS : The Challenge Of The Autobiographical Text, Linda Kathleen Helton

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis examines the notion of autobiography as presented in Carmen Martin Gaite's novel El cuarto de atras. I propose that the novel is intended not to be read as a straightforward autobiography, rather, the reader is invited to consider the autobiographical elements that function on various levels within a fictional mode. Although events from the author's childhood and adolescence are included in the novel, they are recounted through the use of a fictional protagonist.

By analyzing the narratological fabric that comprises the text, I show how the framework of the fictional mode provides a background for the various autobiographical …

El Impacto Social Del Alcoholismo En Chin Chin El Teporocho (The Social Impact Of Alcoholism In Chin Chin El Teporocho), Juan Carlos Hernández

Dissertations and Theses

La idea central de esta investigación es analizar el impacto social del alcoholismo en la novela urbana Chin Chin el teporocho de Armando Ramírez, cuya narración se ubica en el barrio de Tepito, en Mexico, Distrito Federal.

El autor, a través de un panorama histórico y ágil, informa al lector del consumo de bebidas embriagantes en la ciudad de México y su respectivo impacto en la sociedad tepiteña, así como la aparición social y psicológica del personaje identificado por Ramírez como el Teporocho.

En este estudio, Hernández nos confronta con la violencia verbal y física que existe en Chin Chin …

El Español En El Condado De Multnomah, La Interpretación Médica Contextual, Y Las Funciones Del Intérprete Médico Profesional (The Spanish Language In Multnomah County, Contextual Medical Interpreting, And The Role Of The Professional Interpreter), Marco Polo Hernández Cuevas

Dissertations and Theses

El objeto de este trabajo es detectar el español hablado en el condado de Multnomah, Oregón, estudiar el significado de contextualidad en el ejercicio de la interpretación médica de español-inglés e inglés-español, y proponer una descripción de funciones para el intérprete basada en el perfil del cliente que solicita servicios en las clínicas públicas de la entidad.

El autor a través de un micro-enfoque coloca al lector en el centro del debate nacional actual acerca del significado de la interpretación contextual y las funciones del intérprete médico profesional; basándose en los censos estadounidenses de 1990 y en reportajes y estudios--tanto …

"Sin Decidirlo Me Volví Distinta": Gender, Deception And Development In Angeles Mastretta's ArráNcame La Vida, Luisa Samaniego

Dissertations and Theses

With this research I locate Angeles Mastretta's novel Arráncame la vida in the Bildungsroman genre, examine the particular forces influencing the protagonist's development and gain insight into her process of identity formation. This modern Bildungsroman portrays the fate of a woman in the male dominated world of post-revolutionary Mexico. I analyze how class, gender, historical moment, psychological and cultural influences are woven into the intriguing formation of the heroine, Catalina, variously constraining or propelling her forward in her quest for development.

I argue that the heroine transcends the limiting factors in her patriarchal environment, struggling against culturally sanctioned deception, confining …

The Female Identity In Rosario Ferrâe’S Papeles De Pandora, Marcie Lynn Pratt

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis examines four stories from Rosario Ferre's first book of short stories, Papeles de Pandora: "La mufieca menor," "Cuando las mujeres quieren a los hombres," "Amalia," and "La bella durmiente." In Papeles de Pandora, Ferre explores the portrayal of female identity by dismantling the traditional roles that are assigned to women in Puerto Rican, patriarchal society. This thesis analyzes the ways in which Ferre skillfully deconstructs and (re )constructs the identity and sense of self of her female protagonists.

To demonstrate Ferre's deconstruction and (re)construction of the female identity, This study focuses on Ferre's use ofrecurring motifs such as: …

Anticlerical Sentiment In Castilian And Galician-Portuguese Medieval Literature, Kathryn L. Brooks

Dissertations and Theses

Clerical sexual incontinence was a prevalent satirical theme during the Middle Ages manifested by anticlerical sentiment towards reprobate clergymen and the laws that they disobeyed. This satirical genre of literature targeted not only the cleric of a small town, but bishops and cardinals who were also abusers of canon law.

The anticlerical theme originated in Western Europe in the time of Constantine when early Christianity was competing with many religions for dominance. In the fourth century, Constantine, through the Edict of Milan, granted religious tolerance to all, thus allowing Christianity to become a major religion. Clerical celibacy originated from the …

Spanish For Health Care Professionals: Language And Culture, Mytzi Maryanne Rudolph

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this investigation is to examine formal and informal resources available for teaching Spanish to health care professionals mainly in the Portland, Oregon area. Seventeen different Spanish-for-health-care-professionals texts are commented on by the author, some of which are the texts used in medical Spanish language classes. The majority of the texts contain little if any instruction on cultural aspects which affect the Latino patient population's health care behaviors and decision making. With the recent growth in the Latino population there is a greater demand for health care services by Spanish-speaking persons of the Latino community. The author discusses …

La Relevancia De La Competencia Lexico-Cultural Del Lector En La Casa De Los Espiritus: Desde Un Acercamiento Hermeneutico, Gregory D. Lagos-Montoya

Dissertations and Theses

La competencia lexico-cultural del lector constituira los cirnientos para que este perciba o no la fuente de inspiraci6n de Isabel Allende en La casa de las espiritus. No cabe duda que ciertos lectores coincidiran con el aseverarniento de la propia autora: "que se ha basado su obra en Chile." Es un hecho que esta obra comprende una variedad de manifestaciones alusivas a este pafs: dialecto16gicas, socio-polfticas, e hist6ricas. Este estudio prueba que la competencia lexico-cultural de lector es vital para una comprensi6n mas fiel de la obra. La esencia de la obra literaria se manifiesta y complementa por medio de …

La Protagonista En Dos Novelas Latinoamericanas Escritas Por Mujeres, Khatereh K. Sabahi

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Este estudio hace una comparaci6n de las protagonistas de dos novelas escritas por mujeres. Analiza dos sociedades diferentes separada por el tiempo y la distancia. Trata de encontrar respuestas a las diferencias existentes, tomando en cuenta los cambios politicos, sociales y literarios que afectan a las mujeres. Ambas novelas se centran en la mujer y su lucha contra la sociedad y la incomprensi6n por parte del hombre. Se hace hincapie en el tipo diferente de sociedad en que vive cada una de las protagonistas y en el papel del hombre dentro de esta sociedad. Tambien se toma en consideraci6n la …

An Analysis Of The Literary Manifestations Of The Cult Of The Virgin Mary In Gonzalo De Berceo's Milagros De Nuestra Senora, Elizabeth M. Deeter

Dissertations and Theses

The cult of the Virgin Mary reached its climactic point in Europe during the Middle Ages, and was particularly strong in Spain. Literature became a concrete expression of Marianism because it reflected the beliefs of the populace. Gonzalo de Berceo, a Castilian monk, greatly influenced by the ever-growing Marian piety, wrote a collection of poems in which the activity of the Blessed Mother in everyday human life is documented. I propose to do a detailed miracle-by-miracle analysis of Mary's interactions with others by focusing on Berceo's characterization of her in her principal role as a mother. In addition, I will …

The Flor Metaphor Of Pre-Conquest Nahuatl Literature, Victoria Louise Defferding

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the present study is to show that the metaphor, flor, of Pre-Conquest Nahuatl literature means much more than the most widely accepted rendering of that metaphor that classic scholars such as Miguel Le6n-Portilla and Angel M. Garibay have attributed to it. Typically flor is referred to as meaning poetry. It is explored in this study as a metaphor that refers to entheogenic plants, their use and the divine words or songs, or poetry, that resulted from their use. As evidence for the theory presented, I examine and discuss various religious practices and important archeological treasures in order …

La Perspectiva Indigenista Y Neoindifenista De Huasipungo Y Porque Se Fueron Las Garzas, Laura Bergman

Dissertations and Theses

El indio siempre ha sido un objeto importante en la literatura latinoamericana. Este referente indf gena ha pasado par un proceso evolutivo: el indianista y el neoindigenista (Marcos 445). Dentro del ultimo se desarrolla una tendencia llamada neoindigenismo (Rodriguez-Luis 46). El prop6sito de esta tesis es analizar la perspectiva indigenista y neoindigenista de las novelas Huasipungo y Porque se fueron las garzas par media del tratamiento de sus protagonistas y del lenguaje coma instrumento de la . representaci6n autentica de las culturas que se describen en estas obras. El enfoque en Huasipungo es mas institucional que el de Porque se …

Intertextualidad En La Novela Tinisima De Poniatowska, Maria Elena Jimenez

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El proposito de esta tesis es de examinar la intertextualidad que aparece en la novela Tunisima, de Elena Poniatowska y analizar hasta que punto ella ha usado diferentes voces. Elena Poniatowska durante diez anos recopilo material para su obra. En ella relata la vida de la fotografa y revolucionaria, Tina Modotti, durante los anos 1929 a 1942. La novela Tinisima tiene treinta y siete secciones a lo que la he divido en tres partes. Cada una de esas partes tiene que ver con la vida de los companeros de Modotti que toman mas importancia en el desarrollo de la obra. …

Existencialismo En La Lucha Por La Vida, Juan Andres Amigo Torrubia

Dissertations and Theses

El propósito principal de esta tesis es el de exponer los elernentos existencialistas que vernos en la trilogía La lucha por la vida, del escritor de la generación de 1898, Pío Baroja. Esta la cornponen: La busca, Mala hierba, y Aurora roja. Partes de esta trilogía fueron escritas en 1904.

Los existencialistas, nos hablan del incurable asilarniento del individuo, los absurdos rnecanisrnos de la sociedad que lo destruyen, el coraje del individuo al encarar la rnuerte pero a su vez aferrandose a la vida, la soledad, la agonía, la angustia, la incornunicabilidad de las almas, el peso y …

La Casa De Los Espiritus: Destruccion De Oposiciones Binarias, Teresa M. SáNchez Soultaire De Lamothe

Dissertations and Theses

En las pagínas de esta tesis se encuentra un análisis deconstructivo de las técnicas narrativas y el contenido temático-ideológico de la primera novela de la escritora chilena Isabel Allende. Mediante el mismo, se ha tratado de descubrir en La casa de los espíritus una actitud de rebeldía en contra de las formas de poder que se manifiesta en diversos niveles de la vida social, y que, según el crítico uruguayo Angel Rama, caracteriza la obra de algunos escritores hipanoamericanos contemporáneos.

Diferentes técnicas narrativas, quedan analizadas, dando mayor énfasis al uso del realismo mágico, el cual crea una oposición en la …

A Comparison Of Spanish Language Samples Elicited By The Investigator In The Clinic And By The Mothers In The Home, Soledad Chavarria Navas

Dissertations and Theses

The primary purpose of the present study was to compare the quality of spontaneous language samples elicited from twelve low socioeconomic, normally developing, migrant Spanish-speaking subjects by their mothers in the home and by this investigator in the clinic. The subjects ranged in age from three years, one month to six years, nine months.

The essential question sought to determine if the comparison of language samples elicited in the home by the mothers and the language samples. elicited in the clinic by the investigator yielded significant differences in syntactical language development as measured by the Developmental Assessment of Spanish Grammar …