Download or read book Myth and Subversion in the Contemporary Novel written by José Manuel Losada Goya and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bilingual work identifies and explains the subversive rewriting of ancient, medieval and modern myths in contemporary novels. The book opens with two theoretical essays on the subject of subversive tendencies and myth reinvention in the contemporary novel. From there, it moves on to the analysis of essential texts. Firstly, classical myths in works by authors such as André Gide, Thomas Pynchon, Julio Cortázar, Italo Calvino or Christa Wolf (for instance, Theseus, Oedipus or Medea) are discussed. Then, myths of biblical origin – such as the Flood or the Golem – are revisited in the work of Giorgio Bassani, Julian Barnes and Cynthia Ozick. A further section is concerned with the place of modern myths (Faust, the ghost, Ophelia…) in the fiction of Günter Grass, Paul Auster, or Clara Janés. The contributors have also delved into the relationship between myth and art – especially in the discourse of contemporary advertising, painting and cinema – and myth’s intercultural dimensions: hybridity in the Latin American novels of Augusto Roa Bastos and Carlos Fuentes, and in the Hindu-themed novels of Bharati Mukherjee. This volume emerges from the careful selection of 37 essays out of over 200 which were put forward by outstanding scholars from 25 different countries for the Madrid International Conference on Myth and Subversion (March 2011). Este volumen bilingüe identifica y explica la práctica subversiva aplicada a los mitos antiguos, medievales y modernos en la novela contemporánea. Abren el libro dos estudios teóricos sobre la tendencia subversiva y la reinvención de mitos en la actualidad. Prosigue el análisis de diversos textos de primera importancia. En primer lugar se revisan los mitos clásicos en autores como André Gide, Thomas Pynchon, Julio Cortázar, Italo Calvino o Christa Wolf (p. ej., Teseo, Edipo, Medea). En segundo lugar, la reescritura de los mitos bíblicos según Giorgio Bassani, Julian Barnes o Cynthia Ozick (p. ej., el diluvio o el Golem). En tercer lugar, mitos modernos en la ficción de Günter Grass, Paul Auster o Clara Janés (p. ej., Fausto, el fantasma, Ofelia). El volumen presta igualmente atención a las relaciones entre mito y arte (su recurrencia en la publicidad, la pintura y el cine contemporáneos) y a la vertiente intercultural de los mitos: el mestizaje en la novela latinoamericana de Augusto Roa Bastos y Carlos Fuentes, o en la de temática hindú de Bharati Mukherjee. La compilación resulta de una exquisita selección de 37 textos entre los más de 200 propuestos para el Congreso Internacional Mito y Subversión (Madrid, marzo de 2011) por investigadores de prestigio procedentes de 25 países.

Download or read book The Dialectics of Exile written by Sophia A. McClennen and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of exile literature is as old as the history of writing itself. Despite this vast and varied literary tradition, criticism of exile writing has tended to analyze these works according to a binary logic, where exile either produces creative freedom or it traps the writer in restrictive nostalgia. The Dialectics of Exile: Nation, Time, Language and Space in Hispanic Literatures offers a theory of exile writing that accounts for the persistence of these dual impulses and for the ways that they often co-exist within the same literary works. Focusing on writers working in the latter part of the twentieth century who were exiled during a historical moment of increasing globalization, transnational economics, and the theoretical shifts of postmodernism, Sophia A. McClennen proposes that exile literature is best understood as a series of dialectic tensions about cultural identity. Through comparative analysis of Juan Goytisolo (Spain), Ariel Dorfman (Chile) and Cristina Peri Rossi (Uruguay), this book explores how these writers represent exile identity. Each chapter addresses dilemmas central to debates over cultural identity such as nationalism versus globalization, time as historical or cyclical, language as representationally accurate or disconnected from reality, and social space as utopic or dystopic. McClennen demonstrates how the complex writing of these three authors functions as an alternative discourse of cultural identity that not only challenges official versions imposed by authoritarian regimes, but also tests the limits of much cultural criticism.

Download or read book Retrato de un hombre libre written by Agustín García Simón and published by Editorial Renacimiento. This book was released on 2013-01-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La tradición cultural que alimentó a los grandes maestros en las aulas de institutos y universidades españolas se ha ido extinguiendo en los últimos años, como acervo incompatible con una sociedad que niega o, simplemente, ignora la entrega callada y sabia de los viejos profesores. El ruido mediático, la velocidad y vértigo de nuestro tiempo, han arrumbado vidas y trayectorias dedicadas por vocación y pasión al saber y su transmisión, como concepto inseparable del conocimiento, la ética y el civismo. Hay que retroceder a las postrimerías del siglo pasado para encontrar los últimos eslabones sueltos de lo que antaño fue una cadena brillante y sólida de pedagogía humanística y crítica, que unía sabiduría y vida como ejemplo y método de enseñanza. Es el caso de don Santiago de los Mozos, catedrático de las universidades de Granada y Valladolid en la segunda mitad del siglo XX, protagonista de este Retrato de un hombre libre; retrato intelectual, en efecto, de uno de los maestros españoles más desconocidos y, a la vez, más fascinantes del espectro universitario español contemporáneo. Su porte institucionista, aunque nunca pasó por la Institución Libre de Enseñanza, su temple maireniano, su ideario ilustrado que expresaba una inteligencia excepcional y un don de la palabra que le hicieron justamente célebre en su medio, van revelándose en esta obra a través de un agudo diálogo entre el autor y el maestro, hasta conformar un atractivo ensayo, intenso y apasionado, sobre la historia y cultura españolas en sus claves más importantes, y en sus demonios característicos y redivivos. Un retrato espléndido que desprende por doquier la natural grandeza del maestro, cuya lección ilumina con finísima ironía la España democrática que va de la Transición al año 2000. Agustín García Simón (Montemayor –Valladolid–, 1953). Editor, escritor y periodista, ha dedicado su vida profesional a la cultura del libro, aunque sigue atento a la actualidad en sus colaboraciones en distintos medios periodísticos. En los últimos treinta años ha dirigido la edición de cientos de libros, seis de los cuales han merecido premios nacionales a los libros mejor editados. Su inclinación por la historia y el humanismo le han llevado a una exigente labor editorial en la que han primado los temas y figuras más abiertos y universales de la cultura y lengua españolas de naturaleza castellana. Entre sus grandes obras como editor destacan: Historia de una Cultura (4 vols.), 1995-1996; Historia de la Ciencia y de la Técnica en la Corona de Castilla (4 vols.), 2002; o la recuperación histórica de los Viajes de extranjeros por España y Portugal (6 vols.), 1999, de don José García Mercadal. Ha publicado ensayos sobre viajes y viajeros extranjeros por España, pero como autor es conocido, fundamentalmente, por el libro que dedicó al retiro del emperador Carlos V: El ocaso del emperador. Carlos V en Yuste (1995). Como narrador se dio a conocer con una singular novela: Valcarlos (Premio Miguel Delibes de narrativa, 2005); y, sobre todo, con los doce relatos que reunió en su última obra: Cuando leas esta carta, yo habré muerto (2009).

Download or read book Haunted Ships written by Elizabeth Andrews and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will sail the seven seas while they learn about three haunted vessels. Ghostly histories and mysteries fill these ships' hulls just like their stories will fill children's minds. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. DiscoverRoo is an imprint of Pop!, a division of ABDO.

Download or read book Ghost Ships written by Angus Konstam and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories behind the haunted ships that mysteriously roam the seas.

Download or read book Las l grimas de Harmon a written by Eduardo Romero Álvarez and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-05-05 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En el reino de Harmonía, la malvada Partitura quiere hacerse con todas las lágrimas de los habitantes del mundo de la Música para poder componer así su más perfecta obra. Ritmo, el egoísta general de los ejércitos de este mundo desea poseer las de la princesa Armonía y las de Sinfonía para hacerse con el control de este reino, pero la compasión de Vals, el amor incondicional de Arpeggio, la inteligencia de Clave de Sol, la humildad de Barítono se enfrentarán a la envida de Réquiem, al desprecio de Rondó, la frustración de Sonata y la ingenuidad de Silencio, y otros muchos más para que Ritmo y Partitura no se hagan con las deseadas y ansiadas lágrimas. Pero como en todo cuento, ocurrirá algo que nadie espera cuya clave será la creación de una nueva obra musical tan perfecta como la vida misma en cuyo final pueda Melodía abrir los ojos y dejar de llorar.

Download or read book Haunted at Sea written by Jaime Winters and published by Haunted or Hoax. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This high-interest title explores the history and lore behind ships and sites at sea around the world that are reported to be haunted. From disastrous voyages and missing ships to ghostly sailors and other creatures, narrative text weaves paranormal tales for readers. Historical records and eyewitness accounts are the evidence for the debunked or unexplained stories.

Download or read book El fantasma de la calma written by Andrés Bauzá Ortúñez and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book EL PORVENIR written by Carlos Antonio Canache Ramírez and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-05-16 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El objetivo, una herramienta para luchar contra la miseria y la violencia en el planeta. Como cualquier elemento con energía asociada, el ser humano necesita tener una visión hacia donde debe ir, este puede ser un sueño que se va tejiendo en el tiempo hasta que converge en una realidad. En general, consideramos que nuestra visión esta asociada a una imagen externa, cuando en realidad la obra debe ser interna, pensado en los frutos que debes dar después que seas sembrando en terreno terrenal. Para poder actuar necesitamos tener la fuerza motivadora que permite cristalizar el éxito en el tiempo, pero más importante que la magnitud de este esfuerzo es saber donde te encuentras en realidad, aquí se dan ideas como descubrirlo. Como toda diana, hay un entorno de aproximación que nos permite saber cuan cerca estamos del éxito, elementos de barrera o control, bien definidos que nos permiten concentrarnos para dar en el blanco y llenarnos de felicidad por el éxito logrado.

Download or read book Barcos Fantasma written by L'Enfant Noir and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-10-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WOUAH Dicho tío 1 y 2 ya has visto 1 barcos fantasmas en real nunca he visto.NO es verdad que nunca hemos visto 1 barcos con velas.La-BAJO no es 1 barcos fantomes.JE diría Pluto 1 barcos que transportan migrantes o asombrosos pero ciertamente no 1 barcos fantasmas

Download or read book 11 Wigamba Me llamo Marcus written by Marcus van Epe and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lost Aboard written by Theresa Halvorsen and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost Aboard, A Creative-Non Fiction by Theresa Halvorsen and S. Faxon, is about the spirits forever bound to the tall ship, Star of India. Star of India is the oldest active sailing vessel in the world at almost 160 years old. She's made several journeys around the globe, so it's of little to no surprise to the staff and volunteers who work aboard, that she's alight with paranormal activity. In this book, join authors Theresa Halvorsen and Sarah Faxon on their journey to look back in time at the ghost stories of staff and volunteers, as well as diving into the lives of those lost aboard.

Download or read book Nueva Luz written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Children s Books in Print written by R R Bowker Publishing and published by R. R. Bowker. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 1662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Haunted Ships and Lighthouses written by Thomas Kingsley Troupe and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Just about any place in the world can be haunted. Ships and lighthouses are places men and women of the sea spent years of their lives. See why it seems some aren't ready to leave...even after death!"--

Download or read book A Haunting in the Arctic written by C. J. Cooke and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deserted shipwreck off the coast of Iceland holds terrors and dark secrets in this chilling horror novel from the author of The Lighthouse Witches. The year is 1901, and Nicky is attacked, then wakes on board the Ormen, a whaling ship embarked on what could be its last voyage. With land still weeks away, it’s just her, the freezing ocean, and the crew – and they’re all owed something only she can give them... Now, over one hundred years later, the wreck of the Ormen has washed up on the forbidding, remote coast of Iceland. It’s scheduled to be destroyed, but explorer Dominique feels an inexplicable pull to document its last days, even though those who have ventured onto the wreck before her have met uncanny ends. Onboard the boat, Dominique will uncover a dark past riddled with lies, cruelty, and murder—and her discovery will change everything. Because she’ll soon realize she’s not alone. Something has walked the floors of the Ormen for almost a century. Something that craves revenge.

Download or read book En Tierra Yankee notas a Todo Vapor 1895 written by Justo Sierra and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: