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1	[en] OLD AND NEW WORLDS: ÁNGEL RAMA IN HIS DIARIO (1974-1983) / [pt] VELHOS E NOVOS MUNDOS: ÁNGEL RAMA EM SEU DIÁRIO (1974-1983) PEDRO DEMENECH 29 November 2017 (has links) [pt] Esta tese analisa a trajetória de Ángel Rama (1926-1983) ao longo dos anos setenta e oitenta, a partir de seu exílio na Venezuela, nos Estados Unidos e na França. Inicialmente, trata da historicidade de sua crítica e do modo como ele monta uma utopia americana. Depois, segue-se a análise de sua subjetividade no Diario, escrito a partir de 1974. A seguir, se avança para entender como ele estabeleceu o sentido de um passado que parecia perdido. Adiante, se discute como ele construiu a sua integração à Venezuela e ao seu meio intelectual. Até então, a análise se concentra no ano de 1974, nos meses de outubro e dezembro, quando a Biblioteca Ayacucho foi criada. Entre 1974 e 1977, Ángel não escreve no Diario. Devido a isso, aborda-se a sua atuação na impressa venezuelana entre 1976 e 1977. Prossegue-se, então, discutindo-se os motivos que o levaram a viver fora da América Latina. Finalmente, aborda-se a inserção de Ángel na academia estadunidense e o modo como ele construiu a sua visão sobre o país e os estudos latino-americanos feitos fora da América Latina. / [en] This dissertation analyses Ángel Rama (1926-1983) s trajectory in the decades of 1970 and 1980, focusing on the Uruguayan intellectual s exile in Venezuela, the United States and France. Initially, it deals with the historicity of his criticism and with the way he sets up an American utopia. Then, it is analyzed his subjectivity drawn in the Diario, which he had been keeping since 1974. Afterwards, it discusses his integration into Venezuela and into the intellectual environment of that country. So far, this study concentrates in October and in December 1974, when Biblioteca Ayacucho was founded. Nevertheless, the journal has been interrupted by its author between 1974 and 1977. Thus, rather than interpreting the Diario, it is studied his performance in Venezuelan press between 1976 and 1977. Subsequently, it is discussed the reason why Rama had lived outside Latin America. Finally, it approaches Rama s participation into American academia and the way he has built his perspective on Venezuela, as well as on the Latin American studies carried out beyond Latin America. [pt] AMERICA LATINA [en] LATIN AMERICA [pt] DIARIO [en] DAILY [pt] ANGEL RAMA [en] ANGEL RAMA [pt] BIBLIOTECA AYACUCHO [en] LIBRARY AYACUCHO [pt] HISTORIA CULTURAL - SECULO XX [en] CULTURAL HISTORY - XXT CENTURY
2	Through the Eyes of Shamans: Childhood and the Construction of Identity in Rosario Castellanos' "Balun-Canan" and Rudolfo Anaya's "Bless Me, Ultima" Nava, Tomas Hidalgo 09 July 2004 (has links) (PDF) This study offers a comparative analysis of Rosario Castellanos' Balún-Canán and Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima, novels that provide examples on how children construct their identity in hybrid communities in southeastern Mexico and the U.S. southwest. The protagonists grow and develop in a context where they need to build bridges between their European and Amerindian roots in the middle of external influences that complicate the construction of a new mestizo consciousness. In order to attain that consciousness and free themselves from their divided selves, these children receive the aid of an indigenous mentor who teaches them how to establish a dialogue with their past, nature, and their social reality. The protagonists undertake that negotiation by transgressing the rituals of a society immersed in colonial dual thinking. They also create mechanisms to re-interpret their past and tradition in order to create an image of themselves that is not imposed by the status quo. In both novels, the protagonists have to undergo similar processes to overcome their identity crises, including transculturation, the creation of sites of memory, and a transition from orality to writing. Each of them resorts to creative writing and becomes a sort of shaman who pulls together the "spirits" from the past, selects them, and organizes them in a narration of childhood that is undertaken from adulthood. The results of this enterprise are completely different in the cases of both protagonists because the historical and social contexts vary. The boy in Bless Me, Ultima can harmoniously gather the elements to construct his identity, while the girl in Balún-Canán fails because of the pressures of a male-centered and highly racist society. Rosario Castellanos Rudolfo Anaya Balún-Canán Bless Me Ultima Shamans Tomás Hidalgo Nava construction of identity Chiapas Mexico New Mexico Ladino mestizo Chicano Mexican American childhood Octavio Paz José Vasconcelos Gloria Anzaldúa René Girard Edouard Glissant Pierre Nora lieux de mémoire milieux de mémoire hybrid hybridity transculturation Fernando Ortiz Angel Rama syncretism written narration shamanism of letters Homi K. Bhabha colonial discourse mestizo consciousness sexism colonialism Tzeltal indigenista orality mestizaje transgression of rituals Paulo Freire Mexican literature Chicano literature Mexican-American literature transculturation and nature Virgin of Guadalupe curandera Amerindian roots racism Spanish conquest acculturation assimilation project of modernization imposed views Antonio Ladino girl Comitán racist society colonial dual thinking identity crisis creative writing sites of memory U.S. southwest Classics Comparative Literature

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[en] OLD AND NEW WORLDS: ÁNGEL RAMA IN HIS DIARIO (1974-1983) / [pt] VELHOS E NOVOS MUNDOS: ÁNGEL RAMA EM SEU DIÁRIO (1974-1983)

Through the Eyes of Shamans: Childhood and the Construction of Identity in Rosario Castellanos' "Balun-Canan" and Rudolfo Anaya's "Bless Me, Ultima"