Kauffmann, R. Lane2009-06-042009-06-042004Howes, Beth. "A generic study of Maria Zambrano's "Delirio y destino": "Delirio y destino" as an auto-biography." (2004) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17686">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17686</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17686Critics have appointed various genres to Maria Zambrano's Delirio y destino. I write that Delirio y destino creates a new genre. The most encompassing generic framework for Delirio y destino is auto-biography, or an autobiography written with the added intent of biography. I present Zambrano's life and times, the context of Delirio y destino, and the importance of generic definition. I review key critics' generic propositions, and supply Zambrano's definition of autobiography and confession. After showing the other genres as sub-genres to auto-biography, the thesis focuses on the text's confirmations. I catalog Zambrano's generic postulations and goals in writing. I show Zambrano's life-writing as representative of the life-writing of peers, and her version of Spain. I expound Zambrano's individual self-discovery, and the national self-revelation and self-creation. I relate Zambrano's narrative style to auto-biography. My thesis reveals Zambrano's dual purpose of writing her life and that of her Spain, creating the assignment of auto-biography.98 p.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.BiographiesRomance literatureThesisTHESIS SPAN. 2004 HOWES