La lengua literaria americana en la crítica de entresiglos

La búsqueda de una comunidad socio-lingüístico-cultural articuló, hasta avanzado el siglo veinte, las propuestas de organización simbólica de los Estados nacionales y de otras unidades de la región. En esta búsqueda, se puede bosquejar una tradición crítica que entrama distintas posiciones e intervenciones en torno de los usos literarios de la lengua americana a la vez que sostiene su ponderación como matriz articuladora de la diversidad étnica, social y cultural. En este artículo se leen, en algunos textos críticos producidos en el área (hispano)americana entre 1880 y 1920, los usos de la lengua literaria en relación con algunos de los numerosos debates registrados en torno de las opciones político-lingüísticas de la época.

La lengua literaria americana en la crítica de entresiglos

La búsqueda de una comunidad socio-lingüístico-cultural articuló, hasta avanzado el siglo veinte, las propuestas de organización simbólica de los Estados nacionales y de otras unidades de la región. En esta búsqueda, se puede bosquejar una tradición crítica que entrama distintas posiciones e intervenciones en torno de los usos literarios de la lengua americana a la vez que sostiene su ponderación como matriz articuladora de la diversidad étnica, social y cultural. En este artículo se leen, en algunos textos críticos producidos en el área (hispano)americana entre 1880 y 1920, los usos de la lengua literaria en relación con algunos de los numerosos debates registrados en torno de las opciones político-lingüísticas de la época.

Religaciones hispano-americanas en torno del 98 : Los usos de La Tempestad en el Modernismo (Darío y Rodó)

Con el 'Desastre' del 98, la reacción antiimperialista del Modernismo implicó una revisión de sus afiliaciones culturales. Como se sabe, han sido frecuentes las críticas al hispanismo y al latinismo desplegados en la escritura modernista en tanto síntomas de un persistente 'colonialismo'. Este trabajo analiza las relaciones establecidas entre los escritores latinoamericanos y españoles a partir de la Derrota del 98 -las cuales eran promovidas a su vez por el Hispanismo peninsular desde los festejos del IV Centenario en 1892- y el modo en que los Modernistas piensan los lazos con España ante una situación que confirmaba la hegemonía sajona y la 'decadencia latina'. En este contexto la lectura 'antiimperialista' de La Tempestad de Shakespeare ('El triunfo de Calibán' de Darío, el Ariel de Rodó) se transforma en un poderoso fenómeno de religación en torno del cual se debaten las relaciones con la ex-Madre Patria. Para los modernistas, según nuestra lectura, la unión con la intelectualidad hispana implicaba el fortalecimiento de un sistema literario común en el mercado internacionalizado de la letras. En tal sistema, resultaba evidente hacia el fin de siglo el liderazgo de Darío y la posibilidad de que los latinoamericanos compititieran con los españoles en pie de igualdad

Multiple Perspectives on Academic Service-Learning Partnerships at the American University in Cairo: A Mixed Method Study

This mixed method study aimed to redress the gap in the literature on academic service-learning partnerships, especially in Eastern settings. It utilized Enos and Morton's (2003) theoretical framework to explore these partnerships at the American University in Cairo (AUC). Seventy-nine community partners, administrators, faculty members, and students from a diverse range of age, citizenship, racial, educational, and professional backgrounds participated in the study. Qualitative interviews were conducted with members of these four groups, and a survey with both close-ended and open-ended questions administered to students yielded 61 responses. Qualitative analyses revealed that the primary motivators for partners' engagement in service-learning partnerships included contributing to the community, enhancing students' learning and growth, and achieving the civic mission of the University. These partnerships were characterized by short-term relationships with partners' aspiring to progress toward long-term commitments. The challenges to these partnerships included issues pertaining to the institution, partnering organizations, culture, politics, pedagogy, students, and faculty members. Key strategies for improving these partnerships included institutionalizing service-learning in the University and cultivating an institutional culture supportive of community engagement. Quantitative analyses showed statistically significant relationships between students' scores on the Community Awareness and Interpersonal Effectiveness scales and their overall participation in community service activities inside and outside the classroom, as well as a statistically significant difference between their scores on the Community Awareness scale and department offering service-learning courses. The study's outcomes underscore the role of the local culture in shaping service-learning partnerships, as well as the role of both curricular and extracurricular activities in boosting students' awareness of their community and interpersonal effectiveness. Cultivating a culture of community engagement and building support mechanisms for engaged scholarship are among the critical steps required by public policy-makers in Egypt to promote service-learning in Egyptian higher education. Institutionalizing service-learning partnerships at AUC and enhancing the visibility of these partnerships on campus and in the community are essential to the future growth of these collaborations. Future studies should explore factors affecting community partners' satisfaction with these partnerships, top-down and bottom-up support to service-learning, the value of reflection to faculty members, and the influence of students' economic backgrounds on their involvement in service-learning partnerships.

Japanese American Biracial Adolescents and Identity Formation

The purpose of the current paper is to examine the racial identity development of Japanese American biracial adolescents. A review of the literature revealed critical factors as it relates to Japanese American biracial adolescents and their identity formation. Ethnic identity, adolescent developmental stage, environmental ethnic socialization processes used to facilitate identity development, and the resulting psychological adjustment were the major issues identified in the literature. Educators, counselors and other mental health professionals must begin to understand their development if the needs of this population are to be met in the future. A case study of a biracial Japanese American teen was included to heighten the understanding of the identity development of biracial individuals. Findings indicate that biracial children who are raised to identify with both sides of their ethnic heritage are not suffering from negative psychological consequences (e.g. guilt, anger, isolation) but, instead, gain a "healthier" sense of self. Implications for clinicians are discussed in terms of how therapists can be responsive to the unique needs of biracial adolescents.

Cultural conflict: Conveyance of traditional Iranian values and the effects on sense of self of Iranian-American women

The literature on Iranians who immigrated to countries with modern cultures is sparse. This paper presents a theoretical understanding of the research with a particular appreciation on issues related to gender roles, sexuality, and acculturation within this population. In addition, treatment suggestions with this Iranian immigrant population will be presented through the lens of self psychology and a new perspective about the effects on the sense of self of young immigrant Iranian females will be discussed.

Fleshing Out and Losing Flesh: The Decomposing Corpse as Narrative Object in American Hardboiled Detective Fiction

This dissertation examines the corpse as an object in and of American hardboiled detective fiction written between 1920 and 1950. I deploy several theoretical frames, including narratology, body-as-text theory, object relations theory, and genre theory, in order to demonstrate the significance of objects, symbols, and things primarily in the clever and crafty work of Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) and Raymond Chandler (1888-1959), but also touching on the writings of their lesser known accomplices. I construct a literary genealogy of American hardboiled detective fiction originating in the writings of Edgar Allan Poe, compare the contributions of classic or Golden Age detective fiction in England, and describe the socio-economic contexts, particularly the predominance of the “pulps,” that gave birth to the realism of the Hardboiled School. Taking seriously Chandler’s obsession with the art of murder, I engage with how authors pre-empt their readers’ knowledge of the tricks of the trade and manipulate their expectations, as well as discuss the characteristics and effect of the inimitable hardboiled style, its sharpshooting language and deadpan humour. Critical scholarship has rarely addressed the body and figure of the corpse, preferring to focus instead on the machinations of the femme fatale, the performance of masculinity, or the prevalence of violence. I cast new light on the world of hardboiled detective fiction by dissecting the corpse as the object that both motivates and de-composes (or rots away from) the narrative that makes it signify. I treat the corpse as an inanimate object, indifferent to representation, that destabilizes the integrity and self-possession, as well as the ratiocination, of the detective who authors the narrative of how the corpse came to be. The corpse is all deceptive and dangerous surface rather than the container of hidden depths of life and meaning that the detective hopes to uncover and reconstruct. I conclude with a chapter that is both critical denouement and creative writing experiment to reveal the self-reflexive (and at times metafictional) dimensions of hardboiled fiction. My dissertation, too, in the manner of hardboiled fiction, hopes to incriminate my readers as much as enlighten them.

Cromitos cubanos : (Bocetos de autores hispano-americanos)/

"Bibliografía": p. [423]-436.

Antología poética hispano-americana; con notas biográficas y críticas ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Tesoro del parnaso Americano; coleccion de poesias escogidas de los mas illustres poetas de hispano-america.

Mode of access: Internet.

Economic, social, and demographic characteristics of Spanish-American wage workers on U.S. farms /

Cover title.

Manual de literatura hispano-mexicana,

Mode of access: Internet.

America in English fiction, 1760-1800; the influences of the American Revolution

"America in the novel, 1761-1800": p. 439-442; "The West Indies in the English novel, 1761-1800": p. 443-445; "The East Indies in the English novel, 1761-1800": p. 446-448; "List of chief works consulted": p.449-460.

Refractory materials : a literature search /

"November 1961."