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The Supernatural In Modernist Fiction, Howard Michael Fraser

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

This study will examine various aspects of the supernatural as it appears in the short stories of Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera, Rubén Darío, and Leopoldo Lugones. It is believed that an appreciation of the techniques of fantastic exploration in the fiction of these writers will clarify the late nineteenth-century "crisis in beliefs" and cult of artistic spiritualism which in part characterized the Modernist aesthetic. In Chapter One appear the theoretical bases for the supernatural phenomena observed. Animism, a kind of primitive mysticism, seems to underly the Modernists’ view of the universe. Following Animism, Sympathetic Magic is examined. As any "Practice" is …

An Ethnolinguistic Study Of West African Influences On Bahain Portuguese, William W. Megenney

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The problem of African influence in Brazil centers around the city of Salvador da Bahia. It was here that the largest nucleus of slaves imported from western Africa existed. Today the city remains the center of ethnic activities originating from western Africa, and therefore Bahia is the focal point where inquiries concerning Brazil's African heritage should be initiated.

In the libraries and public archives background mater­ials were collected dealing with past studies in Afro-­Brazilian ethnolinguistics. An analysis of these previous studies provided insights into both speculative and scientific methods of investigation. The works served to relate con-temporary social and ethnolinguistic …

Reader's Guide To The Poetry Of JuliáN Del Casal, Esther Kay Whitt Nelson

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

It has been my purpose in this guide to make the literary world of the Cuban Modernist Julian del Casal more accessible to readers and thereby render more pleasurable and comprehensible his poetry: to this end I have attempted to identify all persons, places, and literary references in his poetical works. I have also included a brief synopsis of each poem and its metrical form. The Introduction has been provided to give the reader a general description of the poet's work and life in order to illuminate those subjective elements that might otherwise prove obscure. In the guide itself, each …

The "Gente De CôR" In The Fiction Of Jorge Amado, William E. Mcdavid

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

It is the primary purpose of this study to examine the part played by the “nego” and “gente de côr as an influence and subject in the friction of Jorge Amado. To do this one must first understand the social and cultural role of the colored element in contemporary Brazil. National as well as foreign sociologists and anthropologists have methodologically researched this area. Their conclusions provide a helpful and necessary perspective for this study. This blended socio-literary approach will provide, not necessarily a revolutionary view, but, hopefully, a more profound understanding of the works of Brazil’s greatest fiction writer Jorge …

Conflitos Culturais E Religiosos Nas Obras De Vianna Moog, Marie F. Sovereign

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Em tôdas as literaturas, aparecem escritores que se preocupam mais com a análise do seu ambiente e com a interpretação do passado do que com a criação de obras artísticas. Embora as suas obras tenham um estilo próprio com valor estético, a contribuição principal destas está no esclarecimento do sentido da vida. Entre tais escritores do século vinte, o nome de Clodomir Vianna Moog merece destaque. Nascido em 1906, êste autor é conhecido tanto por romances como por obras ensaísticas. A maioria dos seus livros procuram retratar ou analisar alguns aspectos da realidade moderna brasileira.

An Analysis Of Critical Approaches In The Revista Iberoamericana, From 1950 To 1960, Margretta Leroy

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Nearly all students of Latin American Literature come to their study with a background or parallel study in Peninsular Literature and at least one other literature, such as French or English. Such a student finds that until the last decade of the nineteenth century, when the Modernist movement exerted its influence, the literature of Spanish American was either scorned or ignored outside its own continent, that as a serious literary study it was not a part of university curricula until about thirty years ago, and that the critical writing he has been accustomed to consulting in other literatures is simply …

Un Estudio De La RelacióN Entre Gautier De Gonzalo De Bereo A Traves Del "Mulagro De TeóFilo", Joan Leeds Graviss

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

En los siglos doce y trece, el mundo medieval entró en una época nueva de su poesía y literatura en general. En Francia y en España, había más interés por una literatura escrita en lengua vulgar. El juglar había sido y seguía siendo muy popular. El juglar o trovador cantaba o recitaba la poesía. Generalmente trataba de poesía épica que tenía el fin de perpetuar las hazañas de los héroes. Enesos dos países el desarrollo del llamado "master de juglaría" era casi igual. El poema más destacado en español fue El cantar de Mío Cid que se había dejado en …

A Study Of Some Of Gil Vicente's Aspects As A Didactic Moralist, William W. Megenney

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Before the appearance of Gil Vicente, one cannot speak of a theatre in Portugal except, perhaps, of some traces of religious dramatizations during the Middle Ages and of some documents of allegorical theatre during the times of D. Joāo II—a theatre based entirely on scenography and in which the literary world was almost entirely unknown. Anrique da Mota, although proportioning some aid in the understanding of Gil Vicente’s theatre, seems to be overshadowed by the impressive figure of the latter. Without any dramatic tradition surrounding him, Gil Vicente turns toward such figures as Juan del Encina, looking for possible suggestions …

En Torno A La Novelistica De RamóN PéRez De Ayala, Casiano E. Fernandez

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Ramón Pérez de Ayala, cuyo nombre "transciende a lίricas vejeces, a pergaminos venerandos, a flores secas halladas en un breviario de arcipreste enamorado de las musas", nació en Oviedo el 9 de agosto de 1880. Cuando Pérez de Ayala tenίa ocho años de edad , su padre, que disponίa de bienes considerables, lo envió al Colegio Jesuίta de San Zoil, en Carrión de los Condes, que fue cuna del célebre Marqués de Santillana. De Carrión pasó al Colegio de los Jesuίtas de Gijón, que más tarde describió en su novela A.M.D.G. Estudiante dίscolo y rebelde, fue apodado por maestros y …

The Macabre In The Indianist Works Of Bernardo GuimarãEs, Ellen Ann Nelson

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The various novel of Bernardo Guimaraes, written for the moot part during the thirty-year period 1853-1884, are in many respects typical reflections of the literary currents then prevalent in Brazil. In topic and treatment Guimarães’ work reflected the popular taste and differed little from the work of his contemporaries. It was only in the Indianist works, A voz do pagé and, to a lesser extent in the work in which the Indians figured ae minor characters, that Guimarães’ introduced an element unique in Brazilian literature of the time. This unique element was a detailed description of the macbre and a …

Algunos Valores En El Teatro De Nelson Rodrigues, Enrique CortéS

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Entre los dramaturgos contemporáneos del Brasil, Nelson Rodrigues, es acaso el más inquieto e inquietante. Vigorosa personalidad literaria, de permanente producción en géneros distintos, autor, periodista, próximo siempre al acontecer contemporáneo y a la angustia del hombre, su obra toda se teñirá a la ves de vitalidad actual y de búsqueda transcendental sin que haya contradicciónen ambos planos. El hecho de que sea la tragedia su modo de expression teatral preferido subraya aun más el interés del artista por la condición del hombre.

A Thematic Analysis Of The Contemporary Ecuadorian Novel, Wayne L. Allison

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The modern Ecuadorian novel contains many autochthonous features common to several of the less advanced nations of Latin America. The fact that it is heavily sociological in nature will come as no surprise to any serious student of Latin American literature. Economic dissatisfaction, social reform, leftist political propaganda, and inordinate sexual desires are not themes used exclusively by the Ecuadorians. Like many other Latin American writers, the Ecuadorian novelists find inspiration in European political and social philosophies. Almost with exception they portray the seamy side of their society and, like Zola, concentrate their attention on the wretchedness of the masses, …

Religious And Liberal Thoughts In Eça And Galdos, Nasario Garcia

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The purpose of this study, then, is to show how two authors, Benito Pérez Galdós of Spain and Eçadde Queiroz of Portugal, contributed to the liberal movement by expressing their ideas against the church dogma and tradition. It must be emphasized, however that never did Eça or Galdós attack the Church outright, but rather its practices. These were the authors' ways of expressing disapproval of certain religious practices of some of its narrow minded members. Moreover, we are not only interested in how these two writers handled what to them were religious problems, but also in the similar manner in …

Eça De Queiroz: Chronicler And Critic Of His Times, Fredrick M. Nunn

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The object of this study is to present the social and political commentaries of the Portuguese author, Eça de Queiroz. While it may be evident to the reader of Eça’s novels that his fiction has ample political and social content, another source exists from which a wider range of commentaries can be drawn. This source is the multitude of letters, chronicles, and essays that Eça wrote, both in Portugal and during his career as a diplomat in America and Europe. Through an examination of these works, it becomes clear that the author was a man who has more than just …

Le Grand Translateur: The Theory And Practice Of Ezra Pound In Selected Translations, Peter H. Ohlin

English Language and Literature ETDs

The present study does not pretend to be a definitive study of Pond's translations. It will, however, try to outline the main points about Pound as a translator. It will discuss, first of all, Pound's statements about translating as a craft as well as on his own translations and those of others, and try to define--if only tentatively--Pound's major principles of translations. It will discuss specifically some of Pound's translations, chosen not always because they are the most representative, but because the present writer is able to examine them. This part will include translations from the German, from the Anglo-Saxon, …

The Phonemic Structure Of Medieval Spanish As Reflected In The Libro De Buen Amor, John Forsyth

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The purpose of this study is to describe the phonological system of a medieval Spanish text, in an attempt to fill one of the many lacunae in the history of the development of the Spanish language.

The Mexicans In Their Short Story, Paul Valerio

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

A study of the Mexican people as seen in their short story offers several advantages. The presentations of extensive variations of the human panorama supply an autochthonous basis for insight. In these presentations, one gains an acquaintance, at times surprisingly intimate, with the people. The short-story writers do not neglect any social level. What they observe become themes for their creativeness. They include the submissive as well as the arrogant, the poor, the suppressed, the ignorant, the mentally ill; all are worthy of their consideration. One problem, one theme, is viewed from as many sides as there are writers who …

Cosmopolitan Attitudes In The Works Of Emilia Pardo Bazán, Elizabeth Louise Scone

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The word "cosmopolitan", "citizen of the world," denotes, in its broadest sense, one whose interests are not limited to the confines of his own country and culture. But when we consider the role of the Spanish cosmopolitan in any age, we are obliged to confront the old spectre of Spain's isolation from the rest of Europe, of a Spain which gazes only into the mirror of eternity.

The Dramatic Art Of Guillén De Castro, Dorothea Thompson Powers

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Summing up the discussion will be the main conclusions reached about the art of Castro as a dramatist. These conclusions can be briefly expressed as follows: (1) the basic structure of the plays, and Castro's ideals and motivations, had their inception in the Valencian theater of his youth; (2) the main contribution of the Lopean comedia was to teach him the techniques for attaining greater unity of action and to instruct him in the uses of humor; (3) Castro's greatest inspiration came from popular sources such as the romancero, rather than from learned works; (4) his work is exceedingly subjective; …

Bibliografía Provisional, Parcialmente Anotada, De La Literatura Panameña, Felix L. Figueroa

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

La literatura panameña, es tal vez, la menos conocida de las del Nuevo Mundo. Pocos han sido los estudiosos que se han interesado por nuestra producción literaria, la que, aunque joven, no carece de significación dentro de las latras hispanoamericanas.

The Idea Of Nothingness In The Poetry Of Pedro Salinas, Julian Palley

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

This essay is an attempt to prove that a conflict or dialectic between Being and Non-Being, between love and nothingness, can be traced throughout the poetry of Pedro Salinas. This study is meant to be exhaustive only in this sense. There are many other possible approaches to the work of this fecund madrileño, and there is no suggestion that any of these are invalid. The virtue of any great work of art is that it can be examined from many different, even conflicting, points of view and each will retain its validity. The writer believes, however, that this dialectic is …

The Phonology Of The Spanish Of El Prado, New Mexico, Martha James Hardman

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The Phonology of the Spanish of El Prado, New Mexico is a descriptive study of the phonetics and phonemics of the Spanish spoken in the area known as El Prado, just north of Taos, New Mexico. Although the Spanish of the entire area surrounding Taos is essentially the same, for the sake of simplicity and convenience the thesis has been limited to El Prado. Also, informants were more readily found in El Prado than in Taos itself.

The purpose of this study is to provide and objective description of a spoken Spanish dialect applying the methodology of linguistics to a …

The Romancero As An Expression Of The Ideology Of The Spanish People: An Analysis Of Medieval Spanish Ideology As Seen In The Oldest Historical Ballads, Glenroy Emmons

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The object of this study is to present the ideology of the Spanish people as it is seen in the oldest of the historical ballads. The method of ballad selection is of vital importance and is based on the following assumptions:

1. The primitive epic (from its origin through the twelfth century) is a near perfect expression of popular ideology.

2. The epic degenerated in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries. Degeneration is considered to mean the gradual substitution of chivalresque values for epic values and increasing failure to express popular concepts.

3. The ballads originated as fragments of the …

Luis Cernuda: Poeta De La Soledad Y Del Olvido, Unetta J. Thompson

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Es en Cernuda donde la presencia de Bécquer está más evidente. Cernuda ha escrito un hermoso artículo sobre él, titulado "Bécquer y el romanticismo español" y ha dedicado un poema de Ocnos a él. Muchos han notado en Cernuda una resonancia, una relación con aquel otro poeta sevillano, per de esto hablaré más adelante.

An Edition Of Don Gil De La Mancha, Paul F. Luenow Jr.

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Two manuscripts and a suelta edition of Don Gil de la Mancha are known to exist, and I have used these three in the preparation of this present edition of the play. The suelta is now in the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid and is there identified by the stamped number -- T 19804. One of the manuscripts is possessed by señor Don Arturo Sedó and is included in his collection of theatrical manuscripts in Barcelona. In the Biblioteca Nacional also is the other manuscript of the play under the manuscript number -- 14907.

A Tentative Vocabulary Of Verbs In Two Works Of Juan Manuel, Wayne L. Allison

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Juan Manuel, one of the most distinguished men of his age, was constantly engaged in rebellions and civil wars but, nevertheless, somehow managed to leave to posterity several literary works of considerable importance. He succeeded in making didacticism alive and personal in El Conde Lucanor. He is a prince writing to edify and instruct the people, a man of the world with a keen insight into human character. Like his uncle, King Alfonso X, Juan Manuel was constantly aware that he was writing for the people. His charm consists in the skill with which he uses his narrative to illustrate …

The Melodramatic Element In The Sainetes Of Carlos Arniches, Margaret Jones Dawson

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Carlos Arniches y Barrera (1886-1943) is a dramatist who has been too long and too consistently neglected. From 1888 until his death in 1943 he was a successful playwright from the point of view of the box office, but the critics were inclined to dismiss him an as author of the despised genero chico, a lesser genre and hence unworthy of their attention. Most manuals of literature either ignore him completely or mention him briefly as one more author of short plays. The more generous devote a sentence or two of him.

Cuatro Cuentos Españoles Y Un Ensayo Crítico, Reynalda Ortiz Dinkel

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

SI escribir hoy un cuento es tarea de la maxima calidad literaria y obra de creacion artistica se debe a los narradores de siglos pasados, especialmente a los del siglo XIX.

The Influence Of Juan De La Cueva On The Dramatic Technique Of Miguel De Cervantes, Shirley Edelstein

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

During the sixteenth century, the Spanish theater began to indicate the tendencies that the drama was to follow in the Golden Age, although there remained numerous vestiges of medieval drama, consisting principally of religious works called autos or misterios and secular works called farsas or juegos de escarnio. Juan del Encina (1468?-1529?), who is often referred to as the "Father of Spanish Drama," continued the medieval tradition in his works (called eglogas because shepherds usually figure in them), which are mainly religious in subject-matter. However, several are festive in nature and contain the first manifestations of the comic genre, …

Leopoldo Alas And Naturalism In The Spanish Novel, 1881-1892, Charles W. Matlack

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The present essay was prompted by awareness of the need for a study of Spanish naturalism based on the critical and creative works of those writers who flourished in Spain during the years of Emile Zola's greatest popularity, 1880-1892. Leopoldo Alas, "Clarín," was chosen as the central figure primarily because of the importance, still not sufficiently recognized, of La Regenta. The principal problems to be considered are the influences of Zola and his school in Spain, the differences between French and Spanish naturalism, and the relation of Spanish naturalism to traditional realism. It was found that the material could best …