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The Poetic Technique Of Gil Vicente, Peter John Lunardini

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The important problem at present, however, is the critical analysis of the lyrics found in Vicentine drama. This analysis is two-fold: that of the strophe patterns employed by the poet as well as that of the lyric content of the poems themselves. An analysis of the structure of the songs is of utmost importance since reiteration and rhythm are essential features of popular songs.

A Topical Index, Including Proper Names, To Vecente Espinel's Vida De Marcos De Obregón, Edwin H. Leupold Jr.

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The edition in which is here indexed is that of Samuel Gili Gaya in Clásicos Castellanos, Volume 43 and 51, published in Madrid in 1940.

All entries are listed the first time they appear in the novel and subsequent references to the same entry are included only if additional information is given. Entries are listed in Spanish followed by a translation or note of explanation of parentheses...Only page references are made to entries such as the adventures of Obregón or the numerous moralizing digressions since most of these cover more than one page.

The Metaphorical Image In The Poetic Tragedy Of Federico García Lorca, Jack Edward Tomlins

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Admittedly, to present another study on Lorca appears at first to be a futile task. Critics in Spain, Latin America, England, and the United States have in no way allowed the poet to fall into oblivion; quite the contrary, in numberless articles and critical analyses, Lorca has been praised, applauded, and very nearly deified--often by those who obviously were striving to make political capital of his untimely death. This voluminous output of Lorquian criticism--which is many times composed on an elegiac note and based on high-sounding generalities--prompts the present investigation. This study will explore the reputation which Lorca has earned …

Obligados Y Ofendidos By Francisco De Rojas Zorrilla, Patricia Petersen

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Obligado y ofendidos, a seventeenth century comedia by Don Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, is a play suited to hold the interest and attention of the reader capable of understanding the written Spanish word. However, up to the present time, there has been no edition of this drama designed especially for students, with their particular problem in mind. Therefore, the present text of Obligados y ofendidos is intended for use by students of Spanish on the high school or college level normally prepared to read the language.

The Comic Art Of Don Francisco De Rojas Zorrilla In His Comedies Of Customs, Maryavis Parson

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

From the preceding discussion it may be seen that Rojas is worthy of consideration with the rest of the dramatists of Spain. However it becomes apparent that while recognizing his importance, critics have not analyzed in detail his works in their entirety. For this reason the problem arises as to what justifies Rojas' position among six foremost Golden Age dramatists. After examining the different opinions of the above-mentioned critics, we find that invariably any adverse criticism of his talent is of his love for the bizarre and the extravagant both in language and in situation or in problems. Martinez de …

The Spanish Of San Antonito, New Mexico, Jean Donald Bowen

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This study of the Spanish of San Antonito is an analysis and description of the phonology and the morphology of the dialect of a small mountain town east of Albuquerque. The aim of the study is twofold: to provide an objective description of a spoken Spanish dialect and to help establish a closer harmony between the related fields of language and linguistics by applying the methods of general linguistics to the material of Spanish philology.

The Development Of The Comedia De Figurón In The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries, Ruth Hatch Hartwell

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In this attempt at such a delineation of the genre, a discussion of the general characteristics of the figurón and his probable literary sources is followed by the presentation of summaries of individual plays and a discussion of their qualities.

Censo De Mujeres En Las Novelas Más Importantes De Armando Palacio Valdés, Julia Vicente

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Las mujeres cuyo censo he anotado ofrecen toda clase de particularidades pero en general pertenecen a la clase media española. No son muy ricas ni muy pobres. No son excepcionales en ningún sentido. Son mujeres corrientes que se encuentran diariamente en la vida.

La biografía del autor muestra también un género de vida sin accidentes. Nada hey en su vida inesperado o terrible. Palacio Valdés pasó a lo largo de su existencia por experiencias que le permitieron conocer, en la clase media a la que partenecen, casi todos los caracteres de mujer.

A Study Of The Use Of The Subjunctive Mood In The Poema De Mio Cid, Etta Creecy Goff

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The study of the use of the subjunctive in the Poema de Mio Cid is more complex than might be anticipated at the outset. As it is true in most languages, the subjunctive was used much more widely in the writing of such an early date than in modern Spanish. Many of the constructions employed in the poem are common in the language of today, but some have passed from current usage. Some of the interesting aspects of the problem are the use of the -ra form, the great frequency of the use of the future subjunctive, the use of …

Los Cruzados De La Causa By Ramón De Valle Inclán, Shirley Lee Zabel

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

It always seems wise to review the life of a great author before attempting to analyze his work. However, the usual listing of important dates in the author's life, places of residence, travels, positions held, schooling, and circumstances of death, does not capture the true relationship between the personality of the man and his creative works. This is especially true in the case of don Ramón del Valle Iclán, whose strong personality eludes the student in a generalized factual description of his life. He was born of noble family Galicia in 1866, studied three years of law, lived a Bohemian …

La Versificacion En La Obra Teatral De Federico Garcia Lorca, Paul S. Burkhard

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Tomando, pues, en consideración la falta de estudios críticos sobre la técnica poética tanto en la obra dramática como en la obra sencillamente lírica, y la falta de cuatro de sus obras teatrales, la tesis presente abarcará el estudio en detalle de varios aspectos de la versificación regular isosilábica y algunos problemas de versificación irregular, amétrica y accentual, tratando, además, el ritmo, la rima y la sintaxis, poniendo alguna atención en las influencias y precedentes.

Raquel, La Judia De Toledo: A Study Of The Legend As A Literary Theme, Mary E. Brooks

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

From the pages of Spanish history--and particularly from those romantic and colorful seven centuries during which two religions, two cultures, two languages, and two races struggled for supremacy in the Iberian Peninsula--a host of fascinating characters have stepped.

Women In The Novels Of Benito Perez Galdos, Elizabeth T. Stout

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Since no writer works in a historical or social vacuum, it is necessary, before considering the women in the novels of Benito Pérez Galdós, to consider briefly what the author inherited from Spanish literature and what he acquired from foreign sources.

National Elements In The Poetry Of Guatemala, Grace Nichols

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Throughout the history of Guatemala, poetry has been a constant outlet for the spirit of the land. Guatemalan writers share the Latin Americans' inclination toward expression in verse which has been called the "enfermedad latinoamericana." Rare is the educated Guatemalan who at least in his youth has not contributed his quota of verse. Guatemalan poetic proclivity is the more apparent when one considers that the poetry of that land has been produced by only a small part of the population since the non-contributing indigenous peoples form the majority of the three million inhabitants.

Calderon's "La Nave Del Mercador": Auto Sacramental, S. Hugh Fitch

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The definitions of the Auto sacramental which have been devised over a period of three hundred years, from Lope de Vega to the present day, vary from the strictness of: "el auto sacramental, cuyo tema es exclusivamente el dogma de la presencia eucaristica," to the opposite extreme of "No era esencial al auto la materia eucaristica, ni lo fue nunca, en ninguna epoca de su historia." In order to understand the disparity between these two statements, it will be necessary to review the history of the auto, and to see how it developed in the hands of the master of …

The Poetry Of Rafael Alberto Arrieta, William W. Moseley

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

It is with the Post-Modernist group that we are concerned in this study, for it is in this direction that the poetry of Rafael Alberto Arrieta leads. The poetic expression of Arrieta is not, however, a conscious, deliberate rebellion against Modernism. Arrieta was born in the 1889; he therefore grew up under the influence of Modernism. The most formative years of his life were spent while Modernism dominated the world of poetry. Yet Arrieta had the literary integrity to express his own personality in spite of the prevailing influences.

The Translation And Literary Analysis Of Francisco De Moncada's Expedicion De Los Catalanes Y Aragoneses Contra Turcos Y Griegos, Mary Frances Baker

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It is the thesis of this analysis to establish Francisco de Moncada's Expedición as one of the four great literary chronicles, using the procedure of comparison with other works already accepted as important to literature from one standpoint or another.

The Framework Of The Spanish Short Collections Before 1700, Eugene A. Henning

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

A collection of short stories joined together by a surrounding narrative or framework is recognized as a very ancient type of fiction. Present in the traditional writings of the Orient and accepted by the earliest writers of the Western world, the framework device achieved a popularity during the Renaissance that has never completely disappeared even in modern times.

Witches And Witchcraft In The Hispanic Folklore Of New Mexico, Lois Bartlett Harpham

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The principal purpose of this study is to accumulate as much material as possible pertaining to witches and witchcraft in the Hispanic folklore of New Mexico, and to make a critical and analytical study of this material. There are many articles and stories in various periodicals, folklore journals, collections of folktales, and varied sources; but there is no work devoted exclusively to this particular phase of New Mexican folklore.

Folk Cycle In A Spanish New Mexican Village: Customs And Ceremonies Of Birth, Marriage, And Death, Salvador Perez

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to investigate the trends of the Spanish customs and practices in the community of Chimayo. Included are elements known as: birth, marriage, fiestas, and death. In view of the fact that Chimayo is typically rural Spanish, the study is limited to this region only. In this study no attempt is made to analyze the culture into the details of its historical components. This work tends only to offer a study of customs and rituals used in this community.

Eduardo Barrios: Psychological And Regional Novelist, Marzee Elizabeth Mueller

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The position of Eduardo Barrios in Spanish American [literature] is incontestably high. He has won acclaim of the critics, not only those from his own country who rank him among the greatest, but the majority of critics of Spanish American literature in general.

Benito Perez Galdos And The Concept Of Honor, Sabine R. Ulibarrí

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Galdós, perhaps better than anyone else, caught the real spirit of Spain. He knew intimately Spain and her people. He thoughtfully examined the character of the Spaniard, and weighed his good qualities and his bad. The novelist's aim was always to bring to the attention of Spain her strong points and her defects, that she might build on the former and rid herself of the latter. Thus, his novels are directed at social and psychological reform. He wanted to create a new national consciousness, based on a combination of the old virtues and the new ideas.

T.S. Eliot And Pablo Neruda; A Study In Contemporary Attitudes, Betsy Scone

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Pablo Neruda of Chile and T. S. Eliot of England are two writers who have achieved the status of major poet in their respective countries. The recognition which they have earned is not solely for their mastery of the technicalities of the craft. Indeed, when the name of either poet is mentioned, it is frequently as the name of one who expressed the situation of man in a world which seems to have lost its equilibrium. They are interpreters of the the role of humanity in an unquiet age.

An Analytical Study Of La Celestina, Ben Sandoval

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

We have learned that the greatest difference between the Middle Ages and Renaissance times was the tremendous cultural upheaval that developed a rather complete change of attitudes and values. Life itself was the objective and not a mere preparation for another life. To the Medieval person the ego and the objective of living are idealized. One must enjoy everything. Much more importance was attached to physical existence. In this, the Renaissance contradicts flatly the attitude of the Middle Ages. Man began to feel that he should enjoy life and that its legitimate pleasures held no harm. Joy of living, however, …

The Portuguese Complimentary Infinitive After Nouns And Adjectives, Peter J. Lunardini

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The Portuguese usage of the preposition following verbs has been thoroughly studied by Francisco Fernandes in his Dictionàrio de verbos e regimes. However, the preposition required to supplement a noun or an adjective before a complementary infinitive has been virtually excluded from Portuguese dictionaries. It is the purpose of this thesis to present a study, together with examples, of this important phase of Portuguese syntax.

To obtain this information, thirty-one works of nineteen modern Portuguese and Brazilian authors were carefully examined, and the prepositional usage was recorded. The following general conclusions are based upon approximately 4,000 examples collected.

Benito Pérez Galdós And Dramatic Technique, Albert V. Wilson

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Pérez Galdós undoubtedly will be remembered as the greatest novelist of nineteenth century Spain, but if one had asked him his occupation, the response probably would have been "a dramatist." Galdós had dramatic tendencies from the very beginning of his literary career, and his greatest ambition was to write for the theater. While still a student at the Colegio de las Palmas, his first dramatic effort emerged. It was a historical one-act drama in verse entitled Quien mal hace bien no espere. Naturally, manifestations of adolescent romanticism are everywhere evident in this youthful attempt of Galdós, but the play is …

Historical And Liberal Elements In Mariano Azuela, William D. Reyburn

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

An unprejudiced study of the history of Mexico normally leads to a liberal position with regard to the peoples and problems of that country. Mariano Azuela, often called the Novelist of the Mexican Revolution, is unquestionably one of his country's greatest liberal minds. The liberal position which stems from conviction and experience is not to be confused with the philosophy and theories of political liberalism.

Modern Women Poets Of Brazil, Marie Pope Wallis

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

This study was written to introduce the poetry of Brazil's leading women poets to the English-speaking world. Brazilian literature itself is as little known as the Portuguese language in which it is written. Brazilian poetry as a whole has not been widely evaluated. The poetry of Brazilian women, in particular, is practically unknown to the Brazilian as well as to the English-speaking public.

There were four criteria for the selection of these particular five living women poets. They were chosen on the basis of volume of published works. Several poetesses of promise had to be omitted because their publications were …

Folklore In The Contemporary Spanish American Novel, Anita M. Noble

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

The novel of Spanish America is especially rich in all types of folklore. This is particularly due to the fusion of the Spanish and the Indian peoples in a common life with different cultural heritages.

"Sometimes one type of folklore, sometimes another, finds great favor among a certain folk." Thus we will notice that witchcraft as a religious rite predominates in the people of Indian culture. Magic and the supernatural stand out in all the classifications of the folklore of this race and is therefore evident in the Latin American novel dealing with the Indian people, or people from a …

The Attitude Of Galdos Toward The Carlists, Irma M. Barnes

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

Benito Pérez Galdós, one of Spain's greatest novelists since Cervantes, was so modest and reticent that little is known about his personal life and intimate thoughts. He who liked to tell stories so well that he gave to the world over a hundred, never wanted to tell his own.