A Critical Study of the Spanish Picaresque Novel and a Comparison of the Picaresque Elements with Certain Phases of New Mexican Folklore

Author

Elias W. Telles

Publication Date

6-5-1937

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to show that since the beginning of Spanish civilization, picaresque elements existed among the Spanish people; that these elements have been preserved by Spaniards through all these centuries; and that Spaniards value the picaresque at the present time. To do this, picaresque literature will be studied from the first known novels to the present time. This peculiar form of literature will be compared with Spanish life as well and with the life reflected in the folklore of New Mexico.

Degree Name

Spanish (MA)

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Spanish and Portuguese

First Committee Member (Chair)

Francis Monroe Kercheville

Second Committee Member

Carroll Vincent Newsom

Third Committee Member

Lawrence B. Kiddle

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Recommended Citation

Telles, Elias W.. "A Critical Study of the Spanish Picaresque Novel and a Comparison of the Picaresque Elements with Certain Phases of New Mexican Folklore." (1937). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/span_etds/93