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Of Manses and Convents: Violence, Memory, and Identity in Casablanca la bella by Fernando Vallejo and En el lejero by Evelio Rosero Diago

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dc.contributor.authorPinto-Torres, Francisco Joseen
dc.contributor.committeechairCana Jimenez, Maria D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberAustin, Elisabeth L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberVenkatesh, Vinodhen
dc.contributor.departmentForeign Languages, Cultures, and Literaturesen
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-08T08:00:14Zen
dc.date.available2016-10-08T08:00:14Zen
dc.date.issued2016-10-07en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the ways in which the diegetic spaces of the manses and convents as portrayed in two Colombian novels, Casablanca la bella (2013) by Fernando Vallejo and En el lejero (2007) by Evelio Rosero Diago serve as scenarios for the representation of the violences that pervade contemporary Colombian society. It shines a light on the ways in which these violences assault the senses and leave their mark on individuals and collectivities. It follows the novels in their wanderings through the topohistoric and phenomenological milestones of the interminable Colombian civil war—The 'Violencia' and its sequels. It explores how these violences and the corollary traumas and affects generated by them interact with these spaces and their toposociohistoric context to generate and reconstitute collective memories. Finally, it focuses on how the narrative spaces and the memories they foster and generate may feed the process of re-construction or re-formulation of a stable national identity for contemporary Colombians.en
dc.description.abstractgeneralThis thesis examines the manses and convents in two Colombian novels-- <i>Casablanca la bella</i> (2013) by Fernando Vallejo and <i>En el lejero</i> (2007) by Evelio Rosero Diago—to explore how the violences that pervade contemporary Colombia are performed within their walls and how collective memories and national identity may emerge from the interaction of the traumas and affects that occur in these spaces.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:9148en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/73176en
dc.language.isoesen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectColombiaen
dc.subjectliteratureen
dc.subjectspaceen
dc.subjectviolenceen
dc.subjectMemoryen
dc.subjectidentityen
dc.titleOf Manses and Convents: Violence, Memory, and Identity in Casablanca la bella by Fernando Vallejo and En el lejero by Evelio Rosero Diagoen
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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