Contrapunteo: The Question of "National" Theater in Turn-of-the-Century Argentina and Mexico

Description

This project explores the phenomenon of National Theater in both Argentina and Mexico, specifically reevaluating the former's exemplarity and the latter's "failure." I propose that Fernando Ortiz's notion of contrapunteo is useful when thinking about the tensions found in National Theater, and I deploy this understanding to argue that, contrary to critical opinion, the "frivolous" Mexican theater scene was a key factor in the Mexican Revolution. / Romance Languages and Literatures

Links & Downloads

1. Politte, Paul Edwin. 2013. Contrapunteo: The Question of "National" Theater in Turn-of-the-Century Argentina and Mexico. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.
2. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11196
3. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11181174

Tags

Latin American literature

Theater

Theater history

Aesthetics

Argentine Theater

Mexican Theater

National Literature

National Theater

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:harvard.edu/oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/11181174
Date	January 2013
Creators	Politte, Paul Edwin
Contributors	Sommer, Doris
Publisher	Harvard University
Source Sets	Harvard University
Language	en_US
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis or Dissertation
Rights	closed access