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Aquest estudi es proposa recuperar la sàtira de la tradicional postergació a què s'ha vist sotmesa en els últims temps. En contrast amb les tendències crítiques que han proclamat la decadència del satíric dins de la narrativa contemporània, es pot afirmar que la sàtira ha experimentat un ressorgiment, ja que és més que mai una manera inestable, híbrida i alliberada d'anyenques prescripcions teòriques. A fi de demostrar aquest plantejament, aquest estudi enfoca la qüestió des d'una perspectiva comparatista que aborda l'anàlisi del rellevant paper exercit pel satíric en...

Richly informed by contemporary sociological theory, Manuel de Jesus Hernandez El colonialismo interno en la narrativa chicana distinguishes between the assimilationist and the internal colonialism models of Mexican American society and culture. The author applies the internal colonialism model for the first time to the representation of Chicanos found in their narrative literature. Among the categories of narrative discussed are the espacio pochista, the migrante, and the indigenista. The book is a signal advance in the sociology of Chicano narrative and its application to significant...

Antonio Perez, the brilliant but erratic secretary to Philip II of Spain, became in the years of his exile a political agent in the service of the Earl of Essex, arriving at the Court of Queen Elizabeth in 1593. On behalf of Essex, who valued him as a friend, a partner and a humanist scholar, he cast an intelligence network over Italy; and he made a striking, though dangerous, contribution to the Essex cult.

If the flame on your dragon went out, would you know what to do? Luckily, the answer can be found right in this book! It's ideal for reading aloud since it combines a mixture of script and print writing.