Género, nación y literatura

Canon y compromiso pudieran parecer dos categorías antitéticas, cuando menos a la luz de las premisas que sostienen el polémico concepto de canon divulgado por Harold Bloom. Este libro, en cambio, parte de la insoslayable imbricación de estética e ideología, o de la idea de la literatura como discurso ideológico, y pone en juego una noción de compromiso que conduce a superar las tradicionales dicotomías manejadas por el inconsciente artístico dominante, pureza/impureza, privado/público, intimidad/historia, y la querella resultante entre el canon poético y el compromiso. Desde...

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 ...

Lo que ante todo me propongo es compartir una lectura actual del ya centenario Martín Fierro, una lectura conforme a vigentes concepciones de la naturaleza y función de la lengua literaria. Pretendo mostrar cómo se presenta hoy el poema de José Hernández a lectores entrenados en la lectura de ficciones. Luego, y en reconocimiento de la relatividad de esta lectura pretensamente fiel al texto, refiero a la acogida que él tuvo en Argentina durante sus primeros cincuenta años.

In this book we're invited to choose words randomly, to count syllables, to let the stress in the words make its music, to give in to the meaning of words, to become readers of poetry, to spread the verses in Spanish that are ours and everybody's. Many wrongly believe that verses are written in a state of agitation, enthusiasm, or near-dementia, but, to the benefit of those trying to write their first poem, Hiriart proves that this is hardly ever the case. Great examples of poetry from classic and contemporary authors, and anecdotes and dialogues of great wit and precision, make this volume a ...