A partir del trauma

An intriguing study of The Da Vinci Code looks at the content, themes, real-life historical background and characters, and revelations of the best-selling novel.

Esta nueva obra de Caroline Alexander ofrece una nueva y sorprendente versión de uno de los episodios más célebres e inquietantes de la historia de los viajes marítimos. Gracias a una investigación innovadora y original, Alexander arroja nueva luz sobre el motín, sobre el personaje de Bligh y sobre una serie de parentescos e intereses que han sido ignorados hasta ahora y que son fundamentales para comprender lo que sucedió. A través de las descripciones de testigos contemporáneos y, sobre todo, de las declaraciones de los amotinados, Alexander logra que sean los propios protagonistas ...

This book analyzes the theoretical aspects of specific humoristic techniques in Gabriel Garcia Marquez. These techniques employ ranges from the use of explicit jokes, hyperbole or textual and cultural carnival, and literary resources such as irony, parody and ambiguity.

The first systematic study of the Aristotelian theory of anagnorisis in 16c Spanish drama. Anagnorisis - `recognition' or `discovery' - is a key element of Aristotelian literary theory. This book is the first systematic study of its presence in Spanish drama of the sixteenth century, a period in which Aristotelian theory was widely disseminated. Professor Garrido begins by examining the theory of anagnorisis developed by Aristotle and his sixteenth-century commentators. She then analyses its use in a large corpus of Spanish plays from the period1515-87. Her survey is divided into two parts,...