Imagenes de la mujer en la obra de Amelia Francasci, escritora Dominicana del XIX.
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Title
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Imagenes de la mujer en la obra de Amelia Francasci, escritora Dominicana del XIX.
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Identifier
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AAI3325425
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identifier
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3325425
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Creator
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Queiro, Luz.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Susana Reisz
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Date
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2008
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Language
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Spanish
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Literature, Caribbean | Women's Studies
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Abstract
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This dissertation analyzes the literary production of Amelia Francasci (1850-1941), an important Dominican writer whose work has received little attention in critical literary circles. The study's main objective is to bring into light the achievements of this Dominican author, one of which was becoming a public female voice within the intellectual elite of a 19th century masculine-driven society. It's demonstrated that she obtained her literary goals by using her talents for story telling, and by showing her literary consciousness as a means for decrying the suffocating pressures experienced by the intellectual women of her society.;Amelia's accomplishments are reflected on her courage to challenge the male-dominated discourses existing in the world of literature, and on her ability to utilize her literary tool box to forge novels, short-stories, essays, and articles that portray and denounce the enslavement of the feminine intellect. While demonstrating her skills for bringing to life characters whose interactive dialogues and attitudes transmit the author's intended message to her audience, she was becoming the first female short-story writer and novelist of her nation.;Although a number of modern day critics label her literary style as obsolete, it should not be difficult for an analyst to determine that the works of Amelia Francasci, as shown in this monograph, stand on their own and in relevance today. In short, this investigation exposes/analyzes the style, skills and literary techniques used by the author in genres that were virtually forbidden to the contemporary feminine writers, particularly the ones in the conservative Dominican society of the 19th century.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
