Figuras de la experiencia en el fin de siglo

Bartolome Hidalgo (Montevideo, 1788 - Moron, Buenos Aires Province, 1822) is the first poet to have utilized the Spanish language to capture the qualities of gaucho speech His writings, comprising a series of lyrical, narrative and dialogic texts about current political concerns of the second and third decades of the 19th century in both margins of the Rio de la Plata, have been recognized by the most respected literary critics of the region -Sarmiento, Mitre, Leguizamon, Rojas, Falcao Espalter, Borges- as the initiation of this most original genre, and Hidalgo, consequently, the first...

A study of the relationship betwen court festivity and theatre in 16c Spain. Dr Ferrer Valls studies the relationship between court festivity and theatre in the sixteenth century, placing special emphasis on staging. She argues that throughout the reign of Philip II court spectacle perpetuates the complicated staging of traditional performances, but with greater emphasis on their dramatic aspects and on the use of music and song. In the first two decades of the seventeenth century, and above all in specific plays by Lope de Vega, court spectacles come to reflect also the influence of Italian...

Set in medieval Spain, an orphaned boy named Pedro has been raised in a monastery. His life changes drastically when he summoned to become a knight. He receives the help he needs to adapt to this new life thanks to two special friends. Reading comprehension and activities related to the story are included.

Descubre la plasticidad de Japón de la mano de Murakami. A través de la visión de uno de los especialistas en literatura japonesa, Carlos Rubio, el lector conocerá y descubrirá aspectos de la cultura japonesa y de la sociedad actual. ¿El Japón de Murakami o el Murakami de Japón? La historia de la cultura japonesa ha demostrado cierta habilidad para plasmar unos valores, una sensibilidad, una sustancia, unos significados reconocidos como característicamente nipones. Haruki Murakami no es una excepción a esa tendencia porque en cada una de las páginas de sus novelas está Japón; se...