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LA SENSIBILIDAD CATOLICA DE JUAN MANUEL DE PRADA: ESCRITOR DE FICCION Y PERIODISTA

Pouchet, Anne-Marie Denise
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1296659667

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2010, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Spanish and Portuguese.
This study explores the Catholic sensitivity in the fictional works and select articles of Spanish author, Juan Manuel de Prada. Prada officially declared himself a Catholic writer in 1995 and is also a columnist in the conservative Spanish daily ABC. This study traces the evolution and trajectory of this Pradian Catholic sensitivity, which is neither homogeneous nor static and which includes positions that ridicule the beliefs and practices of the Catholic religion, criticism and praise of the priest figure, a Catholic tone in his imagery and iconography, and an explicit defense of the institution of the Catholic Church and its spiritual treasures. Moreover, this Catholic sensitivity communicates the message of hope and redemption in the midst of a sinful world. The examination of the different Catholic subject positions of Prada was undertaken through textual analysis and the direct intervention of the author through interviews. The problematic articulation of what is Catholic sensitivity was based on several orthodox and traditional Catholic sources, primarily El catecismo de la Iglesia Católica (1995), Theology of the body (1997) and Memoria e identidad (2005) by Pope John Paul II, as well as on the thinking of two celebrated Catholic minds: St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas. Furthermore, the concept of Catholic sensitivity was rooted in various theories of subjectivity. Prada belongs to a genealogy of international Catholic writers from the French, English and North American tradition and, to a lesser extent, the Spanish tradition. Prada‘s Catholic essence is more easily identifiable in his opinions as a journalist than as a writer of fiction, where his Catholicity is more subtle and even at times, appears to be absent. Yet Prada‘s Catholic sensitivity neither in his journalism nor in his fiction is simple but rather complex and rich.
Samuel Amell, PhD (Advisor)
Ignacio Corona, PhD (Committee Member)
Lucia Costigan, PhD (Committee Member)
Salvador Garcia, PhD (Other)
290 p.
Foreign Language; Literature; Modern Literature; Religion; Romance Literature; Spirituality
Catholic sensitivity, Juan Manuel de Prada, subjectivity, genealogy, sin, hope, redemption, Catholic writer, escritor cat&243; lico, sensibilidad cat&243; lica, Iglesia Cat&243; lica, pecado, redenci&243; n, esperanza, subjetividad

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  • Pouchet, A.-M. D. (2010). LA SENSIBILIDAD CATOLICA DE JUAN MANUEL DE PRADA: ESCRITOR DE FICCION Y PERIODISTA [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1296659667

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  • Pouchet, Anne-Marie. LA SENSIBILIDAD CATOLICA DE JUAN MANUEL DE PRADA: ESCRITOR DE FICCION Y PERIODISTA. 2010. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1296659667.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Pouchet, Anne-Marie. "LA SENSIBILIDAD CATOLICA DE JUAN MANUEL DE PRADA: ESCRITOR DE FICCION Y PERIODISTA." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1296659667

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