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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 …

Estereotipos Femininos Y Masculinos En Los Pazos De Ulloa Y La Regenta, Ema Luisa Flynn De Garcia

Theses : Honours

The purpose of this thesis is to find possible feminine stereotypes in two XIX century Spanish novels, Los Pazos de Ulloa, written by Emilia Pardo Bazan, and La Regenta by Leopolda Alas "Ciarin", both considered realist or naturalists works of fiction. The analysis of the two novels is based on works with feminist perspectives regarding the way women are portrayed in fiction. The belated flowering of the Spanish realist and the naturalist novel came about due to the state Spain was in at the time in question. There was no industrial revolution in Spain as in other neighbouring countries and …

El Papel De La Mujer En El Teatro De Federico Garcia Lorca, John Rey

Theses : Honours

Federico Garcia Lorca is considered by many as the Spanish playwright with the strongest and acutest social conscience of the twentieth century in his country, especially regarding the plight of Spanish women. In this thesis, his fight for women's rights, his understanding of their frustrations, feelings, sufferings, their social predicament in an unchanging and anachronistic society will be explored by focusing on Lorca's commitment to changing the social status quo. A link will be established between Lorca's work and the influence that earlier playwrights had on him. Many Spanish playwrights were among the first ill Europe to spouse Erasmus' ideas …