• Abstract and Figures
• Public Full-text

Paraíso, caida y regeneración en tres novelas chicanas Item Type text; Dissertation-Reproduction (electronic) Authors Brito, Aristeo, Jr. Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 07/10/2021 20:05:50 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/298768 INFORMATION TO USERS This material was produced from a microfilm copy of the original document. While the most advanced technological means to photograph and reproduce this document have been used, the quality is heavily dependent upon the quality of the original submitted. The following explanation of techniques is provided to help you understand markings or patterns which may appear on this reproduction. 1.The sign or "target" for pages apparently lacking from the document photographed is "Missing Page(s)". If it was possible to obtain the missing page(s) or section, they are spliced into the film along with adjacent pages. This may have necessitated cutting thru an image and duplicating adjacent pages to insure you complete continuity. 2. When an image on the film is obliterated with a large round black mark, it is an indication that the photographer suspected that the copy may have moved during exposure and thus cause a blurred image. You will find a good image of the page in the adjacent frame. 3. When a map, drawing or chart, etc., was part of the material being photographed the photographer followed a definite method in "sectioning" the material. It is customary to begin photoing at the upper left hand corner of a large sheet and to continue photoing from left to right in equal sections with a small overlap. If necessary, sectioning is continued again — beginning below the first row and continuing on until complete. 4. The majority of users indicate that the textual content is of greatest value, however, a somewhat higher quality reproduction could be made from "photographs" if essential to the understanding of the dissertation. Silver prints of "photographs" may be ordered at additional charge by writing the Order Department, giving the catalog number, title, author and specific pages you wish reproduced. 5. PLEASE NOTE: Some pages may have indistinct print. Filmed as received. University Microfilms International 300 North Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 USA St. John's Road, Tyler's Green High Wycombe, Bucks, England HP10 8HR 7816642 8RIT0i ARJST60, JR, PARAISQ# CAIDA y REGENERACION EN TRE8 N0VEUA8 CHICANA8, (SPANISH TEXT) THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, PH,Q,» 1976 University Microfilms International 300 n. zbeb ooad. ann arbor, mi asiog © 1978 ARISTEO BRITO, Jr. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PARAISO, CAIDA Y REGENERACION EN TRES NOVELAS CHICANAS by Aristeo Brito, Jr. A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY WITH A MAJOR IN SPANISH In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 19 7 8 Copyright 1978 Aristeo Brito, Jr« THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GRADUATE COLLEGE I hereby recommend that this dissertation prepared under my direction by Aristeo Brito, Jr. entitled Paraiso, Caxda y Reqeneracion en tres novelas chicanas be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation Directorector Date As members of the Final Examination Committee, we certify that we have read this dissertation and agree that it may be presented for final defense. JLo - l <?{>%' /S /<? ?? Final approval and acceptance of this dissertation is contingent on the candidate's adequate performance and defense thereof at the final oral examination. STATEMENT BY AUTHOR This dissertation has been submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for an advanced degree at The University of Arizona and is deposited in the University Library to be made available to bor­ rowers under rules of the Library. Brief quotations from this dissertation are allowable without special permission, provided that accurate acknowledgment of source is made. Requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this manuscript in whole or in part may be granted by the copyright holder. SIGNED: RECONOCIMIENTOS Un viaje como este nunca se puede hacer solo. El apoyo desinteresado de la gente cercana a uno es lo que ayuda a tolerar el camino. Por este motivo quiero expresar mi sincero agradecimiento a esas personas que me ayudaron a llegar hasta aqui. A mis padres, cuyo amor fue suficiente para motivarme en la vida, a mi esposa Monica,/ cuyo carino, apoyo moral y tolerancia hicieron facil mi tarea, y al profesor Renato Rosaldo por la direccion academica que me dio desde hace diez anos y por su gran sentido de humanidad. iii INDICE Pagina ABSTRACT v I. INTRODUCTION 1 Enfoque crxtico y definiciones 1 II. ANALISIS DE POCHO DE JOSE VILLARREAL 7 El paraiso 7 La caida 16 La caida de Richard . 19 La caida de la familia 25 La regeneraci6n de los personajes principales . 31 III. ANALISIS DE BLESS ME, ULTIMA DE RUDOLFO ANAYA .... 38 El paraiso 38 La caida ^9 La caida de la familia 62 La caida de Antonio 66 La regeneraci&n 75 IV. ANALISIS DE PEREGRINOS DE AZTLAN DE MIGUEL MENDEZ . 86 La caida 86 El paraiso 106 La regeneracion 113 El lenguaje tropologico 118 V. CONCLUSION 132 Sintesis de Paraiso, Caida y Regeneracion en las tres novelas 132 BIBLIOGRAFIA SELECTA 139 iv ABSTRACT Paraiso, Caida y Regeneracion en tres novelas chicanas is a detailed literary analysis of three well-known chicano novels: Pocho, Bless Me, Ultima and Peregrinos de Aztlan. The approach is the utili­ zation of the "paradise-fall-regeneration" pattern as a means to study the three stages of the principal characters' development. By identi­ fying and characterizing this process within each of these novels, this writer acquires a better understanding as to what constitutes the characters' self-perception as well as their relation to the reality around them. This fictitious representation of Chicano life in turn sheds light on the three novelists' perceptions of what Chicano reality is and how it is reflected in their works. Pocho is a clear manifestation of the "fall" from Mexican tra­ ditional culture. The old characters* geographic and spiritual removal from what they consider the paradisal state and the slow eroding pro­ cess of their cultural system is what the novel is about. Although the characters make a vain attempt at the preservation of these values, the defeat is clearly manifested in their children's acculturation, espe­ cially in the protagonist, Richard. At the end of the novel there is no indication that the characters attain some sort of regeneration. On the contrary, there is only chaos, a disintegrated marriage, and a psychologically disoriented protagonist. v vi Bless Me, Ultima offers a much broader view of the "paradise- fall-regeneration,f pattern and appears on various planes. Culture, from the protagonist's point of view, is not seen as conflict or as a fall but as an affirmation of cultural roots. Paradisal remnants of the New Mexican heritage are still manifest in contemporary life; thus, the fall is no more than the protagonist's coming of age. This fallen state is temporary and at the end of the novel the protagonist gathers all the knowledge acquired through his life experience and builds a positive world view. This new stage in life is what represents re­ generation. Moreover, the incursion into the ancestral roots of New Mexican culture and the knowledge acquired in the writing of the novel is in itself an act of regeneration for the author. In this manner, the regenerative state in Bless Me, Ultima is also represented outside its fictitious boundaries. Peregrinos de Aztlan is by far the most complex of the three novels. It also represents the extreme "fall" of man. There is no paradise for the characters but a continuous degeneration of humanity on every conceivable plane. For the characters there is no salvation and human life can well be considered hell. Paradise is characterized by dreams and illusions which serve to help tolerate the dehumanizing existence of the characters. The regenerative state, consequently, is non-existent within the world of Peregrinos de Aztlan. Nevertheless, the work itself is an act of regeneration for the author and for the Chicano Movement because it is an act of rebellion. Mendez exposes a realistic condition of the two societies in which Chicanos live and vii offers the Chicano perspective of himself and his circumstance. His novel's importance is as great as Rudy Acuna's Occupied America in the area of the history of Chicanos in the Southwest. This dissertation has been written entirely in Spanish. CAPITULO I INTRODUCTION Enfoque critico y definiciones El proposito de este estudio no tiene grandee pretensiones. Sencillamente queremos hacer un analisis textual de Pocho (New York: Anchor, 1970) de Jose Antonio Villarreal, de Bless Me, Ultima (Berkeley: Tonatiuh, 1975) <*e Rudolfo A. Anaya, y de Peregrinos de Aztlan (Tucson: Editorial Peregrinos, 197*0 de Miguel Mendez aplicando el esquema "paraiso-caida-regeneracioh" a cada una de las novelas. El proposito es identificar las tres etapas de este esquema en las obras y luego exponer la manera en que aparece este proceso en la vida de los per­ sona jes principales. No obstante la concentracioh en el estudio de los personajes, tocamos todos los otros aspectos de las novelas que puedan ensanchar nuestra vision del paraiso, la caida y la regeneracioh en el mundo total recreado en cada novela. La intencion es, en fin, de llegar al sentido mas amplio y mas esencial de Pocho, Bless Me, Ultima y Peregrinos de Aztlan.

Load more

  159

Copy Link