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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1951/59830
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11401/71382
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.en_US
dc.formatMonograph
dc.format.mediumElectronic Resourceen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherThe Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
dc.typeDissertation
dcterms.abstractThis dissertation examines the interconnections between the creation and expansion of the public educational system, and the concomitant development of the modern nation in turn of the century Argentina. It explores the fictional representation of schools and teachers as metaphors for the nation and its citizens by analyzing the literary works of three representative authors who were also linked to the administration of the system: Miguel Can??, Manuel G? lvez, and Herminia Brumana. In addition, the influences and ideas that shaped the modern conception of citizenship in relation to the right to access a formal education are analyzed. This study looks at both the reactions of the established elite towards immigrant women who acquired a higher status through public education, and the ways in which these new groups strategically maneuvered their ways into the Argentine literary scene. The introductory chapter surveys the conception and expansion of the formal educational system in Argentina. I look at the pivotal role of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, and the connections between public education and the needs of both a liberal democracy and liberal economy. The second chapter focuses on Miguel Can??'s Juvenilia, a collection of vignettes centered on the narrator's experiences at Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires. I argue that Cane's privileged position as an intellectual of the Generaci??n del 80 permeates his conception of the pedagogical relationships within the fictional classroom. The school is a metaphor for a nation struggling for leaving its barbaric past behind in order to legitimately enter Modernity by receiving a French oriented education. The third chapter provides an analysis of the role of the female teacher through the reading of La maestra normal by Manuel G? lvez. This text presents a critique of the non-religious education supported by the previous Generation, and the negative impact of the working woman. The novel is an expression of the anxieties about the changing society as a result of immigration and Modernity. In the last chapter, I examine the impact of the expansion of public education on female participation in the production and consumption of literary texts through an analysis of Herminia Brumana's literary production.
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dcterms.contributorVernon, Kathleenen_US
dcterms.contributorFirbas, Paul , de la Campa, Romanen_US
dcterms.contributorPerez-Melgosa, Adrianen_US
dcterms.contributorTrigo, Benigno.en_US
dcterms.creatorREYES DE DEU, Lucia
dcterms.dateAccepted2013-05-22T17:35:25Z
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dcterms.dateSubmitted2013-05-22T17:35:25Z
dcterms.dateSubmitted2015-04-24T14:47:15Z
dcterms.descriptionDepartment of Hispanic Languages and Literatureen_US
dcterms.extent210 pg.en_US
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dcterms.identifierREYESDEDEU_grad.sunysb_0771E_10527en_US
dcterms.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/1951/59830
dcterms.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11401/71382
dcterms.issued2011-05-01
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dcterms.publisherThe Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
dcterms.subjectLatin American literature--Latin American studies--History of education
dcterms.subjectArgentinian Public Education, Generacion 80, Herminia Brumana, Normalismo
dcterms.titleLa buena educacion: Public Education, Nation, and Literature in Argentina (1884-1929)
dcterms.typeDissertation


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