Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia; Rulfo, Juan. Pedro Páramo
I. Purpose: The purpose of my descriptive study is to show the parallelisms between the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri and Pedro P´aramo of Juan Rulfo.
II. Methodology: My goal is to show the similarities between the two works, citing specific...
Latin American drama -- History and criticism; Latin American drama -- 20th century
In this research study, based on eight contemporary Latin American plays. I examine the characterization strategies utilized by the authors in order to reflect the crisis of the modern Hispanic man. The titles and playwrights are the following:...
Missionaries -- Barbados; Missions, British -- Barbados
Most historians argue that missionaries have been complicit agents of the
colonizing powers, paving the way for more complete domination of the
indigenous peoples living in the colonized areas. Yet there are a few historians
who maintain the...
Sixteenth-century North America had neither European castle nor king, classical ruins or antiquities, no ancient or cultural history; no sense of a past, no memories, no art and no literature; yet it had a present and a future. To Europeans, it was...
Textile fabrics -- Latin America; Molas -- Latin America; Arpilleras -- Latin America
The purpose of this Special Project Thesis was to investigate how three select
groups of Latin American textile artists have used their art in their lives and bring these
findings to the public. I accomplished this through newsletters and a...
Arguedas, Alcides, 1879-1946; Marof, Tristán; Bolivian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
The research stated here is an investigation of literature weaved by political views of Bolivian pre-rights times that may have held great influence upon political changes towards social rights of the later half of the twentieth century. Alcides...
Latin American literature -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Spanish American literature -- Study and teaching (Secondary); American literature -- Hispanic American authors -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Multiculturalism -- Study and teaching...
This study provides an avenue for the integration of diversity appreciation into high school curriculum through literature. The major premise of this thesis is to illustrate how contemporary Latino and Latin American literature can be used as a...
This thesis is based on the premise that textile arts, including those produced in West Africa, naturally reflect the cultures and customs of the ethnic groups in which they are created. As such, they can provide us with unique and fascinating...
Tourism-oriented non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are becoming increasingly relevant as an alternative and legitimate source of development aid to many developing countries since the turn of the twenty-first century. Many NGOs based in the...
