Patronio y Lucanor

El libro ofrece un panorama de las diferentes líneas de investigación que se siguen en la actualidad en torno a la novela de Ramón Gómez de la Serna y en él coinciden nombres mayores de los estudios sobre el autor y jóvenes investigadores que han iniciado nuevas aproximaciones a su producción novelística. En general, todos ellos contribuyen a profundizar en una importante sección de la ingente producción del autor con la que éste contribuyó a cambiar el panorama del género en la España de su época.

This trilingual volume examines the extent to which myths are affected by the crises of the 20th and 21st centuries. It brings together four theoretical studies which analyse both the crisis of structure – implying the distortion or disappearance of myth – and the crisis of concepts and terminology that currently threaten the study of mythology. The largest section of the volume focuses on the crises that have affected ancient, medieval and modern literary myths from a global perspective, taking into account psychology, ethics, politics and contemporary meta-literature. The final section...

Fernan Gonzalez lived from about AD 910 to 970. The popular image of him is of a fearsome warrior who gave his people protection from their enemies (both Muslim and Christian), and a wise and respected lord who enabled them to live in security and harmony. He was generally accepted to have played a strategic role in achieving independence for Castile and freeing it from dominance by the kingdom of Leon. The Poema de Fernan Gonzalez was composed (by an unknown author) in the mid-thirteenth century as an enduring celebration of his triumphs and account of his life and deeds. Fact and legend...