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Tristana
by Benito Pérez GaldósHispanic Texts
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24,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 22.09.2016 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781526107008 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 232 |
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Beschreibungen
<i>Tristana</i> is a novel where love, hate and power converge into a triangle of domination and frustration.Galdós', following the ideas of the Free Teaching Institution, intervened in the arena of the debate around the emancipation of women and their incorporation into the public sphere. <i>Tristana</i>, a young woman subjected to the rule of the tyrannical Don Lope, idealistically tries to find her purpose on life but she ends trapped by the rules of a world dominated by men who only see her as the object of their desire.
Written in an experimental manner that defies the boundaries of theatre, epistolary and novel genres, Galdós' displays the purest nature of his characters by presenting their contradictions, weaknesses and virtues. He uses a deliberately ambiguous style that seeks to address fundamental questions regarding the unbalances of a Madrid in times of turbulence, but leaves the reader to draw their own meaning.
Written in an experimental manner that defies the boundaries of theatre, epistolary and novel genres, Galdós' displays the purest nature of his characters by presenting their contradictions, weaknesses and virtues. He uses a deliberately ambiguous style that seeks to address fundamental questions regarding the unbalances of a Madrid in times of turbulence, but leaves the reader to draw their own meaning.
This volume provides an annotated critical edition of Galdós' <i>Tristana </i>(1892). Set in fin de siècle Madrid, this unique text reflects upon the ruling elites' political appropriation and exploitation of feminism and the human rights movement, and a variety of literary and philosophical issues associated with late-romantic thought.
Introduction
A note on the text
Bibliography
Tristana
Temas de discusión
Selected vocabulary
A note on the text
Bibliography
Tristana
Temas de discusión
Selected vocabulary
Pablo Valdivia is Senior Lecturer of Hispanic Studies at the University of Amsterdam
In Galdós' <i>Tristana</i> flourishes the contradictory world of the Spanish fin de siècle. The conflictive triangle of human relations created by the characters of Don Lope, Horacio and Tristana is driven by the common denominator of the frustration that all suffer under the strict hypocritical conventions of the society of their time.
This present edition is the most complete edition of <i>Tristana</i> to date. It has been prepared taking into account not only the original manuscript but also the various interventions of editors and critics who have dealt with the novel. The edition ends with a glossary of contemporary reactions to the publication of the novel, selected vocabulary, and a chronological table that will help the reader approach <i>Tristana</i> from a richer and more accurate perspective.
Furthermore, <i>Tristana</i> engages with our current public debates on education and equality in parallel to the exploration of human drives such as love, hate, power, which are of universal nature. No wonder Luis Buñuel, after his return to Spain back from the exile, chose <i>Tristana</i> for its first film in Spanish land as it revealed the contradictions and societal challenges of his time. Therefore, thanks to Buñuel and the quality of Galdós' prose,<i>Tristana </i>has become a modern classic which epitomizes the repression of women, the quest for their emancipation and the importance of women's empowerment through education.
Students and Lecturers of Hispanic Studies will find this book especially useful for the study of modern Hispanic narrative, Hispanic film studies and gender studies as an important range of fundamental issue and conflicts can be related to the novel. Hence, the themes presented for discussion in class and the appendices will trigger class debates and further readings.
This edition is aimed to undergraduate and postgraduate students interested on learning about modern Hispanic narrative, Hispanic cinema and Hispanic culture.
This present edition is the most complete edition of <i>Tristana</i> to date. It has been prepared taking into account not only the original manuscript but also the various interventions of editors and critics who have dealt with the novel. The edition ends with a glossary of contemporary reactions to the publication of the novel, selected vocabulary, and a chronological table that will help the reader approach <i>Tristana</i> from a richer and more accurate perspective.
Furthermore, <i>Tristana</i> engages with our current public debates on education and equality in parallel to the exploration of human drives such as love, hate, power, which are of universal nature. No wonder Luis Buñuel, after his return to Spain back from the exile, chose <i>Tristana</i> for its first film in Spanish land as it revealed the contradictions and societal challenges of his time. Therefore, thanks to Buñuel and the quality of Galdós' prose,<i>Tristana </i>has become a modern classic which epitomizes the repression of women, the quest for their emancipation and the importance of women's empowerment through education.
Students and Lecturers of Hispanic Studies will find this book especially useful for the study of modern Hispanic narrative, Hispanic film studies and gender studies as an important range of fundamental issue and conflicts can be related to the novel. Hence, the themes presented for discussion in class and the appendices will trigger class debates and further readings.
This edition is aimed to undergraduate and postgraduate students interested on learning about modern Hispanic narrative, Hispanic cinema and Hispanic culture.
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