"Anacaona" de Salome Urena de Henriquez, poema epico sobre la conquista de America: Un analisis estilistico y tematico.
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Title
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"Anacaona" de Salome Urena de Henriquez, poema epico sobre la conquista de America: Un analisis estilistico y tematico.
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Identifier
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AAI9130328
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identifier
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9130328
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Creator
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Izquierdo, Rene Cristobal.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Marlene Gottlieb
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Date
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1991
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Literature, Latin American | Literature, Romance | Literature, Caribbean
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Abstract
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Despite the quality of her poetry and her pioneering work in the field of women's education, and despite being the mother of two preeminent figures, Pedro and Max Henriquez Urena, the name and work of Salome Urena (Dominican Republic, 1850-1897) remain largely unknown today.;It is the goal of this dissertation to bring Urena's name to the foreground of literary criticism by studying her life, work and thought. Accordingly, the first chapter examines her life. The second chapter reevaluates the existent criticism on Urena's patriotic and familiar poems through a comparative study with those of Manuel Jose Quintana (1772-1857) and Juan Nicasio Gallego (1777-1853). This approach is necessary because all criticism of Urena's poetry has followed the opinion expressed by Menendez y Pelayo which asserts that Urena's work is imitative of the Spanish poets. The study concludes that rather than imitate, Urena transforms and blends elements from many poets and literary schools to create her own style.;In Chapters Three and Four, an exhaustive analysis is made of "Anacaona," the lengthy Indianist poem that narrates the suffering and destruction brought upon the Indian civilizations of La Hispaniola by the Spanish conquest and settlement. The poem, which has never received proper attention by the critics, is first placed in an historical and literary perspective. Then, its historical sources are traced, and the motives that led Urena to write a poem about events which had occurred nearly 400 years before her time, are explored.;Finally, Chapter Five focuses on the feminist aspects of Urena's work and thought, for without exploring this facet of the poet, any efforts to reevaluate her work in a modern context would be incomplete. Feminism does not surface readily in Urena's poetry; however, it dominates her magisterial work. The study reveals that a movement in favor of women's rights was emerging under Urena's guidance in Santo Domingo, and that her views, in essence, fall within the parameters of the Spanish American feminist movements of today.
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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.
