Estudiando a Julio Ramón Ribeyro

Childhood is a fundamental theme in the works of Ana Maria Matute, and also one of the key issues for the study of the aesthetic narrative of the writer. This thesis presents an analysis of the image of childhood in the works of Matute written for adults, observed in two distinct literary contexts: that of the realistic novels and of the fantastic works. This division also corresponds, though not mathematically, to the two creative periods of the writer, so that the continuity and evolution of both the theme and the aesthetic techniques throughout the author's entire literary career can be...

Los 'Trionfi' de Petrarca comentados en catalan: una edicion de los manuscritos 534 de la biblioteca nacional de Paris y del Ateneu de Barcelona"

This edited volume explores the ways in which Miguel de Cervantes adopted humanist positions, whether he submitted these to critical examination or made them the target of his satires. It tries to determine how familiar Cervantes was with the contemporary developments of humanism in different European countries, and if references to particular humanist thinkers can be identified in his work. The contributions gathered in this volume, all from acknowledged Cervantes experts, tackle among others the following questions: How does Cervantes analyse the humanist connexion between science and...

La frase latina “De te fabula narratur” (la historia es acerca de usted, lector) se empleó por escritores medievales y renacentistas y, hoy, su vigencia se ve en los textos de la picaresca española, ya que reflejan en ellos algún aspecto de las fortunas y adversidades de la vida cotidiana. Como lectores se nos hace un llamado a responder a las páginas de estas novelas fascinantes que establecen ya los principios de la novelística europea. El pícaro, protagonista indiscutible, trata de aprehender mediante el lenguaje la sociedad que le ha marginado y, al mismo tiempo, intriga y...