Washington University in St. Louis Washington University Open Scholarship All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) 8-21-2012 Franco's Children: Representations of Franco-Era Childhood in Contemporary Spanish Literature and Cinema Miaowei Weng Washington University in St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/etd Recommended Citation Weng, Miaowei, "Franco's Children: Representations of Franco-Era Childhood in Contemporary Spanish Literature and Cinema" (2012). All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). 989. https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/etd/989 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by Washington University Open Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) by an authorized administrator of Washington University Open Scholarship. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS Department of Romance Languages and Literatures Program in Comparative Literature Dissertation Examination Committee: Akiko Tsuchiya, Chair James Andrew Brown Lingchei Letty Chen Ignacio Infante Tabea Linhard Erin McGlothlin Franco’s Children: Representations of Franco-Era Childhood in Contemporary Spanish Literature and Cinema by Miaowei Weng A dissertation presented to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Washington University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy August 2012 St. Louis, Missouri copyright by Miaowei Weng 2012 Acknowledgements Writing a dissertation is like running a marathon, and it would not have been possible for me to complete this journey without the guidance, help, and love of many people over these years. I owe most of this work to Professor Akiko Tsuchiya, my advisor. She stood by me all the time on this journey, helping me stay on track toward the graduation goal; the rigorous academic training I received from her all the way will benefit me my whole life.