Symbolism 17 Latina O Literature

Author : Rüdiger Ahrens,Florian Kläger,Klaus Stierstorfer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110531312

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Symbolism 17: Latina/o Literature by Rüdiger Ahrens,Florian Kläger,Klaus Stierstorfer Pdf

The complex nature of globalization increasingly requires a comparative approach to literature in order to understand how migration and commodity flows impact aesthetic production and expressive practices. This special issue of Symbolism: An International Journal of Critical Aesthetics explores the trans-American dimensions of Latina/o literature in a trans-Atlantic context. Examining the theoretical implications suggested by the comparison of the global North-global South dynamics of material and aesthetic exchange, this volume highlights emergent Latina/o authors, texts, and methodologies of interest in for comparative literary studies. In the essays, literary scholars address questions of the transculturation, translation, and reception of Latina/o literature in the United States and Europe. In the interviews, emergent Latina/o authors speak to the processes of creative writing in a transnational context. This volume suggests how the trans-American dialogues found in contemporary Latina/o literature elucidates trans-Atlantic critical dialogues.

Author : Elizabeth Hill Boone
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292712638

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Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate by Elizabeth Hill Boone Pdf

In communities throughout precontact Mesoamerica, calendar priests and diviners relied on pictographic almanacs to predict the fate of newborns, to guide people in choosing marriage partners and auspicious wedding dates, to know when to plant and harvest crops, and to be successful in many of life's activities. As the Spanish colonized Mesoamerica in the sixteenth century, they made a determined effort to destroy these books, in which the Aztec and neighboring peoples recorded their understanding of the invisible world of the sacred calendar and the cosmic forces and supernaturals that adhered to time. Today, only a few of these divinatory codices survive. Visually complex, esoteric, and strikingly beautiful, painted books such as the famous Codex Borgia and Codex Borbonicus still serve as portals into the ancient Mexican calendrical systems and the cycles of time and meaning they encode. In this comprehensive study, Elizabeth Hill Boone analyzes the entire extant corpus of Mexican divinatory codices and offers a masterful explanation of the genre as a whole. She introduces the sacred, divinatory calendar and the calendar priests and diviners who owned and used the books. Boone then explains the graphic vocabulary of the calendar and its prophetic forces and describes the organizing principles that structure the codices. She shows how they form almanacs that either offer general purpose guidance or focus topically on specific aspects of life, such as birth, marriage, agriculture and rain, travel, and the forces of the planet Venus. Boone also tackles two major areas of controversy—the great narrative passage in the Codex Borgia, which she freshly interprets as a cosmic narrative of creation, and the disputed origins of the codices, which, she argues, grew out of a single religious and divinatory system.

Author : Pliny (the Younger.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026215102

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Select Letters of Pliny the Younger. Latin text, with English notes. Edited by A. J. Church and W. J. Brodribb by Pliny (the Younger.) Pdf

Author : Patricia E. Reagan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781498524728

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Deconstructing Paradise by Patricia E. Reagan Pdf

Deconstructing Paradise investigates Christian symbols that appear in Latin American Literature in an inverted way. The texts under investigation invert the Christian center to generate a social, political, cultural, or even artistic commentary. In doing so, each text underscores a search for meaning that rejects the centering presence of the more traditional Christian focus that has long validated humankind’s existence both in society and in literature. As Deconstructing Paradise examines, finding a unified center around which to construct meaning is no longer possible, although the search for meaning persists in the inverted Christian center. The first three chapters analyze the trifecta of novels that offer a full allegory of inverted Christian symbolism including: Miguel Ángel Asturias’ El Señor Presidente; Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo and José Donoso’s El lugar sin límites. Chapters Four and Five focus on inverted Christ and inverted Judas figures in multiple novels and short fiction. As many Latin American literary critics affirm, it is increasingly difficult to categorize fiction after the Boom, although even the usefulness of these categories is ultimately questionable. Literary critics now look for patterns and Deconstructing Paradise offers one such pattern by identifying a trend in an impressive scope of the well-known authors of twentieth-century Latin American literature, while also tracing this pattern back to nineteenth-century precursors. Deconstructing Paradise offers a unique and comprehensive look at a significant trend that will undoubtedly foment new ideas and paths of study in contemporary Latin American literature.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z314826509

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Notes and Queries: a Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jeannette Leonard Gilder,Joseph Benson Gilder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 998 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PSU:000020202521

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Critic and Literary World by Jeannette Leonard Gilder,Joseph Benson Gilder Pdf

Author : Carl Deroux
Publisher : Peeters
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004839614

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Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History by Carl Deroux Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Hill Boone
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292756564

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Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate by Elizabeth Hill Boone Pdf

In communities throughout precontact Mesoamerica, calendar priests and diviners relied on pictographic almanacs to predict the fate of newborns, to guide people in choosing marriage partners and auspicious wedding dates, to know when to plant and harvest crops, and to be successful in many of life's activities. As the Spanish colonized Mesoamerica in the sixteenth century, they made a determined effort to destroy these books, in which the Aztec and neighboring peoples recorded their understanding of the invisible world of the sacred calendar and the cosmic forces and supernaturals that adhered to time. Today, only a few of these divinatory codices survive. Visually complex, esoteric, and strikingly beautiful, painted books such as the famous Codex Borgia and Codex Borbonicus still serve as portals into the ancient Mexican calendrical systems and the cycles of time and meaning they encode. In this comprehensive study, Elizabeth Hill Boone analyzes the entire extant corpus of Mexican divinatory codices and offers a masterful explanation of the genre as a whole. She introduces the sacred, divinatory calendar and the calendar priests and diviners who owned and used the books. Boone then explains the graphic vocabulary of the calendar and its prophetic forces and describes the organizing principles that structure the codices. She shows how they form almanacs that either offer general purpose guidance or focus topically on specific aspects of life, such as birth, marriage, agriculture and rain, travel, and the forces of the planet Venus. Boone also tackles two major areas of controversy—the great narrative passage in the Codex Borgia, which she freshly interprets as a cosmic narrative of creation, and the disputed origins of the codices, which, she argues, grew out of a single religious and divinatory system.

Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher : Merriam-Webster
Page : 1260 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literature
ISBN : 0877790426

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Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature by Merriam-Webster, Inc Pdf

Describes authors, works, and literary terms from all eras and all parts of the world.

Author : Eugene Tavenner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Latin literature
ISBN : UIUC:30112055494683

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Studies in Magic from Latin Literature by Eugene Tavenner Pdf

Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN : UOM:39015082911184

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Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971 by New York Public Library. Research Libraries Pdf

Author : Modern Language Association of America
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2358 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Languages, Modern
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026449434

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MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures by Modern Language Association of America Pdf

Vols. for 1969- include ACTFL annual bibliography of books and articles on pedagogy in foreign languages 1969-

Author : Lu Ann Mary Reif
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Health
ISBN : MINN:31951P01070534S

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Perceptions of Health and Health Promotion Behaviors and Their Meaning of Mexican-born Men Living in the United States by Lu Ann Mary Reif Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1264 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Periodicals
ISBN : UIUC:30112013788929

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Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nicolás Kanellos
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0313339708

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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino Literature by Nicolás Kanellos Pdf

From East L.A. to the barrios of New York City and the Cuban neighborhoods of Miami, Latino literature, or literature written by Hispanic peoples of the United States, is the written word of North America's vibrant Latino communities. Emerging from the fusion of Spanish, North American, and African cultures, it has always been part of the American mosaic. Written for students and general readers, this encyclopedia surveys the vast landscape of Latino literature from the colonial era to the present. Aiming to be as broad and inclusive as possible, the encyclopedia covers all of native North American Latino literature as well as that created by authors originating in virtually every country of Spanish America and Spain. Included are more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries written by roughly 60 expert contributors. While most of the entries are on writers, such as Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Oscar Hijuelos, and Piri Thomas, others cover genres, ethnic and national literatures, movements, historical topics and events, themes, concepts, associations and organizations, and publishers and magazines. Special attention is given to the cultural, political, social, and historical contexts in which Latino literature has developed. Entries cite works for further reading, and the encyclopedia closes with a selected, general bibliography. Entries cite works for further reading, and the encyclopedia closes with a selected, general bibliography. The encyclopedia gives special attention to the social, cultural, historical, and political contexts of Latino literature, thus making it an ideal tool to help students use literature to learn about history and cultural diversity.