Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
Date of Award
6-2005
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Dr. Rene Saldana
Second Advisor
Dr. Robert Johnson
Third Advisor
Dr. Douglas LaPrade
Abstract
The late Dr. Américo Paredes, in addition to his exemplary scholastic contributions to Mexican American scholarship, has achieved critical acclaim for his fiction. While scholars proclaim Paredes' fictional texts, which were written and set amidst a racially intensified social structure during the first half of the twentieth century, as remarkable portrayals of South Texas life, this paper calls for a “re-envisioning” of his literary works. Rather than a mere portrayal of South Texas society, using Paredes' most influential novel, George Washington Gómez , I explore the work's autobiographical content and assert that, because of its factual basis, scholars re-access his fiction as a means of gaining a new historical perspective on South Texas culture.
Granting Institution
University of Texas-Pan American
Comments
Copyright 2005 Diana Noreen Rivera. All Rights Reserved.
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