Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Biringer, William John
Author's Email Address	rejoneadores@yahoo.es
URN	etd-04122004-110017
Title	Social Intercourse and The Combustion Engine in Spanish Literature
Degree	Doctor of Philosophy
Department	Modern Languages, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Brenda Cappuccio Committee Chair Delia Poey Committee Member Ernest Rehder Committee Member Virgil Suarez Committee Member William Cloonan Committee Member
Keywords	Sex Fragmented Identity Economic Progress Franquismo Spain Cars Repression
Date of Defense	2003-10-24
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The dissertation is a study of the socio-cultural impact of the automobile in Spanish Literature: repression, economic progress, sexual liberation, fragmented identity, and abandonment. These socio-cultural issues are in the found in the following representative works: Réquiem por un campesino español (1953) by Ramón J. Sender, Cinco horas con Mario (1966) and Los santos inocentes (1981) both by Miguel Delibes, Rosa Montero´s Crónica del desamor (1979), Volverás a Región (1966) by Juan Benet, and Señas de identidad (1966) by Juan Goytisolo. In order to focus these issues a kaleidoscope of methods is employed: providing a historical context of the Franco regime and its repressive tactics; discussing and defining power and authority in conjunction with the automobile; showing the consequences of fragmented identity and abandonment asserted by the automobile. The dissertation also shows how the automobile is a micro-structure of both national and individual economic progress through the symbolism of the Seat 600. Given the automobile its due as a form of repression and symbol of the economic miracle of the 1960s, the dissertation also sheds light on the impact of the automobile as a tool for facilitating sexual relations and freedom in Spain in the mid 1970s.
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