FBOs in Central America: A Critique of Power, Religion and Social Development in Maurice Echeverría’s Diccionario esotérico

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dc.contributor.authorOwens, Ashbyen
dc.contributor.committeechairVenkatesh, Vinodhen
dc.contributor.committeememberStephenson, Max O. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBixler, Jacqueline E.en
dc.contributor.departmentForeign Languages, Cultures, and Literaturesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:38:38Zen
dc.date.adate2012-06-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:38:38Zen
dc.date.issued2012-04-30en
dc.date.rdate2012-06-07en
dc.date.sdate2012-05-25en
dc.description.abstractLatin American literature has a rich tradition of translating recreated realities and social commentaries into fictional works. In Central America, especially in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, these commentaries often speak to the plight of the people and the unjust actions of many governments during and after their still fresh civil wars. One Guatemalan author, Maurice Echeverría, stays within the broader trajectory of Central American literature with his novel Diccionario esotérico by creating a fictional work that speaks to a reality and asserts social commentary. This text differs from the corpus, though, by moving beyond the war and the postwar eras to a very current and prominent reality. This novel, which presents a critique of abuses of power in all of their manifestations, gives way to a striking commentary on evangelical organizations. This study will focus on extrapolating this critique to an actual evangelical organization working in Central America, thereby drawing connections between Echeverría’s critical/theological stance and real systems of power.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05252012-232315en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05252012-232315/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33244en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartOwens_AL_T_2012.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectGuatemalan fictionen
dc.subjectDiccionario esotéricoen
dc.subjectMaurice Echeverríaen
dc.subjectFBOen
dc.subjectCentral American fictionen
dc.subjectFaith-based Organizationsen
dc.titleFBOs in Central America: A Critique of Power, Religion and Social Development in Maurice Echeverría’s Diccionario esotéricoen
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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