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The Prose Dramas of Joaquin Dicenta

Description: The purpose of this thesis is to make an intensive survey of the plots, characters, and teachings of Dicenta's prose dramas together with a study of the life and works of Dicenta.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Cunningham, Hilda Hugon
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Social Ideas in the Dramas of Gregorio Martinez Sierra

Description: This thesis illustrated Gregorio Martinez Sierra's social philosophy: motherhood, marital relationships, relationships between parents and children, and the social even of spain.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Attanasio, Lola Curbo
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Educational Bases and Curricula of the Public Schools of Mexico

Description: In this exposition, the writer has attempted to give a clear idea of the origin, organization, and curricua of the three types of schools of the Mexican public educational system. The information was gathered from first-hand knowledge, from careful study and analysis or publications of the department of Education, visits to schools, Interviews with school pen, and from various earler works on the subject of Mexican education.
Date: August 1938
Creator: Fox, Raymond E.
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Character Development in the Quintero Brothers' Plays

Description: The purpose of this study is to determine the importance of characterization in the Quinteros in developing their characters into figures possessing human qualities which give them charm and reality. In nine of the twenty plays studied, the characters are used in emphasizing other elements such as love and atmosphere, or to prove a thesis. However, the importance of characterization is shown by the fact that eleven of the plays are concerned with the character development.
Date: August 1938
Creator: Kelley, Fay Elois
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Mariano Azuela, Novelist of the Mexican Revolution

Description: This thesis discusses the life and works of the Mexican novelist Mariano Azuela, who lived and wrote during the time of the Mexican Revolution.
Date: 1946
Creator: Erickson, Marcia
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France and the United States: Borrowed and Shared National Symbols

Description: This thesis analyzes and demonstrates the similarities and differences between some of the national symbols of France and the United States. This includes the shared and borrowed aspects of each one and the ways in which each culture is reflected through, and built around them. The flags, national anthems, and several national icons such as France's Marianne and Uncle Sam are discussed. This analysis deals with the historical contexts and cultural meanings of the symbols, showing the changes ea… more
Date: May 2011
Creator: Crawford, Katlyn Marie
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Mosques in France: The Visible Presence of Islam

Description: Numerous laws are being directed toward subduing the visible presence of Islam throughout France, and in return French Muslims are becoming bolder in the projection of their faith. This thesis examines the presence of Islam in France throughout history and in contemporary French civilization. Specifically, this thesis addresses the issues regarding the visible presence of Islam in France through such institutions as mosques and how they are the key symbols representing the prominence of Islam i… more
Date: May 2011
Creator: Arnold, Ashley Patricia
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Social Ideas in the Novels of José María de Pereda

Description: Pereda's literary fecundity and his literary achievement attain their peak in his novels; through these novels he attempts to present a clear portrayal of the social aspects of provincial Spain.
Date: 1948
Creator: Buell, Emma Lee Fulwiler
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Social and Political Background in the Novels of the Mexican Revolution

Description: This thesis examines the agrarian, ecclesiastical, political, industrial, and educational background of the Mexican Revolution through the eyes of six of Mexico's novelists: Azuela, Lopez y Fuentes, Guzman, Romero, Muñoz, and Campobello.
Date: 1940
Creator: Robinson, Sibyl C.
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Leccioncitas Prácticas en Español Texto para Niños en la Escuela Primaria

Description: This group of lessons is intended to help the child who does not speak Spanish to learn the language. The text is based on the interests of a child; in his dramatic attempts; in his love of the beautiful and the natural. It is not entirely complete, but the author hopes that it serves to give an idea how these materials can be used.
Date: 1949
Creator: Uranga, Louis V.
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Diccionario Ilustrado para Niños

Description: The author has developed a dictionary in Spanish for elementary school classroom use.
Date: 1948
Creator: Rodgers, Mary Lunn
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Dialogue in the Alarconian Theatre

Description: In this study my aim has been to trace the development of the art in dialogue of Juan Ruis de Alarcón y Mendoza. In a survey of the Alarconian theatre I have attempted to attain an insight into the technique of his dramatic speech and to indicate the sources of potent influence exerted on the dramaturgic skill of this author.
Date: 1950
Creator: Davis, Mary Collins
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Spanish Migration in Contemporary Spanish Literature and Film

Description: Spain underwent drastic social and political changes in the last decades of the twentieth century which also affected the nation’s patterns of emigration. Contemporary Spanish literature and film that portray these decades reflect the country’s fluctuating characteristics of migration. ¡Vente a Alemania, Pepe! (1971) by Pedro Lazaga, Coto vedado (1985) by Juan Goytisolo, El hijo del acordeonista (2003) by Bernardo Atxaga, and Yoyes (2000) by Helena Taberna demonstrate Spain’s migration trends d… more
Date: August 2011
Creator: Arzac, Sergio
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Romantic Characteristics in Gutiérrez Nájera's Poetry

Description: This thesis presents a brief background of poetry in Mexico in the nineteenth century, along with a biography of Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera and a study of his three poetic periods: 1876-1886, 1886-1890, 1890-1895.
Date: 1951
Creator: Dillard, Jean
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Characterization in Valle-Inclan's Novels

Description: This thesis covers a biography and principal influence of Valle-Inclan, the Sonata novels, Carlist war novels, the Comedias Barbaras, and Flor de Santidad and Tirano Baderas.
Date: 1956
Creator: Hardin, Robert Joseph
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Elements of Tremendismo in the works of Carmen Laforet

Description: The purpose of this thesis is to review and to analyze the part that tremendismo has played in the fiction of Carmen Laforet. To this end, each of her published volumes will be studied individually so that her relationship to tremendismo may be clearly seen in each of its various stages.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Palmer, Joe Lerner
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Max Aub as a Dramatist

Description: 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
Partner: UNT Libraries
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