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Central Americans in Movement: A Diasporic Revival of Poesia Comprometida

Clark, Tiffanie R.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5769-0482
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1593273591518189

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2020, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Romance Languages and Literatures.
Central Americans in Movement: A Diasporic Revival of Poesia Comprometida is an interdisciplinary investigation that analyzes the sociopolitically engaged poetry of Cynthia Guardado (1985), Alexandra Lytton Regalado (1972), Ilka Oliva Corado (1979), and Javier Zamora (1990), four emerging authors of Central American descent of the U.S. diaspora. Considering their diverse diasporic conditions, this investigation employs theories of diaspora and hybridity to better understand how their differing diasporic conditions impact their sociopolitically engaged poetry. On a similar front, this investigation also compares the themes and styles of their poetry with a sampling of poesia comprometida authored by Central American poets, spanning between the 1940s and 1980s. My hypothesis is that the collective of contemporary writers of the Central American diaspora to the United States are reviving poesia comprometida in a manner that is affected by notions, concepts, and theories of diaspora and hybridity in relation to each author’s diasporic conditions and experiences. The representative authors used for the literary comparison made in this investigation are Claribel Alegria (1924-2018), Ernesto Cardenal (1925-2020), Roque Dalton (1935-1975 ), Jorge Debravo (1938-1975), Pompeyo del Valle (1928-2018), and Otto Raul Gonzalez (1921-2007), six widely published and researched poetas comprometidos.
Jorge Espinoza, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Maria-Paz Moreno, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Nicasio Urbina, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
286 p.
Latin American Literature
Diaspora; Central America; Hybridity; Sociopoltical; U S Central Americans; Testimonial

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  • Clark, T. R. (2020). Central Americans in Movement: A Diasporic Revival of Poesia Comprometida [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1593273591518189

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Clark, Tiffanie. Central Americans in Movement: A Diasporic Revival of Poesia Comprometida. 2020. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1593273591518189.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Clark, Tiffanie. "Central Americans in Movement: A Diasporic Revival of Poesia Comprometida." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1593273591518189

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