Identity, who we are, is at the core of every human being, thus at the core of every character from every play. How the character identifies his self through gender and sexual identity will shape both physical and emotional choices that an actor will make through the rehearsal process. As an actor, it is absolutely imperative to resist the urge to pass judgment on the characters we portray. As more characters in modern drama are openly gay, there is an increasing urge for an actor to fall into campy stereotypes. Through a performance of the role of Molina in Manuel Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman, this thesis will examine the blurring line of gender identity of the leading man in contemporary drama and explore the challenges of portraying a feminine man in a non-stereotypical way, remaining true to the identification of the character. A thorough historical analysis presents a look at the evolution of the homosexual throughout modern drama, from self-loathing party boys of the seventies to ordinary fathers, husbands, and sons in modern households. A structural analysis of Puig's text will aid in the choices made by the actor. Lastly, a complete character analysis will examine the psychological motivations behind Molina's actions as well as the changes in his gender and sexual identity throughout the piece. This thesis will culminate in a comprehensive development, rehearsal and performance journal, which will document and address challenges, discoveries, failures and victories during the production process.

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The influence of Manuel Ponce (1882-1948) in early 20th-century Mexico serves as a precursor to the emerging nationalistic sounds sought after the 1910 revolution. Despite the challenges posed by Mexico's music education system, Ponce's private tutelage enabled him to achieve European standards, marking a significant progress in the broader efforts of 19th-century Mexican musicians to attain proper musical training. Ponce's method of creating an authentic Mexican sound involved reconstructing folklore music, blending it with European styles, and aligning himself with the Indigenismo movement. His compositional trajectory, marked by trips to Europe and distinct musical periods such as Romanticism, Nationalism, and Modernism, reflects adaptation to historical, social, and cultural events. Upon his return to Mexico, he undertook the reform of teaching methods at the conservatory, adapting European approaches to better suit the learning styles of Mexican students. This study examines Ponce's formative experiences, educational background, and early compositions, emphasizing his integration of folk tunes into classical forms and his role in shaping Mexican musical identity. It highlights the efforts of 19th-century Mexican composers to carve a nationalistic sound and Ponce's pivotal role as a bridge between European traditions and the developing nationalistic movement, ultimately contributing to the construction of Mexican cultural hegemony

The modern era of globalization presents a situation where indigenous cultures are potentially being eroded away. As a result, leaders of these groups need to begin using effective rhetorical strategies in their efforts to defend their worldview against the dominating views of Western ideology. This thesis attempts to present a case study analysis of the work of two leaders in the Native American rights movement: George Manuel and Vine Deloria, Jr. Manuel'­s book The Fourth World: An Indian Reality and Deloria's Behind the Trail of Broken Treaties: An Indian Declaration of Independence are presented as examples for how modern indigenous leaders can use narrative argument, addressing the persuasive functions of social movements, to foster political action on a people-to-people, national, and transnational level. / Master of Arts

La novela El beso de la mujer araña del escritor argentino Manuel Puig es una novela que trata dedos presos en una cárcel bonaerense durante la dictadura militar argentina. Esta tesina se centrará enla identidad femenina de Molina. El objetivo de esta tesina es examinar la celebración de lafemineidad de Molina, y su construcción de una identidad femenina. Esta identidad se conectarácon la idea de la identidad femenina como socialmente construida, opuesto a la noción de génerocomo algo innato. Es decir, la identidad femenina de Molina y sus ideas de lo femeninocorresponden a la idea de la identidad femenina como socialmente construida. Apoyándonos enteoría feminista y teoría queer, estableceremos la conexión que existe entre la identidad femeninacomo la ve Molina, y la identidad femenina como construcción social. / The kiss of the spider woman, novel written by Argentinian novelist Manuel Puig, is the story oftwo prisoners in a prison in Buenos Aires during the military dictatorship. This thesis will focus onthe feminine identity of protagonist Molina, a homosexual man who choses to regard himself as awoman. The aim of this thesis is to examine his construction of the feminine identity, and connectthat construction with feminist and queer theories of gender as socially constructed, opposed toinnate or given by biological gender.

Este trabalho analisa a importância da poesia de Manuel Bandeira, dentro do contexto do Modernismo literário brasileiro, para o grupo de autores cabo-verdianos ligados à publicação da revista Claridade, sobretudo em sua primeira fase, nos anos de 1936 e 1937. Destacamos aspectos que contribuíram para a confluência literária que se verifica entre tais autores, como a similaridade das formações culturais, a busca por um modernismo que servisse de transição entre a herança literária do passado e as inovações formais, e o caráter utópico da literatura. Como conclusão, esperamos contribuir para uma nova leitura da obra do poeta brasileiro, enaltecendo aspectos até então relegados a um segundo plano, e, como conseqüência, promover uma valorização dos autores cabo-verdianos como agentes no vasto sistema das literaturas de língua portuguesa. / This work analyzes the importance of Manuel Bandeira?s poetry, in the context of Brazilian literary Modernism, for the group of Cape Verdean authors responsible for the publication of Claridade magazine, especially in its first phase, in 1936 and 1937. Emphasis is given to some aspects that contributed to the literary confluence existent between these authors, such as the similarities of cultural formation, the quest for a Modernism that could function as a bridge between the literary heritage and the formal esthetic innovation, and the utopian nature of the literature. The intention is to contribute to a new reading of the Brazilian poet, stressing aspects that were relegated to the background, and, as a result, promoting a valorization of the Cape Verdean authors as agents in the vast system composed of all literatures written in the Portuguese language.

Este estudo tem por objetivo refletir sobre uma figura literária pouco estudada, Manuel Pinheiro Chagas (1842-1895), escritor português considerado pela crítica principalmente como romancista histórico. Ao eleger o romance histórico como narrativa romântica, parece que Chagas tenta disputar espaço com o romance realista/naturalista, mesmo depois da consolidação do Realismo. Por meio da análise de quatro de seus romances, A virgem Guaraciaba (1865), A máscara Vermelha (1873) e a sua continuação O juramento da Duquesa (1873), e A descoberta da Índia. Contada por um marinheiro (1890), verificamos como o projeto literário deste escritor, que se inicia com a efabulação da História, vai convergindo para um realismo pouco romantizado, que ele denominou de estudo histórico romântico. / This study is intended to reflect about the literary understudied character, Manuel Pinheiro Chagas (1842-1895), portuguese writer considered by public opinion mainly as historical novelist. Choosing the historical novel as romance narrative, seems that Chagas tries to establish space with the realistic/naturalist novel, even after the Realism consolidation. Analyzing four of his novels, A virgem Guaraciaba (1865), A máscara Vermelha (1873) and its continuation O juramento da Duquesa (1873), and A descoberta da Índia. Contada por um marinheiro (1890), we could verify how the literary project from this author, that initiates itself with the history creation, starts to converge to a type of less romanticized realism, that he defines as romantic historical study.

A presente Dissertação de Mestrado propõe analisar o texto Informacion |1640|, do polígrafo português Manuel de Faria e Sousa (1590-1649), a partir das fontes retóricas e poéticas que orientaram a sua estruturação como gênero de defesa. O discurso seiscentista proposto à análise é redigido posteriormente à sentença promulgada pela Mesa Pequena do Tribunal do Santo Ofício de Lisboa, a qual veta a circulação dos Comentarios aos Lusíadas, do letrado referido, assim que publicados em 1639. O substrato da ação acusatória reprova veementemente as alegorias presentes no livro censurado, que se erigem com sentido religioso a partir da trama mitológica do poema heróico de Luís de Camões. Manuel de Faria justifica em Informacion os intrincados mecanismos operadores da interpretação alegórica proposta. Por se tratar de uma resposta de um acusado às reclamações interpostas pelos padres revedores de livros, importa trazermos em Apêndice inéditos registros da Inquisição lisbonense (Ms. Port. 5280.381* da Houghton Library, da Universidade de Harvard), por nós aqui transcritos, fundamentais para o entendimento acerca da censura imposta à conhecida obra de Comentários. / The present Master\'s Dissertation proposes to analyze the text Informacion |1640|, written by the Portuguese polygraph Manuel de Faria e Sousa (1590-1649), from the Rhetorical and Poetic sources that guided its structuration as a defense genre. The sixteenth-century discourse proposed to the analysis is drafted subsequent to the sentence promulgated by the Mesa Pequena do Tribunal do Santo Ofício de Lisboa, which prohibits the circulation of the Comentarios aos Lusiadas, by the above-named scholar, since its publication in 1639. The substrate of accusatory action strongly disapproves of the allegories found in the censored book, which are constructed with a religious meaning based on the mythological plot of the heroic poem by Luís de Camões. Manuel de Faria justifies in Informacion the intricate mechanisms which lead to the proposed allegorical interpretation. Because we are dealing with an answer of a defendant to complaints brought by the book reviewer priests, it is worth bringing in Appendix the unpublished records of the Lisbon Inquisition (Ms.Port.5280.381* The Houghton Library, Harvard University), transcribed by us here, crucial to the understanding about the censorship imposed to the known book of Comments.

[pt] Através do diálogo da obra rodrigueana com a de Manuel Bandeira, desafia-se a quebrar alguns preconceitos que povoam a recepção dos escritos de Nelson Rodrigues. O escritor releu a realidade de uma maneira bem própria, mas sem jamais deixar de mostrar a verdade ou, se preferirem dizer, A vida como ela é... A linha tênue entre o real e a ficção, o jornalismo e a literatura é o que dá toda a peculiaridade de sua criação; o real vira jornal, que é ficcionalizado virando crônicas, que viram contos, que viram teatro, que vira romance, que torna a ser teatro de novo. A temática sexual é central na obra rodrigueana, no entanto seu discurso é sempre em defesa do amor. Sendo a poesia de Bandeira uma busca apaixonada, a obra de Nelson Rodrigues também o é, ao representar a incessante busca do ser humano pela realização de seu erotismo; desse modo, conseguiu realizar na prosa tudo aquilo que Manuel realizara na poesia. / [en] Through the dialogue between the writings of Nelson Rodrigues and Manuel Bandeira`s poetry, an attempt is made to overcome some of the prejudice that marks the reception of Nelson Rodrigues`s work. Rodrigues reread reality on his very own way, but never failing to show the truth, or A vida como ela. (Life As It Is). The subtle line between the real and the fictional, journalism and literature, is the hallmark of his work; reality turns into news copy, which is ficcionalized into crônicas, which are made into short stories, which turn into plays, which turn into novels, which turn back into plays. The sexual motif is central in Rodrigues`s work, but his discourse is always a defense of love. If Bandeira`s poetry is a passionate search, so is Rodrigues`s writing, as it represents human beings` unceasing search for erotic gratification; in this way he achieved in prose everything that Manuel had done in poetry.

Manuel Pinheiro Chagas (1842-1895) foi, na sua época, uma personalidade influente, participando ativamente tanto no campo das letras como no da política. Além disso, ele foi autor de uma obra multiforme e de caráter popular, lida, em seu tempo, com grande interesse e entusiasmo. Contudo, hoje, é inquestionável o apagamento literário desse escritor no cânone português, enquadrado num lugar à sombra mesmo de escritores menores. O objetivo central deste trabalho consiste em evidenciar na trajetória literária de Manuel Pinheiro Chagas os fatos que, de forma decisiva, contribuíram para o seu desaparecimento do cânone. Será visto que nestes acontecimentos ocupa um papel central Eça de Queirós, que não só conseguiu apagar a importante participação de Chagas como político, crítico, historiador e prosador, mas reduziu a figura de seu desafeto, imortalizando-a no retrato-sátira de um patriota conservador e reacionário, sob o codinome de \"brigadeiro do tempo de D. Maria II\". / Manuel Pinheiro Chagas (1842-1895) was, in his time, an influential personality who took active part both in the field of literature and in politics. Moreover, he was the author of a multiform work with popular characteristics, read, in his time, with much interest and enthusiasm. Nevertheless, today, the literary erasure of this writer from the Portuguese canon is unquestionable, placed somewhere under the shadow of even second-rate writers. The central aim of this work is to show in Manuel Pinheiro Chagas\'s literary trajectory those facts which, in a decisive way, made him disappear from the canon. It will be shown that in these events Eça de Queirós plays a central role. He not only managed to erase Chagas\'s important participation as a politician, a critic, a historian, and a prose writer, but reduced the figure of his foe by immortalizing it in the satire-portrait of a conservative, reactionary patriot, under the code-name of \"Brigadier from the time of D. Maria II\".