Death and degeneration in Malcolm Lowry's, Under the Volcano

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dc.contributor.advisorAranda, Jose
dc.creatorPalin, Jonathan Michael
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-03T18:31:16Z
dc.date.available2018-12-03T18:31:16Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractIn Under the Volcano , Lowry creates a world of excess, extreme situations, otherness and exoticism. Within this primitive Mexico, the protagonist, Geoffrey Firmin, experiences an individual degeneration. It is through Geoffrey Firmin's individual degeneration, along with the social degeneration of Mexico during the celebration of the Day of the Dead, that he accomplishes his goal of living as an Indio in Mexico. By living as an Indio in Mexico, however, he meets the same fate as the (dying) Indio on the side of the road. Lowry utilizes aspects of Mexican history, religion, macabre details of the Day of the Dead, and alcoholism to create a Mexico worthy of the Consul's "catastrophic success." In Lowry's world, we are able to observe the transformation of Firmin from pseudo-imperial Consul to a compaƱero , accepted into the ranks of the exploited.
dc.format.extent50 pp
dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS SPAN. 2008 PALIN
dc.identifier.citationPalin, Jonathan Michael. "Death and degeneration in Malcolm Lowry's, Under the Volcano." (2008) Masterā€™s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/103540">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/103540</a>.
dc.identifier.digital304507973
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/103540
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectBritish and Irish literature
dc.subjectLanguage, literature and linguistics
dc.titleDeath and degeneration in Malcolm Lowry's, Under the Volcano
dc.typeThesis
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thesis.degree.departmentSpanish
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanities
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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