Hamlin, Kayla

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Research Proposal  Title – The Impact of Theistic Existentialism in the Poetry of Antonio Machado Program of Study – Spanish  Presentation Type – Oral: textual investigation Mentor and Mentor Email - Dr. Andrew Milacci (afmilacci@liberty.edu) Student name and email –  Kayla Hamlin (Kmhamlin@liberty.edu) Category: Textual  ABSTRACT: This presentation examines the influence of existentialism and religious thought on the poetry of Spanish Generation ‘98 writer and philosopher Antonio Machado. Machado studied in Paris with Henri Bergson and wrote poetry, essays, and plays with spiritual and existential themes. (Friedman et. al 211). The generation of (18)98 was movement of Spanish thinkers responding to the crisis of losing Spanish territories in the Spanish-American war, in effort to develop a new identity. During this period, many writers took a modernist approach (“Sociólogos contra…”); Machado, However, was ahead of his time and appeared to have taken a theistic existential approach that we might say foreshadows postmodernism. This presentation defines theistic existentialism as an existence before essence mentality, that does not preclude the need for God. We use theistic existentialism to analyze “Proverbios y cantares: XXIX” in which Machado addresses the reader, urging him to make his own path in life by walking forward. While the reader can see the path he has created over time, he must never return there. Thus, the reader must walk a path that doesn’t really exist, unless he makes it exist by walking forward. The theistic existentialist view of the poem helps the reader uncover subtleties that he or she may not have noticed otherwise. In short, “Proverbios y cantares: XXIX” reflects the tension between Machado’s draw toward existentialism and his fascination with religious symbolism by addressing the reader, attempting to define existence, and making religious allusions through the title; at the same time, it foresees a postmodern relativistic future. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Akhilananda, Swami. “Existentialism.” Journal of Bible and Religion, vol. 17, no. 4, 1949, pp. 236–239. JSTOR. Corngold, Stanley and Walter Kaufmann,“Suffering and the Bible.” The Faith of a Heretic, REV - Revised ed., Princeton University Press, PRINCETON; OXFORD, 2015, pp. 137–169. JSTOR. Jiménez, Juan Ramón. “Antonio Machado.” The Antioch Review, vol. 18, no. 3, 1958, pp. 272–274. JSTOR. Koenkel, Ernst B. and Hans Hermann Walz. “MAN'S FREEDOM IN EXISTENTIALISM AND IN CHRISTIANITY.” CrossCurrents, vol. 2, no. 1, 1951, pp. 56–67. López-Morillas, Juan. “Antonio Machado's Temporal Interpretation of Poetry.” The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, vol. 6, no. 2, 1947, pp. 161–171. JSTOR. Machado, Antonio. He Andado Muchos Caminos, 1903. Machado, Antonio. “Lecturas De Antonio Machado.” Aproximaciones Al Estudio De La Literatura Hispanica, by Carmelo Virgillo et al., McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2011, pp. 211–212. Macquarri, John. “Christian Existentialism in the New Testament.” Studies in Christian Existentialism, McGill-Queen's University Press, MONTREAL, 1965, pp. 114–124. JSTOR. Medina, Ángel, y Jane F. Schneider. “Personifications and the Poetics of Soledad in Antonio Machado.” Journal of Spanish Studies: Twentieth Century, vol. 5, no. 3, 1977, pp. 221–247. JSTOR. Mills, Steven. “Reflective Mindreading: Theory of Mind and the Search for Self in Antonio Machado's ‘Soledades.’” Hispania, vol. 94, no. 4, 2011, pp. 589–602. JSTOR. Novak, Joseph and Scott Paeth. Philosophy: a Short, Visual Introduction. Fortress, 2015. Piper, John. “What is Christian Hedonism?” Desiringgod.org, 2015 https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-is-christian-hedonism Smith, James K. A. How (Not) to Be Secular: Reading Charles Taylor. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015. Smith, James K. A. Who's Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church. Media Production Services Unit, Manitoba Education, 2010. Smith, James K. A. You Are What You Love: the Spiritual Power of Habit. Brazos Press, a Division of Baker Publishing Group, 2016. Mitcham, Carl, and Andoni Alonso. “Hacia Una Nueva Generación Del 98, Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad Al Borde Del Siglo XXI: Un Manifiesto (Enero 1998).” Argumentos de Razón Técnica: Revista Española de Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad, y Filosofía de La Tecnología (A Spanish Journal on Science, Technology and Society, and Philosophy of Technology), vol. 1, Jan. 1998, pp. 167–175. EBSCOhost, ezproxy.liberty.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pif&AN=PHL2116930&site=ehost-live&scope=site.  

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