Contrapunteo: The Question of "National" Theater in Turn-of-the-Century Argentina and Mexico

Sommer, DorisPolitte, Paul Edwin2013-10-182013-10-182013Politte, Paul Edwin. 2013. Contrapunteo: The Question of "National" Theater in Turn-of-the-Century Argentina and Mexico. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11196http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11181174This project explores the phenomenon of National Theater in both Argentina and Mexico, specifically reevaluating the former's exemplarity and the latter's "failure." I propose that Fernando Ortiz's notion of contrapunteo is useful when thinking about the tensions found in National Theater, and I deploy this understanding to argue that, contrary to critical opinion, the "frivolous" Mexican theater scene was a key factor in the Mexican Revolution.en-USLatin American literatureTheaterTheater historyAestheticsArgentine TheaterMexican TheaterNational LiteratureNational TheaterContrapunteo: The Question of "National" Theater in Turn-of-the-Century Argentina and MexicoThesis or Dissertation