Title
DOI
10.17077/etd.zxrc577g
Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree
Spring 2017
Access Restrictions
Access restricted until 07/13/2019
Degree Name
MFA (Master of Fine Arts)
Degree In
Spanish Creative Writing
First Advisor
Luis Muñoz
First Committee Member
Horacio Castellanos Moya
Second Committee Member
Ana Merino
Abstract
Time, as the title suggests, is the main character of Tiempo diámetro. This brief and unusual phrase embodies the content of the text in an intuitive way rather than in a conceptual one. The sole word diameter brings a precise image to our mind: the circumference, the line that crosses it and, why not, even if it’s not explicitly mentioned, the dot that marks the radius. This simple yet complex image, and its ambiguous set of symbols, are a good point of reference, as I see it, to portray the various manifestations of time, which I approach as a human concept, experience and condition, and also as a linear, cyclical and static phenomenon.
Public Abstract
Time, as the title suggests, is the main character of Tiempo Diámetro. This brief and unusual phrase embodies the content of the text in an intuitive way rather than in a conceptual one. The sole word diameter brings a precise image to our mind: the circumference, the line that crosses it and, why not, even if it’s not explicitly mentioned, the dot that marks the radius. This simple yet complex image, and its ambiguous set of symbols, are a good point of reference, as I see it, to portray the various manifestations of time, which I approach as a human concept, experience and condition, and also as a linear, cyclical and static phenomenon.
Pages
xii, 41 pages
Copyright
Copyright © 2017 Carlo Acevedo
Recommended Citation
Acevedo, Carlo. "Tiempo diámetro." MFA (Master of Fine Arts) thesis, University of Iowa, 2017.
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.zxrc577g.