Latinoamérica

After years of living with uncertainty, first with his mother and then in foster care, J.P.'s life is finally becoming more predictable, routine and even comfortable. Now that he is living with his father, his stepmother and his two half-sisters, J.P. finally has the opportunity to learn more about himself. As a fan of professional wrestling that he views on TV, he decides to pursue that sport at his new school. What he is not nearly as keen on is the idea of studying, mostly because it's hard for him. Nevertheless, he resolves to do well enough to ensure eligibility for participation on the...

Seminar paper del año 2014 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 2,7, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Materia: Kulturwissenschaften, Idioma: Español, Resumen: El presente trabajo expone la vida de Pedro Almodóvar y su papel durante la Movida Madrileña en tres partes. La primera parte resume su niñez y juventud en La Mancha y luego en Extremadura. La segunda parte demuestra su vida y su obra durante la Movida Madrileña y la última parte trata su vida y su obra después de 1985. “¿Pedro Almodóvar? ¡Qué te voy a decir! Lo adoro. Siempre he...

This book offers beginners a clear and easy-to-understand guide to the verbs and grammar of Spanish. Ideal for Spanish revision.

Julio Baena offers a new analysis of Cervantes's last and most controversial novel, Los trabajos de Persiles y Segismunda. Baena's particular focus on the first chapter of this allegorical text, which he sees as a microcosm of the entire novel, allows him to explore the correspondence between microcosm and macrocosm in Cervantes's allegorical text. Placing this work within the intellectual context of its era, Baena uses poststructuralist methodologies to develop the existential implications of Persiles's central cosmological metaphor.