Alejo Carpentier y la cultura del surrealismo en América Latina

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.

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 ...

La semiótica es el estudio de toda clase de signos: palabras, imágenes, sonidos, gestos y objetos; es decir, de toda realidad que colocamos en lugar de otra. Los signos, además, forman parte de un sistema que les otorga significado. Este libro, un gran tratado de semiótica para universitarios, profundiza las teorías estructurales sobre los signos y los significados.

This critical edition of the novel Sab (published in 1840 in Madrid) is based on the Cuban printing of the 1970s. It is of particular interest not only because of its aesthetic qualities but also because it addresses issues of interest both for the period in which it was written and contemporary audiences. Among these topics are slavery, basic rights of the individual in society, nationalism, and women's issues.