Research Paper Puerto Rico
Juan David Vivas
Professor Holt
ENC – 1102
Honors English
Final Research Paper
La ficción y la realidad en Seva
"Seva: History of the first U.S. invasion of the island of Puerto Rico that took place in May 1898," is a story written by Dr. Luis López Nieves that defies the boundaries of truth and fiction. This story was published on December 23, 1983 in the supplement of the newspaper “Red Clarity”. A story that was able to leave a legacy behind. This legacy created an atmosphere of questions and answers among the people in the island. The devastation that puertorricans felt over the words they were reading were caused by a simple proofreading error, arose much confusion where people were desperate for answers, and the perfection of how Seva was written made it impossible to be questioned.
Before I continue on informing about this dreadful story, it is important that I state several historical facts in order to accept the authors full credentials and obtain a better grasp of the story. Luis López Nieves was born on January 17, 1950 in Washington, DC, from Puerto Rican parents. As early as seven years old he moved to the capital of Puerto Rico and at fifteen years of age began his studies at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus. The most luxurious university to study at that time. During his second year he was in Greenwich Village, an artistic and bohemian neighborhood of New York (Ciudsv.com/Datos). At twenty years of age he returned to the University of Puerto Rico and in 1973 graduated with a degree in general studies with concentrations in Comparative Literature and Hispanic Studies. Then he moved to the University of New York at Stony Brook, where he began his Master 's degree in Hispanic Studies with a grant from the Ford Foundation. In 1980 he received a doctorate in Philosophy specializing in Comparative Literature and sets a precedent by being the first student to deliver a novel as a doctoral thesis: The Prince Alexander
Professor Holt
ENC – 1102
Honors English
Final Research Paper
La ficción y la realidad en Seva
"Seva: History of the first U.S. invasion of the island of Puerto Rico that took place in May 1898," is a story written by Dr. Luis López Nieves that defies the boundaries of truth and fiction. This story was published on December 23, 1983 in the supplement of the newspaper “Red Clarity”. A story that was able to leave a legacy behind. This legacy created an atmosphere of questions and answers among the people in the island. The devastation that puertorricans felt over the words they were reading were caused by a simple proofreading error, arose much confusion where people were desperate for answers, and the perfection of how Seva was written made it impossible to be questioned.
Before I continue on informing about this dreadful story, it is important that I state several historical facts in order to accept the authors full credentials and obtain a better grasp of the story. Luis López Nieves was born on January 17, 1950 in Washington, DC, from Puerto Rican parents. As early as seven years old he moved to the capital of Puerto Rico and at fifteen years of age began his studies at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus. The most luxurious university to study at that time. During his second year he was in Greenwich Village, an artistic and bohemian neighborhood of New York (Ciudsv.com/Datos). At twenty years of age he returned to the University of Puerto Rico and in 1973 graduated with a degree in general studies with concentrations in Comparative Literature and Hispanic Studies. Then he moved to the University of New York at Stony Brook, where he began his Master 's degree in Hispanic Studies with a grant from the Ford Foundation. In 1980 he received a doctorate in Philosophy specializing in Comparative Literature and sets a precedent by being the first student to deliver a novel as a doctoral thesis: The Prince Alexander
Cited: López Nieves, Luis. Seva: Historia de la primera invasión norteamericana de la isla de Puerto Rico ocurrida en mayo de 1898. 3ra ed. Bogotá, Colombia: Editorial Norma 2006 "Puerto Rico: Cementerio de la acrobacia", revista Borinquen Grafico "¡Seva Vive¡". Site Oficial De Seva Vive. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 June 2012. <http://www.sevavive.com/la-critica-y-los-medios> "Datos Personales Y Biográficos - Luis López Nieves - Ciudad Seva." Datos Personales Y Biográficos. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 June 2012. <http://ciudadseva.com/datos/index.htm>. Seva - Luis López Nieves." Seva. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 June 2012. <http://ciudadseva.com/libros/seva.htm>.