Intermedialidad e hispanística

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...

Publicado por primera vez en forma anónima, en Londres, el 21 de febrero de 1848, este fue un texto escrito por encargo de la Liga de los Comunistas, una asociación creada poco antes, en junio de 1947, e integrada mayormente por exiliados alemanes, como el propio Karl Marx. Cuando redactó el Manifiesto, a dúo con Friedrich Engels, Marx ya había sido expulsado de Alemania y de Francia por sus ideas socialistas y su activismo. Durante su exilio en Londres escribirá casi toda su obra. Diferenciándose de los "socialistas utópicos", Marx y Engels se propusieron formular los principios de...

Just as philosophy begins with doubt, life worthy of being called human begins with irony. This quote by Kierkegaard leads an essay that traces a journey through irony and its uses from Socrates to Foster Wallace, up to its use in our societies marked by "mass public conversation."

A collection of histrorical studies of Mexican-American theater by Jorge Huerta, Nicolas Kanellos, Tomas Ybarra-Frausto and others. Pieces include interviews, essays and vaudeville skits from the 1930s to the 1950s and an exclusive interview of Luis Valdez.