Odisea nº 1: Revista de estudios ingleses

Unique in coverage, this comprehensive one-volume anthology of Latin American literatures—from pre-Colombian times to the present—covers not only the authors accepted within the literary canon, but innovative contemporary voices that are now breaking the ethnocentric mold. It features detailed historical introductions to each period and writer, selections drawn from literary, historical, and socio-political contexts, and instructional aids that make the language accessible and encourage critical thinking. For anyone interested in Spanish literature.

"Fue la primera novela escrita por Miguel Angel Asturias y sigue siendo la mas famosa y la mas leida. Ocupa un lugar privilegiado entre las 'novelas de la dictadura', que han llegado a constituir un genero en la literatura hispanoamericana. Esta novela representa una exploracion de la condicion humana percibida a traves del lente distorsionador de una oscura dictadura centroamericana, y es una de las primeras novelas que intenta y logra una revolucion del lenguaje literario, explotando la relacion entre el mito y el lenguaje hallando el modo de revolucionar el aspecto formal del texto dentro...

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This is the text of Moratin's "El Si de las Ninas", in Spanish with an English introduction and notes.