Women ’s Studies 123 Gender‚ Race‚ and Class in Latin American Literature and Film Class M 2-4:50‚ Bunche 2170 Professor Elizabeth Marchant Office 2222 Rolfe‚ W 11-12 Phone 206-8101 marchant@women.ucla.edu Mailbox in 1120 Rolfe Course Description This comparative survey of cultural expression in Latin America will emphasize works produced or set in late-19th and early-20th centuries. We will consider different Latin American cultural contexts and concentrate on how gender‚ sexuality‚ race‚ and
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The book continues with the Trueba family where Clara and Blanca live once again with Esteban Trueba after the fight. Blanca is forced into marriage with the French Count Jean de Satigny however‚ she runs off to her mother. Blanca gives birth to a daughter named Alba who has the eyes of her father Pedro Tercero Garcia and the hair of Rosa the beautiful. The whole family lives under roof however‚ the family aren’t united. Esteban has an estrange relationship between his son Jaime the studious doctor
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which mainly centers around Esteban and Clara. On one hand‚ the title “The Three Marias” represents the three major women characters‚ Clara‚ Blanca and Alba. On the other hand‚ Esteban‚ Jaime and Nicolas also forms another line that has three characters. This kind of triangular family relationship are used throughout the whole book for the purpose of presenting magical realism to the readers. Clara is the most important character of the mysterious side. “Clara was extremely precocious and had inherited
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writing of stories among the various generations of females symbolizes a great deal in this book. The House of the Spirits begins and ends with the narrators referring clearly to the use of Clara’s journals in order to write the story at hand. Both Clara and Alba first learn how to write and then learn how to use writing. Writing in this book testifies each of the life experience of both women in their time. The writing is based on a personal or political level with the motive of broadcasting them
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promised Rizal to give forty thousand pesos as an initial capital. Rizal got conflict with Antonio Luna who thouHis novels also tell the sickness of the Filipinos that affects our daily living until now. In his two novels namely Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo‚ he uses some symbolisms and some characters that will describe about the sickness and the problems of the people during those times when the...ght Rizal was in love with Nellie. They settled this with a duel. Fortunately everything was
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Rizal’s Life Noli Me Tangere When the book starts‚ Ibarra is returning to the Philippines after a 7 year absence‚ and he is reunited with his lover‚ María Clara. He also learns the details of his father’s death‚ which was caused by one of his father’s political opponents in his home town of Binondo‚ Manila. Father Dámaso is one of the religious/political figures in Binondo who dislikes Ibarra’s dad. By accusing Ibarra’s dad of being a heretic‚ and by using the death of a local student to make
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whom in his eyes are all significantly inferior. However‚ one minor character in The House of the Spirits seems to change Trueba’s aggressive nature. When Esteban first meets Transito Soto‚ she is a prostitute in a brother nearby to his farm in Tres Marias. However‚ she soon proves much more worthy. What may seem like an insignificant meeting at first turns out to affect his life over and over again throughout the story‚ as she reappears several times throughout Esteban’s life. When Esteban first
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I. TITLE: El Filibusterismo II. CHARACTERS: * Simoun – Crisóstomo Ibarra disguised as a wealthy jeweler‚ bent on starting a revolution * Basilio – Sisa’s son‚ now an aspiring doctor * Isagani – poet and Basilio’s best friend; portrayed as emotional and reactive; Paulita Gómez’ boyfriend before being dumped for fellow student Juanito Peláez * Kabesang Tales – Telesforo Juan de Dios‚ a former cabeza de barangay(barangay head) who resurfaced as the feared Luzón bandit Matanglawin
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Allende creates‚ for the most part‚ a character’s name to be a hint which helps illustrate an idea of understanding about his or her characteristics or role within the novel. Clara del Valle is a main female character with a significance tied to her name. In Spanish‚ the word “clara” means clear or straightforward. In the story‚ Clara is well-tempered and calm which ultimately leads to her having a clear mind. She also has an interesting ability to look into the future with the help of an unworldly hand
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JOSE W. DIOKNO (1922-1987) Renowned Street Parliamentarian Nationalist‚ and Legal Luminary Jose W. Diokno‚ or "Ka Pepe‚" as he was popularly known‚ was born on February 26‚ 1922 to Ramon Diokno‚ a former associate justice of the Supreme Court‚ and Eleanor Wright‚ an American who became a Filipino citizen. He graduated from elementary school with distinction‚ and finished his secondary education at De La Salle College as valedictorian in 1937. In 1940‚ he earned his bachelor’s degree in commerce
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