Maupassant y su obra en la prensa de Girona de finales del siglo XIX

This book offers an in-depth study of the internal structures of Popol Vuh, the Sacred Book of the Maya-Quiche people of Guatemala, and of the ways in which the main characters of this text are configured. This is accompanied by a similar, comparative analysis of the three novels widely known in the Hispanic world as the Banana Trilogy, written betweem 1950 and 1960 by the winner of the 1967 Nobel Prize for Literature, Miguel Angel Asturias. By showing a direct relationship between the macro-structure of Popol Vuh and its literary devices (including character configuration) and those of the...

Tomas Segovia y Angelina Muniz pertenecen a un grupo de escritores conocidos como los -Hispanomexicanos-. La mayoria de los estudios sobre esta generacion se han centrado en el papel que el exilio juega en los primeros anos de su produccion y han dejado de lado el papel que este juega mas alla de dicha etapa, al considerar que tras esos primeros anos la mayoria pasan a tratar temas diferentes y se olvidan del exilio. Sin embargo, a traves de un analisis de la obra poetica de Muniz y Segovia, este libro pretende demostrar que el exilio continua jugando un papel central mas alla de esa primera...

This rich textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the principal concepts and thematic areas of Spanish pragmatics. It is aimed at advanced students of Spanish -- upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students -- who need to hone their language skills for contextually sensitive use of the language. Written entirely in Spanish, with Spanish examples, this volume introduces basic pragmatics, methods of analysis, and new thematic areas such as language and the press and globalization. Theoretical explanations combine with practical exercises in each chapter to help students...