Retorno a la historia literaria norteamericana

Benito Perez Galdos sought a new narrative structure which would revitalize the literary models prevalent in 19th-century Spain. He found such a structure in the creation of a dialogue between normally incompatible texts — between old and new, national and foreign, high culture and low. From the confrontation of these incongruous texts a narrative is born which, through the destruction of textual hierarchies, creates an ambiguous and often duplicitous texture of storytelling. Five paradigms, based upon five Novelas Contemporaneas, are used to exemplify the dialogical structure of the new...

"Once upon a time there was a brave little silver colored fish. He swam around in the big blue sea and came upon a very large black object. What happens next and how it finishes, is what this book is about!"

This volume is a tribute to Miguel Mendez, one of the most important figures of Chicano letters. Miguel Mendez in Aztlan includes critical essays on Mendez's fiction, works by Miguel Mendez (including a never-before-published short story), personal photographs, an interview, and an extensive bibliography.

"Agradezo a todos los participantes de la 2a secciaon del XIV Congreso de la Asociaciaon Alemanes de Hispanistas, celebrado en Ratisbona del 6 al 9 de marzo de 2003, el esguerzo comaun por intentar esbozar tales respuestas, asi como la entrega de sus contribuciones en el plazo convenido."--P. [5].