Descripción del Escenario Rural Uruguayo en las Obras de Javier de Viana (open access)

Descripción del Escenario Rural Uruguayo en las Obras de Javier de Viana

This thesis describes the work of Uruguayan-born author Javier de Viana and his imagery of Uruguayan rural life in his short stories and novellas.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Rodríguez, Rubén
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Plays of Miguel Mihura (open access)

The Plays of Miguel Mihura

This thesis will give a brief biography of Miguel Mihura, summarize and discuss his more important plays, comment on the less important ones, and point out recurrent patterns and themes, with the hope that the general public as well as the student of Spanish, may be better informed of the values to be found in the works of this writer.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Streit, George H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterizations and Themes in the Novels of Elena Quiroga (open access)

Characterizations and Themes in the Novels of Elena Quiroga

This thesis explores the characterizations and themes in the novels of Elena Quiroga.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Davis, Charlotte Jo
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Humor of Alejandro Casona (open access)

The Humor of Alejandro Casona

Alejandro Casona is a major playwright in the Spanish language today. He is known chiefly for his fantasy and humor. The intent of this paper is to show that his humor is a device for obtaining the attention of those whom he would teach.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Benson, Barbara B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
After the Storm: an Adaptation of Sobre las Ruinas, by Roberto J. Payró (open access)

After the Storm: an Adaptation of Sobre las Ruinas, by Roberto J. Payró

The present thesis is an experiment in adaptation of one of Roberto Payró's plays for staging in English. Sobre las Ruinas was chosen both because it is one of the best known of his works and because no previous translation is known to exist.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Kimbell, Minerva A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Inquiry into Possible Plagiarism in Blasco Ibáñez's La Horda (open access)

An Inquiry into Possible Plagiarism in Blasco Ibáñez's La Horda

The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether Blasco Ibáñez in his novel La Horda used Pío Baroja's Material which was published in La Lucha por la Vida. Baroja claimed that he did. Therefore, this paper compares the two novels to discover similarities in their settings, their plots, and their characters.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Logue, Madeline Jane
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Ideas in the Valencian and Madrid Novels of Vicente Blasco Ibanez (open access)

Social Ideas in the Valencian and Madrid Novels of Vicente Blasco Ibanez

This thesis studies the life and the novels of Vicente Blasco Ibanez, including his Valencian period and his Madrid novels
Date: August 1966
Creator: Sutton, Jack H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prose Writings of José Rubén Romero (open access)

Prose Writings of José Rubén Romero

This thesis presents a brief biography of the Mexican writer José Rubén Romero and discusses his prose writings, with an emphasis on his novels.
Date: August 1967
Creator: Ballard, Shirley S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Max Aub as a Dramatist (open access)

Max Aub as a Dramatist

The purpose of this thesis is to make an intensive study of the dramatic works of Max Aub in order to determine his significance as a playwright.
Date: August 1962
Creator: Washington, Jessie Langston
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Immigrant's Daugher: an Adaptation of La Gringa, by Florencio Sánchez (open access)

The Immigrant's Daugher: an Adaptation of La Gringa, by Florencio Sánchez

This thesis is an experiment in adapting a Florencio Sánchez play for staging in English. La Gringa was chosen because it is the best known of Sánchez' works, and because, to this writer's knowledge, no translation of this play is available.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Cook, Nancy Stepan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Novels of Marta Brunet (open access)

The Novels of Marta Brunet

It will be the purpose of this thesis to comment upon the eight novels by Marta Brunet. The novels will be examined in detail, giving special consideration to her emphasis on fatalism and destiny, and will examine critical opinion of her work and draw conclusions as to the author's place in the modern Latin American novel.
Date: August 1969
Creator: LaFon, Ben H.
System: The UNT Digital Library