El ruido de las nueces

In this brilliant overview of parodic praxis in the Spanish-American novel during the years 1960-1985, Elzbieta SkPlodowska examines several aspects of parody: its role in the renovation of anachronistic forms of discourse (mock-epic) and the re-writing of the canon of the historical novel; its function in transgressing literary formulas (detective novel); its subversive quality in the counter-discourse of women writers; and the relation between parody, satire, irony, humor, and metafiction. This sound analysis of some twenty-five novels, carefully illustrated by works little treated in...

This edited volume explores the ways in which Miguel de Cervantes adopted humanist positions, whether he submitted these to critical examination or made them the target of his satires. It tries to determine how familiar Cervantes was with the contemporary developments of humanism in different European countries, and if references to particular humanist thinkers can be identified in his work. The contributions gathered in this volume, all from acknowledged Cervantes experts, tackle among others the following questions: How does Cervantes analyse the humanist connexion between science and...

Algo pasa en nuestra sociedad cuando palabras como producto, consumo o rentabilidad son parte de la definición de literatura. Ramón Acín reflexiona sobre este cambio sociocultural de percepción y sensibilidad artística que ha desembocado en una literatura del no-conocimiento, en la búsqueda del placer a través del entendimiento sin profundidad.

Este importante libro recopila los amenos guiones que doña Emilia Prieto escribió para su programa en Radio Nacional. Además, incluye enlaces a canciones ticomeseteñas tradicionales interpretadas por ella misma y el documental La libélula de Guararí.