Pobreza y desigualdad social en la narrativa costarricense: 1890-1950

El tema de este libro es una reflexión sobre lo que ha ocurrido en México desde que escribí El laberinto de la soledad y de ahí que haya llamado a este ensayo: Posdata. (Octavio Paz)

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...

The author of the book analyzes five short stories of one of the most significant writers of modern Latin American literature with a mythocritical and symbological approach. From among the endeavors to define and systematize the ancient literary figures for the interpretation of existence (myth, symbol), the author opts for Gilbert Durand's comprehensive system originating in cultural anthropology as a theoretical foundation and starting point for her analytical strategy. The original and dynamic analyses of the short stories, which, at the same time, respect the aspects indicated by the...

En el archipiélago de Terramar hay dragones, magos y espectros, talismanes y poderes. En un mundo gobernado por la magia y, ante todo, por las palabras, pues cada cosa posee su nombre verdadero, el designado durante la Creación, que otorga a los hechiceros el dominio sobre los elementos y los animales. Sus gentes sencillas y tranquilas, tienen como único objetivo conseguir paz y sabiduría. Este volumen recoge las dos primeras novelas de la saga. Sus respectivos protagonistas, el joven mago Ged y la sacerdotisa Tenar, experimentarán una serie de aventuras que los transformarán...