{"id":1282,"date":"2012-09-17T09:43:28","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T09:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benitoperezgaldos.es\/?p=784"},"modified":"2012-09-17T09:43:28","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T09:43:28","slug":"tesis-doctoral-degeneration-theory-in-naturalist-novels-of-benito-perez-galdos-de-michael-wenley-stannard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/batallitas.es\/benito-perez-galdos\/tesis-doctoral-degeneration-theory-in-naturalist-novels-of-benito-perez-galdos-de-michael-wenley-stannard\/","title":{"rendered":"[Tesis doctoral] Degeneration Theory in Naturalist Novels of Benito P\u00e9rez Gald\u00f3s, de Michael Wenley Stannard"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Title:<\/td>\n<td>Degeneration theory in naturalist novels of Benito P\u00e9rez Gald\u00f3s.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Authors:<\/td>\n<td>Stannard, Michael Wenley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Keywords:<\/td>\n<td>Degeneration<br \/>\nGald\u00f3s<br \/>\nNaturalism<br \/>\nNovel<br \/>\nSpain<br \/>\nTheory<br \/>\nHispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Linguistics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Issue Date:<\/td>\n<td>Apr-2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Abstract:<\/td>\n<td>Degeneration theory was elaborated in the nineteenth century based on the very old belief in human trans-generational decline. After incorporation into social and biological theories in the eighteenth century, it flourished in the fields of medicine and public health in the early nineteenth century and was emphasized, above all, in some fields of psychiatry. Degenerationist beliefs were influential in the professional middle classes of France, England and Spain. The discourse was incorporated by \u00c9mile Zola into the aesthetics of his Naturalist novels in the 1870s and 1880s and directly influenced Benito P\u00e9rez Gald\u00f3s in Spain in the 1880s. An analysis of a quartet of Gald\u00f3s&#8217;s Naturalist novels shows evidence of degenerationist thinking, under the influence of Spanish and French medicine.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Description:<\/td>\n<td>University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. April 2011. Major: Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Linguistics. Advisor: Ofelia Ferr\u00e1n. 1 computer file (PDF); iv, 388 pages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Permanent URL:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.umn.edu\/104788\">http:\/\/purl.umn.edu\/104788<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Appears in Collections:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/conservancy.umn.edu\/handle\/45273\">Dissertations<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[issuu width=850 height=556 embedBackground=%23000000 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120917093914-b39b9b70b1494516a239ad83b41332ae name=tesis username=perez_galdos tag=galdos unit=px v=2]<\/p>\n<p>Fuente original de la informaci\u00f3n:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/conservancy.umn.edu\/bitstream\/104788\/1\/Stannard_umn_0130E_11842.pdf\">http:\/\/conservancy.umn.edu\/bitstream\/104788\/1\/Stannard_umn_0130E_11842.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Degeneration theory in naturalist novels of Benito P\u00e9rez Gald\u00f3s. 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