Institution and Monstrosity in the Narrative of Fernando Contreras Castro

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dc.contributor.authorVillanueva, Auraen
dc.contributor.committeechairCana Jimenez, Maria D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberVenkatesh, Vinodhen
dc.contributor.committeememberAndrango-Walker, Catalina Del Pilaren
dc.contributor.departmentForeign Languages, Cultures, and Literaturesen
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-20T08:00:17Zen
dc.date.available2017-04-20T08:00:17Zen
dc.date.issued2017-04-19en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the ways in which the rapid economic changes, as portrayed in two Costa Rican novels, Única mirando al mar (1993) and Los Peor (1995) by Fernando Contreras Castro, serve as solid foundation for laying out the deep-rooted economic and political challenges that have profoundly affected not only Costa Rican society but many of the national institutions. It focuses on revealing the uprising unfertile relationship between the residents and the governmental institutions, whose monstrous model of behavior are incompatible with the Costa Rican Constitution and thus, generating a systematic shift in the social norms. It explores the historical and literary Costa Rican context demonstrating how the narrative shade considerable light on the complex system of governance and its fragility in a democratic society.en
dc.description.abstractgeneralThis thesis examines the institutions and the monstrosities in two Costa Rican novels—<i>Única mirando al mar</i> (1993) by Fernando Contreras Castro and <i>Los Peor</i> (1995) by Fernando Contreras Castro—to explore how the rapid economic changes under the neoliberal paradigm in Costa Rica have affected not only the most vulnerable sector of the population of this country but such affection has spread to all the internal institution of the nation.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:9895en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/77427en
dc.language.isoesen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCosta Ricaen
dc.subjectLiteratureen
dc.subjectInstitutionen
dc.subjectMonsteren
dc.subjectNormen
dc.subjectConstitutionen
dc.titleInstitution and Monstrosity in the Narrative of Fernando Contreras Castroen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineForeign Languages, Cultures, and Literaturesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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