Secondary source, Dissertations and Theses on Gabriel García Márquez
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
New York, United States : Columbia University
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
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377 p.
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(Abstract) "Drawing on the work of such theorists as Peter Brooks, James Smith, Christine Gledhill, Linda Williams and Ben Singer, among others, I examine the ways in which some contemporary Colombian novels use violence and melodrama to make sense of the country's social and political turmoil. The historical context of the classic, late 18th century melodrama is comparable to that of contemporary Colombia in that both periods share a generalized feeling of instability, insecurity, and moral ambiguity." and "I also analyze the sociohistorical solutions these novels propose and, considering the incredible publishing success some of them have had, what this suggests in reference to the Colombian imaginaries and their attitudes regarding the State and the Colombian violence. By reading these texts through this unstudied perspective, I bring into focus a new way to read some of the contemporary Colombian novels." Ph.D Dissertation
Secondary source, Dissertations and Theses on Gabriel García Márquez
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
Ohio, United States : Ohio State University
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
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262 p.
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(Abstract) "Alejo Carpentier's theory of 'lo real maravilloso americano' gave shape to the 'interpretative community' of the Latin American 'Boom'--which dovetailed authors such as Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Julio Cortázar among others. Like a boomerang sent into the future, this identity 'propuesta de significado,' or proposition of meaning, was thought to be miraculously embodied by the Cuban Revolution...The transnational cross-border encounters of the 'Boom' shaped and contributed to a (post)modernization of the Spanish 'imaginario patrio' and induced a feeling of anxiety that revolutionized the relations between Spanish authors and 'their' inherited tradition and language." Ph.D Dissertation
Secondary source, Dissertations and Theses on Gabriel García Márquez
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
Massachusetts, United States : Boston College
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
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(249 p.)
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(Abstract) The author argues that 'El otoño del patriarca' (1976) and 'El arpa y la sombra' (1979) contribute to the building of knowledge about the modern Latin American by presenting the possibility of an alternate accurate representation of the past and providing a proposal for a possible utopia. Gabriel García Márquez and Alejo Carpentier wrote about the people, by the people, and for the people, transforming the knowledge that Latin Americans have about themselves, their politics, economics, social standards, and culture. Ph.D Dissertation.
Secondary source, Dissertations and Theses on Gabriel García Márquez
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
Texas, United States : The University of Texas at Austin
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
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260 p.
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(Abstract) "The Paris-based literary magazine Mundo Nuevo disseminated some of the most original and experimental Latin American writing from 1966--the date of its founding--to 1968, the year its editor-in-chief resigned and the magazine moved to Buenos Aires. Despite its fame, the magazine's role in the Boom and the cultural Cold War has been misunderstood by critics, who have either viewed Mundo Nuevo as a tool for CIA propaganda (it was recipient of CIA funds for two years) or non-political, avant-garde magazine...as much of the material from the archives in the Congress for Cultural Freedom demonstrates, Mundo Nuevo was set up by the Congress as a bulwark against the Cuban Revolution, and used the rhetoric of disinterested, cosmopolitan literature to counter the Revolution's model of literature engagée." Ph.D Dissertation.