Literary theory

Luego de los trabajos sobre la historia del libro y de la edición en América latina que presentó en La otra cara de Jano, José Luis de Diego, uno de los mayores especialistas argentinos en la materia, se propone aquí retomar ciertos objetos de investigación y agregar otros con la virtuosa intención de encarar la historia desde diferentes perspectivas.

'Sparkling, sharply observing, insights delivered with a light touch that puts us in a good mood, however dark the comedy' SpectatorHere are nineteen glittery new tales about the way we live now, as lovers, partners, children, parents.

Los textos aqui compilados se fraguaron en torno a la creacion de la Catedra Gabriel Garcia Marquez, del Departamento de Creacion Literaria de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Humanidades y Arte de la Universidad Central; con el fin de exaltar la obra literaria el nobel colombiano y de estimular su lectura y su estudio a la luz de nuevas interpretaciones.

This book examines the ideological affinity that can be established between the classical 'Bildungsroman' and colonialist ideology on the basis of a literary analysis of 'Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre'-considered by most critics to be the origin of the genre-and 'Great Expectations'-one of the paradigmatic examples of the development of the Bildungsroman in English literature.

Lecturas a través del espejo es un libro que recupera la mirada de Victoria Mora sobre la obra de algunos autores que considera insoslayables para cualquiera que ame la literatura.

El género novela histórica vivió a finales del siglo XX una singular renovación en América Latina.

Das erfolgreiche und vielgenutzte Nachschlagewerk bietet knappe und verständliche Definitionen zu Epochen, Gattungen, Erzähltechniken, rhetorischen Gestaltungsmitteln, kurz: zu den relevanten Fachbegriffen für die Analyse und Interpretation literarischer Texte.

This book examines the ideological affinity that can be established between the classical 'Bildungsroman' and colonialist ideology on the basis of a literary analysis of 'Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre'-considered by most critics to be the origin of the genre-and 'Great Expectations'-one of the paradigmatic examples of the development of the Bildungsroman in English literature.

Con motivo del segundo centenario de la muerte del escritor Friedrich von Schiller, se reunen en este volumen estudios en torno a su obra y su recepcion en otros paises, asi como sobre su influencia en la produccion literaria de autores posteriores.

Italo Calvino was due to deliver the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard in 1985-86, but they were left unfinished at his death.

Hat Dante in seiner "Göttlichen Komödie" tatsächlich eine exakte Prophezeiung niedergeschrieben?

This long-awaited daily reader brings 365 selections from The Chronicles of Narnia to provide daily inspiration, solace and guidance, as well as a memorable reminder of the power of C.

"Wenn du die Hölle verdienen willst, brauchst du nur im Bett zu bleiben.

A tantalizing tour through a true bibliomystery that will ';get people talking about one of literature's greatest enigmas' (KentOnline).

Rescuing the subject from deadly dry theorists and -isms, Clare Connors focuses on the real questions that emerge when we read and study literature - such as how we find meaning and how literature relates to its historical context - before exploring the response of theorists.

'Like Lorna Sage's Bad Blood .

If the mere mention of Shakespeare fills you with dread, evoking memories of arduous afternoons spent in stuffy classrooms with eccentric English teachers, it is time to reconsider that far from being three-hour marathons of unintelligible boring rubbish, Shakespeare's plays are in fact exciting, tragic, funny and often downright rude - full of memorable plots, great insults, filthy jokes and eccentric characters.

Placer del texto, goce de la lectura.

An essential and definitive collection of the Nobel Prize for Literature winner's finest essays, reviews, reminiscences and interviews from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Both the Quinary Dragon and Rimi, the empress to be, have vanished from the palace!

Holy Terror is a profound and timely investigation of the idea of terror, drawing upon political, philosophical, literary, and theological sources to trace a genealogy from the ancient world to the modern day.

Holy Terror is a profound and timely investigation of the idea of terror, drawing upon political, philosophical, literary, and theological sources to trace a genealogy from the ancient world to the modern day.

This mesmerizing collection demonstrates perfectly Ballard's extraordinary writing talent.

A meditation on dying by a writer who has been compared to Proust, was much praised by Salman Rushdie and is perhaps most famous for producing very little.

Si bé l'essència de la literatura no es pot ensenyar, el llenguatge del fet literari sí que és susceptible de reflexió i de pràctica didàctica.

La guerra estalla en Costa de Marfil en 2002 y la sede del Banco Africano de Desarrollo se traslada temporalmente de Abiyán a Túnez.

En esta obra se reconocen los aspectos que vinculan la historia y la ficcion en terminos de la tension que ya se encuentra en la creacion literaria de Walter Scott.

El instituto de la Medianería es una de las cuestiones sensibles en la convivencia urbana cotidiana y doméstica entre los vecinos que son, a su vez, copropietarios de esta porción de sus respectivos inmuebles.

John Coleman is an American publicist and former British intelligence officer.

La huella de Vittorio Bodini (1914-1970) brilla con luz propia en el prestigioso panorama del hispanismo italiano del siglo XX.

Esta obra expone los fundamentos de la crítica genética para proponer un abordaje particular de los manuscritos y demás materiales pre-redaccionales y redaccionales que comportan un proceso de creación, y plantea una hipótesis de lectura del libro ¡Que viva la música!

This book puts strategic planners the most important basic concepts in strategic planning and building performance indicators.

"e;Ex-Centric Souths: (Re)Imagining Southern Centers and Peripheries"e; adds a voice in ongoing attempts to chart new routes and to decenter the South in many ways in the hope of exploring Southern identity and multiple Souths.

El 1 de noviembre de 1998, las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejercito del Pueblo (FARC-EP) tomaron por asalto la poblacion de Mitu.

Doce ensayos que desde la filosofía, la comunicación y el arte indagan en las transformaciones que la narrativa audiovisual ha tenido en el contexto digital y de Internet Paula Sibilia, Mauricio Durán y Sergio Roncallo, entre otros investigadores, analizan casos como la exhibición de la intimidad, la noción del autor o el uso del video como resistencia social

Comparative Literature is both the past and the future of literary studies.

Postmodernism has been a buzzword in contemporary society for the last decade.

Contemporary fiction is a wide and diverse field, now global in dimension, with an enormous range of novels and writers that continues to grow at a fantastic speed.

This acclaimed short study, originally published in 1983, and now thoroughly updated, elucidates the varied theoretical contributions of Roland Barthes (1915-80), the 'incomparable enlivener of the literary mind' whose lifelong fascination was with the way people make their world intelligible.

La vita ci fa vivere giornate buie, dolori che non vogliamo siano reali.

To consider comedy in its many incarnations is to raise diverse but related questions: what, for instance, is humour, and how may it be used (or abused)?

Emile Zola was the leader of the literary movement known as 'naturalism' and is one of the great figures of the novel.

Contemporary fiction is a wide and diverse field, now global in dimension, with an enormous range of novels and writers that continues to grow at a fantastic speed.

"O encontro entre dois mundos" é uma grande jornada dos aventureiros vidente e Renato.

Fate is one of the most powerful forces there is.

Entdecken Sie die verborgene Welt des Widerstands: "Kunst & Literatur in der DDR – Widerstand zwischen den Zeilen"Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende und bewegende Geschichte der DDR, wie sie Ihnen noch nie erzählt wurde.

From Zeus and Europa, to Diana, Pan, and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome seem to exert a timeless power over us.

Comparative Literature is both the past and the future of literary studies.

To consider comedy in its many incarnations is to raise diverse but related questions: what, for instance, is humour, and how may it be used (or abused)?