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Slipping into the Dark: Death as a Means of Discovery in Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo and Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping

Creator:

Hansen, Sarah Anne

Abstract:

This thesis compares and contrasts Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo and Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping to explore how Mexican and American cultures perceive death. By examining the thoughts and actions of the young protagonists through the lens of the uncanny, it becomes obvious that they are searching for a history that has...

Resource Type:

Undergraduate Thesis

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Marilynne Robinson biography.......................................... 7 3. Methods
The Legends of a Traveler : Excavating a Transnational Past through Storytelling in Irving's Alhambra

Creator:

Lammers, Jack

Abstract:

To the chagrin of his American comrades, Washington Irving would spend much of his life in Europe as a writer and cross-cultural explorer, including a stay in the halls of the Alhambra. This experience led to the completion of Tales of the Alhambra (1832), a collection of sketches, anecdotes, and...

Resource Type:

Honors College Thesis

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David Robinson, Committee Member, representing English Nick Fleury, Committee Member