"Enriquillo" de Manuel de Jesus Galvan: La construccion de un heroe.
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Title
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"Enriquillo" de Manuel de Jesus Galvan: La construccion de un heroe.
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Identifier
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AAI9820536
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identifier
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9820536
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Creator
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Gutierrez, Franklin A.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Malva Filer
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Date
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1998
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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 | Education, Language and Literature | Literature, Caribbean
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Abstract
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The literary production of Manuel de Jesus Galvan (1834-1910) is limited to only one work, the novel Enriquillo (1879-1882), considered by national and foreign critics as the most important Dominican novel of all times. Nevertheless, when one studies novel writing in the Dominican Republic, Enriquillo is, without a doubt, the most difficult novel to analyze. This is not because of the structure or the topic of this work, but because the manner in which its author, Manuel de Jesus Galvan, by focusing on the rebellion of the Indian chieftain Enriquillo, interprets historical developments during the first four decades in the life of Hispaniola.;The objective of this dissertation is to analyze how Galvan, basing himself on conservative ideology, as well as on the Historia de las Indias, by Bartolome de las Casas and on the Decadas, by Antonio de Herrera, works he cites textually frequently, distorts intentionally and capriciously the historical facts he narrates, altering in the process many chapters of Dominican history. The Enriquillo of the novel has been transformed into a hero, idolized by Dominican people as a national symbol because of Galvan's interpretation of the rising in Bahoruco; an interpretation designed to justify by whatever means his own political ultra-conservative position and his own Hispanophile behavior. What I propose to point out are significant discrepancies between these idealizing versions of Enriquillo and the biographical sketch which can be constructed from other sources and documents.;The dissertation has four sections, which will be distributed as follows: The first section presents a study of the indigenous presence in Dominican literature. The second section consists of an analysis of Manuel de Jesus Galvan's life, political militancy and ideology. The third section is designed to establish the differences between the Enriquillo described in historiography and the fictional character. Finally, the fourth section contains a brief panoramic presentation of critical interpretations by national and foreign critics of the novel Enriquillo.
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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.
