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Publicación Acceso abierto Apertura del canon literario estadounidense a los latinos.(2011-10-18) Keppel, Timothy AndersonEl canon literario de los Estados Unidos, fuertemente defendido por conservadores como Harold Bloom, ha sido por mucho tiempo resistente a modificación en aras a incluir nuevas obras de mujeres, minorías étnicas, homosexuales, y de clase baja. Tradicionalistas sostienen que el único criterio de inclusión debe ser el mérito artístico. En cambio, liberales como Gregory Jay mantienen que, dado que el mérito artístico es en última instancia subjetivo, el esfuerzo debería ser hecho para garantizar para todos los grupos. Un grupo en posición de beneficiarse de la apertura del canon es el de los latinos, la minoría étnica más grande en el país. En los años recientes, escritores latinos han experimentado un boom similar al Renacimiento de Harlem de los escritores afroamericanos, recibiendo un crecimiento en recognición en el currículum universitario, y esperando su justificada inclusión en el canon literario.Publicación Acceso abierto Conformity vs "illness" in brave new world by Aldous Huxley(2017) Lugo Torres, Jhon Fredy; Keppel, Timothy AndersonAldous Huxley´s Brave New World (1932) narrates the story of the Brave New World, a perfect society situated 600 A.F (After Ford´s Model-T), where the problems of the past have been resolved through the usage of a perfect drug called ¿Soma¿ and caste division, selected genetically and conceived in different hatcheries spread around the world. Brave New World introduces the reader to a future inspired not only by "Our Ford" but by "Our Freud" as well.Publicación Acceso abierto Dean as Sal's guide in the search for enlightenment in Jack Kerouac's on the road.(2016-10-11) Sarasty Salazar, Edward; Villamizar Caicedo, Handell; Keppel, Timothy AndersonOn the Road is Jack Kerouac's most representative book and also one of the most emblematic books of a postwar American literary generation of poets and novelists known as the Beat Generation. The main characters, Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, are the gears that move the machinery of the book. Therefore, the present literary analysis attempts to shed light on the dynamics of friendship and self-discovery throughout their travels in search for enlightenment. This analysis is based on New Criticism, Psychological and Sociological critical approaches. These approaches, which date from a classical period in the U.S. literary criticism (1940‟s-1960‟s,) suggest the construction and development of a core theme resulting from a set of unified elements. The psyche of the characters and their social interactions will be examined.Publicación Acceso abierto Destruction and detachment of the western ego in the moresby couple in the sheltering sky by Paul Bowles.(Universidad del Valle, 2019) Chapal Villareal, Juan Pablo; Keppel, Timothy AndersonThis thesis will analyze the psychological changes of the characters as they are devoured by the wilderness and the vastness of the desert, and how the travelers¿ decision to embrace the wilderness ultimately leads them to be freed of their ego, but also condemns them to realize that they are left alone in a new culture that does not want them or accept them. Port¿s abandonment of his Western ego results from his distaste with the current Western society, the stain left by war, and the false ideals and masks of intellectualism. An unpublished writer, Port embraces the idea that in order to write, one must detach oneself from all that is banal. Kit, who embodies the Western culture, tags along with Port on his unusual adventures because she cherishes him and wants to save their marriage, but she quickly finds herself abandoned and surrounded by a strange and violent world. The trip begins with the three arriving in North Africa. Port is a traveler and this place provides the escape from the mechanized era he has longed for. Arriving at the port of Tanger with Kit and their friend, Turner, he soon regrets his decision, but is unwilling to admit this since it was his idea to go to Africa in the first place. As they advance deeper into the wilderness, the characters find themselves consumed by their rejection of the Western ego, while at the same time they suffer from the rejection by this new civilization they are so eager to embrace.The relationship between the characters, Kit ¿s love for Port and their discontentment with the presence of Turner, will be studied from a psychoanalytical perspective, as the novel is filled with the inner monologues of the characters and their impressions of their companions. It will focus on how their interactions lead them to slowly reshape, lose, or abandon their idea of Western ego and how their travels deep into the wilderness affect them. The Moresby couple, Kit and Port, are the main characters of the novel, with Turner being more of embodiment of the Western world Port is trying to flee. Both of them represent a different angle on the loss of the Western ego and the harshness of abandoning the only culture to which they belong. The essay will explore their motivations for rejecting conventional American values. For Port, this involves an avoidance of emotional responsibilities and a fascination for the unknown, as represented by the desert and the sky. Kit, on the other hand, attempts to deny the disintegration and destruction of her Western ego, fearing consumption of her own sense of self. The novel ¿s three chapters are connected to the evolution of the characters as they move further away from the Western culture they despise while at the same time gradually losing their own selves. This thesis will explore the tragic consequences this entails. Its methods will derive from New Criticism and Psychoanalytic Criticism. Both approaches focus on the the construction and development of the core theme, examining the psyche of the characters and their interactions with one another and with the environment.Publicación Acceso abierto Dispelling the Colonial curse : a "brief" Wondrous Analysis of Junot Díaz' Oscar Wao.(2019-08-13) Montoya Posada, James de Jesús; Keppel, Timothy AndersonEn La maravillosa vida breve de Óscar Wao por Junot Díaz, los miembros de la familia Cabral-de León viven en un constante infierno a causa de la maldición fukú. El fukú representa el destino deleznable de dicha familia, el cual el autor describe como una verdadera abominación, ligada al pueblo de Santo Domingo como el origen de sus males.Publicación Acceso abierto Falling Out Of Love in Raymond Carver’s Where I’m Calling From : a Critical Analysis(Universidad del Valle, 2016) Reynel Ramirez, Ricardo; Keppel, Timothy AndersonThrough a new criticism approach using close Reading technique, the writer of the essay explores the different strategies Carver uses to describe how his characters fall out of love in his last story collection Where I´m Calling From. The analysis includes elements such as sexual politics, use of light, intimacy, character´s vicariousness, and other symbolic elements within the stories of carver.Publicación Acceso abierto Gazing into the silent mirror : a search for expression and connection in Carson McCullers' The heart is a lonely hunter.(2016-09-07) Henao Garcia, Catalina; Keppel, Timothy AndersonEste ensayo literario explora la construcción, transformación y relaciones de los cinco personaje principales en la primera novela de Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, publicada en 1940. Mick Kelly, Biff Brannon, Benedict Mady Copeland y Jake Blount, residentes de un pueblo del sur de los Estados Unidos conocen a John Singer, un hombre mudo que trabaja grabando plata, quien se convierte en su objeto de amor y el eje alrededor del cual giran sus vidas hasta que se suicida. La relación que se desarrolla entre los personajes y Singer les permite explorar sus sentimientos, pensamientos y planes. El hecho de que él les de la bienvenida incondicionalmente y nunca los critique o contradiga, les da el valor para llevar a cabo alguno de los planes que han estado posponiendo debido a su soledad y dificultad para comunicarse con los demás. A través de sus conversaciones con Singer, los otros cuatro personajes reafirman su personalidad y se aceptan como personajes incompletos que cambian constantemente.Publicación Acceso abierto Junot Díaz's "Drown" : a subverted telemacheia for the late 20th century diasporic masculinity.(2019-08-15) Alarcón Rodríguez, Jorge Mario; Keppel, Timothy AndersonThis essay will explain how the narrative structure and scenarios of the first and final chapters of the Odyssey, or the Telemacheia, are a model for Diaz´s first work in ways less obvious than just the absence of a father in the household (albeit important) and his journey. The thematic emphasis of this monograph is not, however, on narrative techniques but on how the same journey towards male maturity leads very similar characters to two different destinations as the reflections of two very different contextsPublicación Acceso abierto Lago's motives and Othello's susceptibility in Shakespeare's Othello.(2019-08-16) López, Víctor Daniel; Keppel, Timothy AndersonOthello´s acclaimed bravery and courage cannot save him from his demise. This essay considers aspects that clarify the question of Othello's susceptibility and therefore Iago's motives. The Moor¿s and ensign¿s denouements respond to matters of jealousy, resentment, covetousness, begrudging, religious and racial background and Venice¿s jaundiced eyes, the couple¿s distrust and the parents¿ reluctance to accept a newcomer of a different race. Othello is a highly respected general who has excelled in battles against the enemies of Venice. Shakespeare portrays him as a sort of foreign mercenary, a black man of high status in Venice¿s glamorous society. He is often referred to as The Moor. His counterpart is Iago, a man of idle intelligence, splendidly devious, a psychopath who turns Othello into the target of his hatred. He seeks to exact revenge on Othello by persuading him of the perfidiousness of his wife. Othello is consumed by jealousy and deprived of all self-confidence until he ends his marriage in a fit of rage. In order to analyze Iago¿s motives, it is essential to follow the clues that Shakespeare leaves not only in the dialogues but also in Iago¿s soliloquies. The language also fulfills the task of preparing the spectators for the fatality that awaits for the characters. Iago's speech and soliloquies mark an order of events by gaining strength, power and momentum.Publicación Acceso abierto Life imitates art more than art imitates life a study of Dorian Gray.(2016-10-07) Rengifo Isaza, Erika; Keppel, Timothy AndersonEl propósito de esta monografía consiste en analizar la obra más exitosa del escritor inglés Oscar Wilde, "El retrato de Dorian Gray", desde una perspectiva centrada en las posibles relaciones que existen entre el arte y la vida. Wilde propone la idea del "Arte por el arte" y ayuda a fundar el movimiento estético que mantiene la supremacía del arte sobre la vida, con el argumento de que "la vida imita al arte más que el arte imita a la vida". Este estudio pretende explorar dicho principio estético y demostrar cómo este se aplica y se confirma en la novela de Wilde a través de sus personajes: Sibyl Vane y Basil Hallward como artistas y Dorian Grey y Lord HenryWotton y sus posiciones frente a la vidaPublicación Acceso abierto Marriage and Freedom : Isabel Archer's Choice in the Portrait of a Lady.(Universidad del Valle, 2016) Delgado Ricci, Andreinna; Fajardo Pérez, Paola Andrea; Keppel, Timothy AndersonHenry James (1880-81) narrates the story of a fictional American lady called Isabel Archer who decides to move to England to live with her aunt and later inherits a great fortune. The novel’s story is set during the late nineteenth century, which is an epoch that has a broad historical context with transitions and revolutions in different academic fields. This analysis treats the issues developed in the book that explore, on the one hand the possibility of a woman to be free in a nineteenth century Victorian society that demands adherence to traditional beliefs in order to belong to the high, intellectual and respectful elite. On the other hand, the book presents the possibility of marriage in which women have autonomy over their decisions and lives in general.Publicación Acceso abierto Raskolnikov's transformation in crime and punishment.(2019-08-15) Valdés Rengifo, Germán David; Keppel, Timothy AndersonCrime and Punishment (1886), one of the most outstanding novels of the nineteenth century, depicts the moral dilemma and the state of confusion the main character, Raskolnikov Romanovitch, falls into after killing his pawnbroker in order to prove his theory of the superman and release others from her yoke of exploitation and dependency. In a rather confused state caused partly by his extreme poverty, he combines his theory with need for money, his desire to do good and his superstitious beliefs to devise a plan to kill the greedy moneylender and become an extraordinary man. The story is fascinating not only for the murder itself but for the deep and vivid descriptions the author provides, not only of the character himself but of his state of excitement and delusion and his constant introspective struggle to determine whether his actions are led by a superior force and his decision to finally confess his crime and rejoin humanity. Thus Fyodor Dostoevsky becomes the pioneer of the psychological novel and opens the possibility of plunging into deepest darkest side of the humans soul.Publicación Acceso abierto The Clash Between McMurphy and Nurse Ratched in Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest(2021) Romero García, Adrián Fernando; Keppel, Timothy AndersonOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest written by Ken Kesey and published in 1962, is considered one of the most important works of American fiction in the 20th century. The novel recreates the story of a group of mentally ill patients and their medical treatment at a psychiatric hospital in Oregon, which is led by the head nurse Ratched. The narrative serves as a study of institutional processes and the human mind as well as a critique of psychiatry and a tribute to individualistic principles. The narrative presents a microcosm created and ruled by the head Nurse, who wields an unchallenged authority until the novel's protagonist arrives at the psychiatric facility. This thesis will focus on the clash between the Nurse and the newly arrived patient named Patrick McMurphy. It will analyze the reasons for their confrontations and the collateral effects on the other patients. It will assess the effects of the totalitarian leadership and the rebellion led by McMurphy. The analysis will be based on the approaches of New Criticism.Publicación Acceso abierto The Dark side of Human Nature in the Postman Always Ring Twice.(2019-08-15) Ladino, Andrés; Keppel, Timothy AndersonThe focus of this essay is to explore the dark side of human nature which is portrayed by the characters of Frank and Cora in The Postman Always Rings Twice. In order to do so, the novel will be analyzed by drawing on New Criticism as an approach. In this respect, a close reading will be done with the hopes of finding how all the elements of the novel work at unison to build up the core of theme of the novel. Therefore; for this monograph, the subjects of sex, success, betrayal and love and how these interact within the novel will be explored in order to identify how these elements drive the characters to their most depraved moral perspectivePublicación Acceso abierto The negation of the other in the novel Sula by Toni Morrison.(2016-09-02) Camacho Ospina, María Mónica; Keppel, Timothy AndersonThis analysis corresponds to an analytical and interpretative essay on the negation of the other in the novel Sula (1973) by Toni Morrison, one of the most important African American writers. In Sula, the author explores the concepts of good and evil as she provides characteristics of the African American culture and black identity. The characters‘ main struggle is their quest for achieving an authentic identity within this sexist and racist society that constricts their lives and dreams with moral standards. This essay attempts to demonstrate through this novel how human beings find self-destruction by attempting to destroy others, those who have different views of life and the world. The analysis focuses on the most important aspects of life proposed in this book: self-awareness, identity, friendship, traveling, the community, and heritage, which condition one‘s vision towards the other and nurture, at the same time, one‘s whole identity. As a major conclusion, there is no success for a society that judges and isolates the individuals who want to become authentic and attempt to break the constrictions of moral prejudices. For each member of the community is essential in the balance of it.Publicación Acceso abierto The power struggle between Mcmurphy and nurse Ratched in Ken Kesey's : ''One flew over the cuckoo's nest''.(2016-08-30) Arce Calle, Paola Andrea; Keppel, Timothy AndersonThis monograph is a literary analysis of the novel One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey published in 1962, that explores the power struggle between its two main characters: Randle Patrick McMurphy and Nurse Ratched. This struggle involves their ways of exerting power, their roles inside the ward, their distinct personalities, their actions, and even their ideas about life, especially what constitutes sanity and insanity. The analysis is based on techniques from New Criticism and the Psychological Critical ApproachPublicación Acceso abierto Two types of wise blood : Enoch and Hazel in Flannery O'Connor's wise blood(2018) Castaño Garay, Lina Marcela; Keppel, Timothy AndersonThis literary analysis examines Flannery O`Connor`s Wise Blood (1952) as an indirect critique of man`s relation to eternity through the natural (material) depicted in the protagonist Hazel Motes and his doppelganger Enoch Emory. The interpretative essay focuses on the development of these two characters and the significance behind their ¿wise blood¿, keeping in perspective important philosophical as well as theological frameworks that provide essential concepts to interpret both character`s final transformation. As a major conclusion, man`s blood mirrors the interior man: Enoch`s inner being reflects the animal, while Hazel`s reflects enlightenment.