Browsing Facultad de Letras by Author "RIO RAIGADAS, DAVID"
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Beyond stereotypes: the image of basque immigrants in Robert Laxalt's "The Basque Hotel" and Martin Etchart's" The Last Shepherd"
Basterra Colino, Ainhoa (2022-03-07)Early attempts to bring the Basque-American experience to literature were not rewarded until the success of Robert Laxalt, whose recognition helped to organize the public display of the Basque identity and culture in the ... -
Challenging traditional religious views of sexual identity: "Angels in America" by Tony Kushner
Etxeberria Olea, June (2022-03-07)Angels in America’s success represents recognition and visibility for LBTQ+ communities in mainstream American drama. The paper aims to explore the interaction between religion and sexuality in Tony Kushner’s play, ... -
Hero of the inglorious kind: Bukowski and the American Dream
López Prieto, Mikel (2020-11-24)Charles Bukowski is, perhaps, one of the most recognizable authors of the second half of the 20th century because of his direct, almost raw form of writing. Nevertheless, one of the major implications of this work has been ... -
Langston Hughes's Poetry: Rewriting the American Dream in the Harlem Renaissance
Mayordomo Larrea, Irune (2024-05-06)[ENG] During the Roaring Twenties, two opposed events took place in the United States: the development of the American Dream concept in terms of white privilege, and the rising of the Harlem Renaissance, an African ... -
Searching for social identities during adolescence in “I know why the caged bird sings” and “The House on Mango Street”
Araluzea Plaza, ItxasoThe novel of adolescence or the Bildungsroman follows the identity formation of the main character from childhood to adulthood. This paper focuses on the development of the identity of the main characters in The House ... -
A Self-discovery Voyage: Taylor's Search for Self-Identity in "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver
Ochoa Herrera, Amaia (2018-12-04)Western literature has conventionally been concerned with male characters and their lonely journeys, however, Barbara Kingsolver has escaped the constraints of the genre. Hence, the aim of this paper is to analyze the main ... -
Survival in an uninhabitable place: Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
Lizaso Lacalle, Irati (2020-11-24)Literature and art have always been reflections of the reality of each era. By analysing them we can become acquainted with the socio-political circumstances of the time, or even explore the concerns and fears of the ... -
The Great Gatsby: An Analysis of the American Dream
Maruri Pérez, Garbiñe (2020-05-25)The American Dream and its relation to the American literary production is a subject that has been exposed to detailed study throughout time. In order to contribute to this field of studies, this paper will analyze the ... -
The never-ending myth: revision of the western frontier in U.S. contemporary dystopias
Cano Sánchez, Irene (2020-11-24)Even though dystopian literature transports the readers into futuristic fictional scenarios, its undertone mirrors the concerns and fears of the authors’ time of existence. Thus, the genre does not describe the incoming ... -
The Queer West: Homophobia in The Power of the Dog and Brokeback Mountain
Revuelta Bustingorri, Inge (2024-05-06)[EN] The cinematographic success of the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain and the 2021 film The Power of the Dog symbolises the public’s interest in LGBTQ+ stories about the American West and the need for appreciation and ...