A contrapuntal method for analyzing Spanish literature /
Pierre L. Ullman.
- 1 online resource (260 pages)
- Scripta humanistica ; 45. .
- Scripta Humanistica (Series) ; 45. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-250) and index.
The Parallel Contrapuntal Method of Literary Analysis -- Noble Washbasins: Two Episodes in Cervantes's Don Quixote -- Flawed Valor: Lope de Vega's El caballero de Olmedo -- Adoring an Aphrodisian Christ Figure: Gallego's "Oda a la muerte de la Duquesa de Frías" -- A Rebel Nobleman under a Bourgeois God: Zorrilla's Don Juan Tenorio -- The Ironic Villain as Protagonist: Galdós's Torquemada en la hoguera -- The Cow as a Mock Christ Figure in Antifeminist Psychology: Clarín's "¡Adiós, Cordera!"-- The Male Cinderella and Other Motifs: Palacio Valdés's José -- Murderous Incest: Valle-Inclán's "Rosarito" -- Pantheistic Epiphanies: Juan Ramon Jimenez's Platero y yo.
Spanish literature-- History and criticism. Criticism.