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Female dramatic presence in Paul Auster’s fiction
(Universidad de Chile, 2005)
The purpose of this work is to study Paul Auster’s feminine characters in terms of their dramatic contribution and relevance as women. They will show us their strength and firm attitudes to face life’s adversities, which ...
The absurd in "The country of last things"
(Universidad de Chile, 2005)
Urban nothingness as a postmodern concept in Paul Auster’s Fiction
(Universidad de Chile, 2005)
The aim of this investigation is to discover and analyze the ways in which Paul Auster, through his narrative, conveys a postmodernist view of man and his environment, specifically through a recurrent theme of his fiction: ...
El pasado es prólogo: cuatro cuentos judíos-norteamericanos para recodar
(Universidad de Chile, 1998)
Chance: the unpredictable in Paul Auster’s works
(Universidad de Chile, 2005)
Chance is a key figure in our daily lives, since we are uncertain about events in our future that may affect our health, economic stability, or personal interactions. It comes, therefore, as no surprise that chance affects ...
The concept of the american dream in Paul Auster’s “Mr. Vertigo”
(Universidad de Chile, 2005)
“People everywhere have hopes, but America is the only nation to claim its own collective dream. Politicians have invoked The American Dream ever since historian James Truslow Adams first coined the phrase in 1931. In his ...
The transience of experimentation in Jack Kerouac's on the road
(Universidad de Chile, 2010)
The general object of study of this work is the rise and effects of competing visions in the construction of the subjective personal American landscape in 20th century North American travel literature. The research and ...
The flaneûr in the rye: a reformulation of the flaneûr in Salinger's catcher in the rye
(Universidad de Chile, 2012)
The character of Holden Caulfield can be sincerely identified as an ornament.
An ornament, such as a flower vase in an impeccable table, or a beautiful desk in the
middle of a study room delicately decorated.
But ...
A poetics of borders in Ernest Hemingway's : The sun also rises
(Universidad de Chile, 2009)
The symbolical representation of Manhood in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises
(Universidad de Chile, 2009)