Identifier	Thesis 2129
Author	Vélez, Israel, 1975-
Title	The reality of the popular Ruerto Rican culture in short stories of Luis Rafael Sánchez
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date of Publication	2010
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Abstract	The purpose of this thesis is to present and explain the reality of the popular Puerto Rican society described in Luis Rafael Sanchez' short stories and how they follow a series of events that happened in Puerto Rico during the 60s. This research includes references to Puerto Rican newspapers from the 1960s and history books to evidence the influence of social events in Sanchez' short stories. This work exposes the life situations and the dialect used by the outcast social class in Puerto Rico as seen from Sanchez' view point. Also, this investigation analyzes the characters and scenario used by Sanchez to describe the characteristics that identify the popular Puerto Rican dialect in the 60s and how this dialect identifies the marginalized members of society in Puerto Rico. This thesis focused on the short stories of Luis Rafael Sanchez leaving out his novels and essays. It focuses on three of his short stories in En cuerpo de camisa: "Que sabe a paraiso", "Tiene Ia noche una raiz" and "Responso para un bolitero de Ia 15". My thesis uses articles from the newspaper "El Mundo" collected by the University of Puerto Rico as a main reference to demonstrate the correlation between the social themes presented in Sanchez' short stories and the social reality of Puerto Rico from 1960s. Sanchez' short stories revealed the social problems that affect Puerto Rico through decades without an effective solution. The illegal game "juego de la bolita", prostitution and illegal drugs are social problems that damaged the Puerto Rican society of the seventies and were not resolved by authorities creating an environment of delinquency in the island. It showed the late response of the government agencies to stop the criminality that affected the country and incremented through the years hindering its extermination.
Notes	Thesis advisor: Lilian Uribe.; "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Hispano-North American Inter-University, Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures."; M.S.,Central Connecticut State University,2010; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-90).
Subject	Sánchez, Luis Rafael--Criticism and interpretation. Short stories, Puerto Rican. Puerto Rico--Social life and customs.
Department	Department of Modern Languages
Advisor	Uribe, Lilian
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Software	System requirements: PC and World Wide Web browser.
Language	In Spanish; title page and abstract in English.; spa
OCLC number	713559340
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