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Book offers a close philosophical look at José Enrique Rodó's ARIELISM, an important component of modernism in Latin American history. The images of Ariel and Caliban come to life as the author analyz-es Rodó's book, Ariel, in context of history and literature. In the face of general Latin American failure, the author looks for answers in cultural mechanisms which are inherent to Latin American history.

Many of the fundamental concerns of Chicano and Mexican letters are dealt with by Leal, such as the meaning and origin of the myth of Aztlan, the problem of distinguishing Chicano literature from American and Mexican literature, the consideration of the influence of the Mexican Revolution novel on Chicano narrative, the description of the feminine archetypes of the Mexican Revolution novel on Chicano narrative, and a review of the North American as depicted in Mexican literature.

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...

Del shtétl a la Ciudad de los Palacios. Trazos del imaginario ashkenazi en México es una antología que reúne cuentos, proverbios, chistes, poemas, refranes, maldiciones, parábolas, juegos y canciones que trajeron consigo a México los inmigrantes judíos de Europa Oriental en los años vente del siglo pasado. Shtétl, diminutivo de shtot (en ídish, ciudad) hace referencia a las aldeas de origen de estos inmigrantes y, en el imaginario ashkenazi mexicano, el shtétl se convirtió en un espacio mítico, con personajes, costumbres y tradiciones entrañables. Al mismo tiempo, como tantos...