Arthur Miller: visiones desde el nuevo milenio

This book explores the most recent critical and theoretical approaches in the field of Chicano studies from an interdisciplinary perspective. The contributions go back to the 4th International Conference on Chicano Literature which took place in Sevilla in May 2004. They deal with a wide variety of topics and approach the subject from diverse viewpoints. Some examine specific literary texts by major Chicano authors from feminist, comparative and close-reading approaches, others discuss ideological and cultural issues like folklore, ethnicity, identity, sexuality or stereotypes, while yet...

Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, this comparative study of a selection of The Arabian Nights stories in a cross-cultural context, brings together a number of disciplines and subject areas to examine the workings of narrative. It predominantly focuses on the ways in which the Arabian Nights have transformed as its stories have travelled across historical eras, cultures, genres and media. Departing from the familiar approaches of influence and textual studies, this book locates its central inquiry in the theoretical questions surrounding the workings of ideology, genre and genre ideology ...

Reflexión sobre la realidad del poema y los problemas que implica su estudio, partiendo del reconocimiento de la especificidad del lenguaje de la filosofía y el derecho que ésta tiene de interrogar sobre la poesía y dar razones de su naturaleza.

This is the story of a fire-breathing dragon that is captured by the concerned citizens of a small, isolated country. After refusing to join the army, the peace-loving dragon is put in a cage. He soon escapes and proves to all that dragons and humans can get along if they are willing to put in a little effort to understand each other.

El libro se propone estudiar el entramado de diálogos entre la literatura y la praxis crítica reponiendo el peso que esta última, junto a otros factores, ejerce en la conformación del estado del campo literario y en la determinación de su canon. Particularmente, la problemática se centra en la dinámica del pensamiento y la reflexión latinoamericanista de los años ochenta y noventa, mientras que propone ciertos tópicos y cuestionamientos propios de la coyuntura: cosmopolitismo, identidad, autonomía, imperialismo, exotismo, fronteras. Frente a estas disposiciones contextuales, el...