Ni orden ni patria

The evening that everyone has been waiting for has finally come. Heinrich Heine's "El pobre Pedro" will be performed on stage, by children for children. The young actors are getting ready for their grand entrance, while the theater-goers are streaming in. The curtain goes up and the story begins, the story of how Peter doesn't get Greta. It's dramatic, exciting, and sometimes even funny. By looking at the pictures, the reader can see how the audience reacts. They are either surprised, appaled, or amused. In his picture book for children, Peter Schössow adapts this old tale of love and...

Carme Manuel presenta en aquest volum una selecció de les principals publicacions editades per a l'estudi de la literatura dels Estats Units.

Este trabajo plantea un estudio sistemático de tres de las últimas obras de Fernando Aramburu vinculadas por uno de los temas que desde Cervantes preocupan al novelista: la creación literaria. En nuestro caso percibimos dicha inquietud en dos contextos relacionados con el oficio de escritor y diferenciados por su naturaleza factual o ficcional: contamos con manifestaciones escritas documentadas –los ensayos incluidos en Las letras entornadas (2015)–, a la vez que asistimos a la ficcionalización del hecho creador en el seno de la novela –Viaje con Clara por Alemania (2010) y Años...

Text in Spanish. Pedro Páramo, the only novel published by the Mexican writer Juan Rulfo, is a masterpiece. Tras los murmullos offers six different readings and analyses of the novel by Mexican and Scandinavian scholars. Contrary to what might be expected, the Scandinavian reader is able to identify with the solitude of the characters in the novel, the language of few words of the peasants and the careful linguistic awareness of Rulfo. This may not be surprising since Rulfo was, as discussed in one of the chapters, inspired by Scandinavian literature, which he admired. Also discussed here is ...