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Cervantes And The Reinvention Of The Picaresque Narrative In The Novelas Ejemplares, Mark J. Mascia
Cervantes And The Reinvention Of The Picaresque Narrative In The Novelas Ejemplares, Mark J. Mascia
Languages Faculty Publications
This article presents an analysis of a number of stories in Miguel de Cervantes' Novelas Ejemplares, illustrating how he experimented with and altered the picaresque narrative by openly incorporating many elements of the genre into this work. This article shows how Cervantes is not a purely canonical picaresque author, but rather a quasi- or semi-picaresque writer, inventing what might be called Cervantine picaresque literature.
The Sonnet As Mirror: Metapoetry And Self-Referentiality In Lope Devega's Rimas', Mark J. Mascia
The Sonnet As Mirror: Metapoetry And Self-Referentiality In Lope Devega's Rimas', Mark J. Mascia
Languages Faculty Publications
A study of the metapoetic and self-referential aspects of Lope de Vega's poetry. For this study, metapoetry is to be understood as lyrical works that refer in some way to their existence as artistic constructs and those which include an evaluation or examination of poetry.
Pablo Neruda And The Construction Of Past And Future Utopias In The Canto General, Mark J. Mascia
Pablo Neruda And The Construction Of Past And Future Utopias In The Canto General, Mark J. Mascia
Languages Faculty Publications
Presents information on the poetry collection 'Canto General,' by Pablo Neruda. Elements of 'Canto General'; Significance of the first poem of the collection 'Amor Am é rica'; Description of the construction of a future utopia; Basic principles of Neruda for human interaction, government and self-fulfillment.