Poner el cuerpo : La configuración narrativa del pícaro como crítica del sistema colonial de la Nueva España en El Periquillo Sarniento

El presente trabajo se propone analizar la novela El Periquillo Sarniento (1816) de Lizardi como un respuesta estética a los cambios históricos acaecidos en la sociedad de la Nueva España en los albores de la emancipación del sistema colonial español. Esta obra plantea las vicisitudes y hazañas de un letrado criollo por reposicionarse en un sistema de poder ya vetusto y asfixiante que presenta grietas en su construcción. El accionar de este narrador protagonista es analizado teniendo en cuenta los conceptos de "sujeto colonial" de Rolena Adorno, el de "pensamiento dialógico" de Nancy Vogeley y la "ambigüedad del picarismo" de Maurice Molho. El objetivo de este estudio es desentrañar la perspectiva novedosa que plantea Lizardi en torno a la utilidad del letrado en una sociedad de cambios tanto políticos como sociales

Poner el cuerpo : La configuración narrativa del pícaro como crítica del sistema colonial de la Nueva España en El Periquillo Sarniento

El presente trabajo se propone analizar la novela El Periquillo Sarniento (1816) de Lizardi como un respuesta estética a los cambios históricos acaecidos en la sociedad de la Nueva España en los albores de la emancipación del sistema colonial español. Esta obra plantea las vicisitudes y hazañas de un letrado criollo por reposicionarse en un sistema de poder ya vetusto y asfixiante que presenta grietas en su construcción. El accionar de este narrador protagonista es analizado teniendo en cuenta los conceptos de "sujeto colonial" de Rolena Adorno, el de "pensamiento dialógico" de Nancy Vogeley y la "ambigüedad del picarismo" de Maurice Molho. El objetivo de este estudio es desentrañar la perspectiva novedosa que plantea Lizardi en torno a la utilidad del letrado en una sociedad de cambios tanto políticos como sociales

Poner el cuerpo : La configuración narrativa del pícaro como crítica del sistema colonial de la Nueva España en El Periquillo Sarniento

El presente trabajo se propone analizar la novela El Periquillo Sarniento (1816) de Lizardi como un respuesta estética a los cambios históricos acaecidos en la sociedad de la Nueva España en los albores de la emancipación del sistema colonial español. Esta obra plantea las vicisitudes y hazañas de un letrado criollo por reposicionarse en un sistema de poder ya vetusto y asfixiante que presenta grietas en su construcción. El accionar de este narrador protagonista es analizado teniendo en cuenta los conceptos de "sujeto colonial" de Rolena Adorno, el de "pensamiento dialógico" de Nancy Vogeley y la "ambigüedad del picarismo" de Maurice Molho. El objetivo de este estudio es desentrañar la perspectiva novedosa que plantea Lizardi en torno a la utilidad del letrado en una sociedad de cambios tanto políticos como sociales

Relectura del discurso narrativo de las primeras tres decadas de la Republica Cubana en el contexto de los rasgos de la picaresca

The purpose of this dissertation was to study the narrative discourse of three Cuban novelists who produced their works from 1902 to 1933, using a typology that reveals a picaresque view of Cuban society. Focusing on La conjura and La manigua sentimental by Jesús Castellanos (1879–1912), Las honradas and Las impuras by Miguel de Carrión (1875–1929), and Generales y doctores and Juan Criollo by Carlos Loveira (1882–1928), this dissertation identified and defined picaresque traits and elements in the characterization, contrasting main and secondary, male and female characters, at all social levels. ^ The study considered the theories of the Spanish picaresque novel proposed by Antonio Maravall, Américo Castro, Claudio Guillén, Marcel Bataillon, and other critics, in order to delineate a model of traditional picaresque behavior, which was then applied to the analysis of each character. Sociopolitical and cultural conditions, as well as the psychology of the Cuban collective as presented by the authors, were also analyzed to pinpoint similarities and differences between the traditional Golden Age rogue and the characters created by the authors. ^ Critics who have studied the influence of the Spanish picaresque genre on the Latin American novel make no reference to any of the authors or novels included in this study. Key analyses, however, identified the presence of characters that use picaresque modes of behavior as a means to manipulate the structures of power in order to survive and as a futile attempt to achieve their ends within a socioeconomic context that is undergoing a significant transition. Castellanos' characters use their picaresque behavior mainly to attain a higher social status. Carrion concentrates on picaresque behavior in women as a means to manipulate the dominant male society, while Loveira's picaresque characters are mainly interested in securing a position of political power. ^

Relectura del discurso narrativo de las tres primeras décadas de la República cubana en el contexto de los rasgos de la picaresca

The purpose of this dissertation was to study the narrative discourse of three Cuban novelists who produced their works from 1902 to 1933, using a typology that reveals a picaresque view of Cuban society. Focusing on La conjura and La manigua sentimental by Jesús Castellanos (1879-1912), Las honradas and Las impuras by Miguel de Carrión (1875-1929), and Generales y doctores and Juan Criollo by Carlos Loveira (1882-1928), this dissertation identified and defined picaresque traits and elements in the characterization, contrasting main and secondary, male and female characters, at all social levels. The study considered the theories of the Spanish picaresque novel proposed by Antonio Maravall, Américo Castro, Claudio Guillén, Marcel Bataillon, and other critics, in order to delineate a model of traditional picaresque behavior, which was then applied to the analysis of each character. Sociopolitical and cultural conditions, as well as the psychology of the Cuban collective as presented by the authors, were also analyzed to pinpoint similarities and differences between the traditional Golden Age rogue and the characters created by the authors. Critics who have studied the influence of the Spanish picaresque genre on the Latin American novel make no reference to any of the authors or novels included in this study. Key analyses, however, identified the presence of characters that use picaresque modes of behavior as a means to manipulate the structures of power in order to survive and as a futile attempt to achieve their ends within a socioeconomic context that is undergoing a significant transition. Castellanos’ characters use their picaresque behavior mainly to attain a higher social status. Carrión concentrates on picaresque behavior in women as a means to manipulate the dominant male society, while Loveira’s picaresque characters are mainly interested in securing a position of political power.

Reconcilable differences, a dark comedy

Reconcilable Differences is the story of Miami radio host Adam Painter. Confused about relationships, Adam cancels his wedding and, under the guidance of his bad-boy best friend, delves into the demi-monde inhabited by strippers and hookers. On the air he begins to examine how men and women interact. Adam explores the night world, moving from a connection with its denizens through his talk show to direct experience of its license and loneliness. He fails miserably in his clumsy efforts with women and is fired, sued and arrested. An unlikely, unwilling rebel, Adam confronts change and stumbles almost truculently toward self-discovery. This picaresque novel is told in the third person closely attached to the protagonist. The time scheme covers a thirteen-week radio ratings period. The story encompasses the worlds of radio and the sex industry, using South Florida settings to re-inforce character, plot and theme.

In-betweeness of readings: O feitiço da ilha do Pavão (1997) e O Chalaça (1994)

This work aims to bring near the contemporary historical novels O feitiço da ilha do Pavão (1997), by João Ubaldo Ribeiro, e O Chalaça (1994), by José Roberto Torero, analyzing the crossing of references where both novels meet. These novels share a zone of mythical-literary appropriation, where they read the Hispanic myths of Don Juan and picaro. Torero’s novel rewrites situations from the Brazilian First Empire and it’s built by changing the perspective to Francisco Gomes da Silva, the “Chalaça”, friend and personal secretary of the emperor D. Peter I. In this way, the novel establishes an intertextual relationship with the traditional picaresque novel, recalling some structural motifs and textual organization that make a parody of the picaro autobiographical account. Ubaldo Ribeiro’s novel retrieves the Brazilian Colonial period, executing a concentration of that society and its time conflicts by parody, following by the tensions between the protagonist group (an its ideal of freedom and equality) and social institutions, such as the Church and Estate, symbols of domination and oppression. Don Juan appears in the novel through the aim of freedom and opposition to the established norms that is observed in the island. From this reading, we’ll try to work on specific dialogue points between both myths that can be noticed in the novels as well relating them to the romantic esthetic: the vengeance and the trip. Our study is based on the notion of the myth as a structuring principle of the narrative, according to Frye (1973, p. 333), and the comprehension of the text as heterogeneous, arranged as a mosaic of citations (KRISTEVA, 1974, p. 64).