Testimonio hispanoamericano

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...

Book offers a close philosophical look at José Enrique Rodó's ARIELISM, an important component of modernism in Latin American history. The images of Ariel and Caliban come to life as the author analyz-es Rodó's book, Ariel, in context of history and literature. In the face of general Latin American failure, the author looks for answers in cultural mechanisms which are inherent to Latin American history.

El lector tiene entre manos un libro que va de lo general a lo particular; de las visiones panorámicas de la literatura venezolana del siglo XX a los análisis de obras específicas. Rafael Arráiz Lucca estudia los géneros literarios en su trayectoria cronológica y, también, aborda sus desarrollos desde observatorios temáticos centrales: la ciudad, la muerte, la relación entre literatura e imagen. Literatura venezolana del siglo XX ofrece una revisión analítica de una centuria entera y se detiene en la obra ensayística de Uslar Pietri, Grases, Nuño, Francisco Rivera; en la poesía...

Castigados en la escuela después de clases, algunos niños compartirán vivencias y relatos acerca de un monstruo que pareciera imposible de vencer: el bullying. A través de diversas historias, esta obra demuestra que todos y cada uno de nosotros, desde distintas posiciones, alimentamos a este monstruo; sin embargo, también somos capaces de acabar con él.

Eva is a 15-year-old girl with few friends and low self-esteem. She is convinced thin girls have it easier. She doesn't think that she fits in at school or at home. When she meets Michel and Franziska, things begin to look up and they help her realize that feeling good about yourself should not be tied to a scale.