This dissertation examines the life and works of Venezuelan writer Arturo Uslar Pietri. / Although regarded by many to be among the best contemporary writers in Latin America, and certainly among the most prolific, Arturo Uslar Pietri has not enjoyed the recognition in the United States that he has enjoyed in Latin America. For this reason, it is the intention of this study to provide an introduction to the life and works of such a distinguished writer. / The research is divided in three chapters. The introductory chapter presents a biographical sketch of Arturo Uslar Pietri accompanied by a brief description of a number of his better known writings. / The succeeding chapter consists of an annotated bibliography of the works written by Uslar Pietri. The bibliographical entries are divided into nine categories. These are: novels, short stories, theater, poetry, essays, biographies, articles, introductions, and anthologies. The list includes only the compositions that were uncovered during the investigation. / The concluding chapter is also an annotated bibliography. However, the entries that appear in this chapter include works of criticism on Arturo Uslar Pietri's writings. It consists primarily of books and articles. / Arturo Uslar Pietri is mostly known for his short stories and historical novels that depict the life in Venezuela from the time of the conquest to the present time. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-06, Section: A, page: 2174. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1986.

This dissertation examines the origin of myth in Garcia Marquez's novel, Cien anos de soledad. While the major critics of the novel have noted a strong dependence thereof on Biblical intertextualities, the present study focuses on possible Indigenous sources of what has already been defined as cosmogonical. In addition, several motifs which have been defined previously as "mythified" are examined and compared to Indigenous Colombian rituals. The work of explorer Alexander von Humboldt is also addressed herein as applicable to the wider comprehension of the novel. While this work is not necessarily an Indigenous source, the vast references to such cultures justify its inclusion in this study. Likewise, the Popol Vuh is examined as a potential source of myth within the novel. The main Colombian sources indicated in this study are as follows: Chibcha (Muisca); Tairona (Kogi); and Guajiro (Wayu). Although the Guajiros are the only indigenous group specifically mentioned in the novel, the role of the Tairona and Chibcha were so potent in the framework of the chronicles that their inclusion in this work is inevitable. The cosmogonies which particularly parallel the action of the novel are the Chibcha and Guajiro. Religious rituals of the Chibcha and Guajiro are also examined here are possible antecedents of certain of the actions, the origins of which have as yet been unidentified. Meanwhile, the philosophical origins of the novel's "death within death" motif are juxtaposed to documentation of certain Kogi beliefs, which bear striking similarities. On account of the large number of nearly exact parallels between the novel and various Indigenous elements, the mythical content of the novel is viewed as intertextualized Indigenous, rather than Biblical, myth. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-04, Section: A, page: 1377. / Major Professor: Roberto G. Fernandez. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1995.

Inaug.-Diss.--Heidelberg. / Vita.

The aim of this dissertation is to analyze Latin American play texts (1970-2006), within their historical and geographical framework, under a queer theoretical lens. What I specifically focus my analysis on are destabilized identities through the play text's performative construction of gender as well as the theatricality. A queer theoretical dialogue not only breaks with the compulsory gay and feminist criticism, under which these plays have been categorized, but also allows for a (re)conceptualization of queer performativities in Latin American Theatre.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of History, 2006. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-01, Section: A, page: 0302. Adviser: Jeffrey L. Gould. "Title from dissertation home page (viewed Feb. 8, 2007)."

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1920. / Includes index. "Bibliography of citations": p. [vi]-viii. Also available on the Internet.

Rezensiertes Werk: Pirovano, Luigi: Le Interpretationes Vergilianae di Tiberio Claudio Donato : problemi di retorica / Luigi Pirovano. - Roma : Herder, 2006. - 253 S. - (Studi e testi tardoantichi ; 5) Zugl.: Milano, Univ., Diss., 1998-1999 ISBN 978-88-89670-19-4

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