The family myth and the rhetoric of silence in the early post-war theater of Spain: Jardiel Poncela, Buero Vallejo, and Sastre.

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dc.contributor.advisorBlackwell, Frieda Hilda.
dc.creatorRabke, Sarah E., 1992-
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-21T14:49:18Z
dc.date.available2016-06-21T14:49:18Z
dc.date.created2016-05
dc.date.issued2016-03-11
dc.date.submittedMay 2016
dc.date.updated2016-06-21T14:49:18Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis studies how playwrights in the first two decades of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship in Spain created an alternative discourse to counteract the repressive Nationalist narrative. Focusing on three plays, Enrique Jardiel Poncela’s Eloísa está debajo de un almendro (1940), Antonio Buero Vallejo’s Historia de una escalera (1949), and Alfonso Sastre’s La mordaza (1954), this investigation examines two techniques: the dismantling of Franco’s family rhetoric and traditional gender roles and the construction of a rhetoric of silence. Through the lens of Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of hidden polemic and the rhetoric of silence as studied by Janet Pérez and others, the innovative ways these playwrights used the fascist discourse and strict censorship laws to their advantage stand out clearly. These playwrights respond to tyranny and undercut the Francoist Regime by producing rich, multi-layered literary works with multi-layered meanings, creating a “silent” space for dialogue.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2104/9627
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights.accessrightsWorldwide access.
dc.rights.accessrightsAccess changed 8/16/21.
dc.subjectSpanish theater. Post-Spanish Civil War theater. Rhetoric of silence. Family structures.
dc.titleThe family myth and the rhetoric of silence in the early post-war theater of Spain: Jardiel Poncela, Buero Vallejo, and Sastre.
dc.typeThesis
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local.embargo.lift2021-05-01
local.embargo.terms2021-05-01
thesis.degree.departmentBaylor University. Dept. of Modern Languages & Cultures.
thesis.degree.grantorBaylor University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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