Primitivismo y Modernidad en la Literatura Modernista Hispanoamericana

Authors

Sara Marta Gonzalez, Florida International UniversityFollow

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Major/Program

Spanish

First Advisor's Name

Erik Camayd-Freixas

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Committee Chair

Second Advisor's Name

Maida Watson

Second Advisor's Committee Title

Committee Member

Third Advisor's Name

Renee Silverman

Third Advisor's Committee Title

Committee Member

Fourth Advisor's Name

Sherry Jhonson

Fourth Advisor's Committee Title

External Reader

Keywords

Modernismo, primitivismo, Ruben Dario, Jose Marti

Date of Defense

12-4-2017

Abstract

This dissertation explores the troubled relationship between Hispanic-American Modernism and modernity through the close study of a representative array of authors (José Martí, Rubén Darío, Enrique Gómez Carrillo, Augusto Dhalmar and Pedro Prado). My analysis departs from the revisionist theories of Angel Rama and Ivan A. Schulman, which changed the traditional views about the movement towards a more complete vision of its role as a literature that is highly subversive.

During the XIX century, America experienced a vigorous cultural awakening unsupported by an incomplete modernization whose more fundamental principles are challenged by the systematic use of primitivism by these authors. I propose that by analyzing how primitivism is used as an essential tool for criticism, a deeper understanding of a highly codified literature and its importance as precursor of the Vanguard may be reached.

Identifier

FIDC006583

Recommended Citation

Gonzalez, Sara Marta, "Primitivismo y Modernidad en la Literatura Modernista Hispanoamericana" (2017). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3675.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3675