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- Title
- La fuerza de la tradiciâon: representaciones del estudiante en la novela picaresque.
- Creator
- Fernandez del Paramo, Javier., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
- Abstract/Description
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The genre of the "picaresque" (romances of roguery), which were popular in sixteenth-century Spain, contain the literary type of the "picaro" or rogue, which can appear at times as a "student." The current work presents the historical context of the Spanish university and of the student's life as well as the representation of the "student" in several picaresque novels, namely, Mateo Aleman's El Guzman de Alfarache, Vicente Espinel's Marcos de Obregâon, Jerâonimo de Alcalâa y Yâanez's El...
Show moreThe genre of the "picaresque" (romances of roguery), which were popular in sixteenth-century Spain, contain the literary type of the "picaro" or rogue, which can appear at times as a "student." The current work presents the historical context of the Spanish university and of the student's life as well as the representation of the "student" in several picaresque novels, namely, Mateo Aleman's El Guzman de Alfarache, Vicente Espinel's Marcos de Obregâon, Jerâonimo de Alcalâa y Yâanez's El donoso hablador, and Francisco de Quevedo's El Buscâon, in order to contrast the social reality of the student and its literary representation. The literary character of the "student" does not depart only from its reality. Its characteristics are based on the student stories from the oral medieval tradition, a residual cultural elements, as described by Maxime Chevalier, as well as the emerging picaresque narratives.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/172672
- Subject Headings
- Picaresque literature, Spanish, History and criticism, Spanish fiction, Criticism and interpretation, Point of view (Literature), Characters and characteristics in literature
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Proto-Feminism, gender, and Genre: Moderata Fonte and Maria de Zayas Sotomayor's Silent Alliance.
- Creator
- Sardu Castangia, Luisanna, Ruthenberg, Myriam Swennen, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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In their comparative study of Medieval and Renaissance European women writers, Pamela Benson and Victoria Kirkham, exploring the relationship between Italian women writers and their English and French counterparts, assumed a "dynamic interaction" existed. Despite the absence of Spanish women writers in that collection when observing the themes and writing strategies ofModerata Fonte and Maria de Zayas Sotomayor, one can observe a number of similarities that points toward a dynamic interaction...
Show moreIn their comparative study of Medieval and Renaissance European women writers, Pamela Benson and Victoria Kirkham, exploring the relationship between Italian women writers and their English and French counterparts, assumed a "dynamic interaction" existed. Despite the absence of Spanish women writers in that collection when observing the themes and writing strategies ofModerata Fonte and Maria de Zayas Sotomayor, one can observe a number of similarities that points toward a dynamic interaction and moreover, to the transmission of proto-feminist ideas along "memory chains".
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- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000960
- Subject Headings
- Fonte, Moderata,--1555-1592--Criticism and interpretation, Zayas y Sotomayor, María de,--1590-1650--Criticism and interpretation, Spanish literature--Classical period, 1500-1700--Criticism and interpretation, Feminism in literature
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Silence, Expression, Manifestation: Developing Female Desire and Gender Balance in Early Modern Italian, English, and Spanish Drama.
- Creator
- Baccinelli, Mitchel, Conrod, Frédéric, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Lingustics and Comparative Literature
- Abstract/Description
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Renaissance and Baroque drama offers a view into gender dynamics of the time. What is seen is a development in the allowed expression and manifestation of desire by females, beginning from a point of near silence, and arriving at points of verbal statement and even physical violence. Specifically, in La Mandragola by Niccolò Machiavelli, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, and Fuenteovejuna by Lope de Vega, there appears a chronological progression, whereby using desire and its...
Show moreRenaissance and Baroque drama offers a view into gender dynamics of the time. What is seen is a development in the allowed expression and manifestation of desire by females, beginning from a point of near silence, and arriving at points of verbal statement and even physical violence. Specifically, in La Mandragola by Niccolò Machiavelli, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, and Fuenteovejuna by Lope de Vega, there appears a chronological progression, whereby using desire and its expression as a metric in conjunction with modern concepts of gender and sexuality to measure a shift in relation to what is and is not allowed to be expressed by women.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004717, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004717
- Subject Headings
- Baroque literature -- Criticism and interpretation, Desire in literature, English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Criticism and interpretation, Italian literature -- 17th century -- Criticism and interpretation, Machiavelli, Niccolò -- 1469-1527 -- Mandragola -- Criticism and interpretation, Shakespeare, William -- 1564-1616 -- Romeo and Juliet -- Criticism and interpretation, Spanish literature -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- Criticism and interpretation, Vega, Lope de -- 1562-1635 -- Fuente Ovejuna -- Criticism and interpretation
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- La transformacion de Ia bruja en las obras de Maria de Zayas.
- Creator
- Petersen, Elizabeth Marie, Gamboa, Yolanda, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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In my thesis, I argue that the 1 ih -century Spanish writer, Maria de Zayas y Sotomayor, in a unique form of 'mimesis,' uses elements of magic to transform the popular concept of the Spanish witch. Drawing on theories from Jacques Lacan's mirror phase, Homi Bhabha and Barbara Fuchs's notion of mimesis, and Judith Butler's idea of gender performitivity, I demonstrate how Zayas frees the witch from the subjugated language constructed by the Catholic Church and society of her time. I examine six...
Show moreIn my thesis, I argue that the 1 ih -century Spanish writer, Maria de Zayas y Sotomayor, in a unique form of 'mimesis,' uses elements of magic to transform the popular concept of the Spanish witch. Drawing on theories from Jacques Lacan's mirror phase, Homi Bhabha and Barbara Fuchs's notion of mimesis, and Judith Butler's idea of gender performitivity, I demonstrate how Zayas frees the witch from the subjugated language constructed by the Catholic Church and society of her time. I examine six of the short stories in her two novels to show how the author alters the role of the witch associated with the devil, transforming her to a saint associated with "lo magico de los cielos, " assigning the diabolical role to the man.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000948
- Subject Headings
- Zayas y Sotomayor, María de,--1590-1650--Criticism and interpretation, Mimesis in literature, Spanish literature--Classical period, 1500-1700--Criticism and interpretation, Postmodernism (LIterature), Witches--Fiction
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Imaganes de la mujer transgresora en la tradiciâon romancera: el Romance Celestinesco y la adâultera câomo eco de las normas sociales Sefardâies.
- Creator
- Mazar, Inbal, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
- Abstract/Description
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The Sephardic ballad collection contains ballads of varying themes, many of which have been forgotten in Spain, where they were originally sung by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. A popular theme within this genre is that of women committing adultery and transgressions which in many of the ballads is punishable by death. A brief history of the Sephardic Jews and their literary and oral tradition is included. An emphasis is placed on women's role in ballad tradition and the importance of...
Show moreThe Sephardic ballad collection contains ballads of varying themes, many of which have been forgotten in Spain, where they were originally sung by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. A popular theme within this genre is that of women committing adultery and transgressions which in many of the ballads is punishable by death. A brief history of the Sephardic Jews and their literary and oral tradition is included. An emphasis is placed on women's role in ballad tradition and the importance of transculturation and mimesis within the oral tradition, both significant to the survival of a tradition that has been continued for over five centuries, encompassing various regions around the world. The analysis focuses on two ballads in particular ; the "Celestine Romance", which shares a similar plot to La Celestina, written by Fernando de Rojas, and the ballad of "The Adulteress", a popular ballad within several traditions.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/165944
- Subject Headings
- Spanish literature, Criticism and interpretation, Ballads, Ladino, Criticism and interpretation, Sephardim, Songs and music, Adultery, Folklore
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Entre Nebrija y Valdâes: un diâalogo gramatical sobre el castellano renacentista.
- Creator
- Lewis, Ron., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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The two earliest grammars of the Castilian language are the Grammar of the Castilian Language by Antonio de Nebrija and the Dialogue of the Language by Juan de Valdâes. The former was published in 1492, a historically paramount year for Spain, while the latter was completed in 1535 but not published until two centuries later. Working with edited texts of both grammars, secondary sources regarding the lives of Nebrija and Valdâes, and information about the history of Spain, this thesis...
Show moreThe two earliest grammars of the Castilian language are the Grammar of the Castilian Language by Antonio de Nebrija and the Dialogue of the Language by Juan de Valdâes. The former was published in 1492, a historically paramount year for Spain, while the latter was completed in 1535 but not published until two centuries later. Working with edited texts of both grammars, secondary sources regarding the lives of Nebrija and Valdâes, and information about the history of Spain, this thesis explores the linguistic substance of both works, evidence of the authors' personal attitudes and dispositions that influenced their works, and the political and social context surrounding all of these factors. The purpose of this investigation is to gain further insight into the Grammar and the Dialogue, as well as the history of Spain and the historical development of Castilian.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2010
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3335108
- Subject Headings
- Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Spanish literature, Criticism and interpretation, Language and culture, History
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- Document (PDF)
