Voices Visions And A New Reality

Author : J. Ann Duncan
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1986-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780822977070

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Voices, Visions, and a New Reality by J. Ann Duncan Pdf

This book introduces to a larger audience the work of a group of Mexican writers whose work reflects the stimulus of the “boom” of the 1960s, especially in the experimental nueva novella. Duncan views the work of six writers in the context of more well known writers of the period (Ruflo, Fuentes, and Del Paso), and concludes with a chapter on other recent innovators in Mexican literature. Despite their diversity, these texts share many common features, and unlike social realism, the works are not openly political, but at the same time they question assumptions about reality itself-and the relation of fiction to truth.

Author : Don M. Coerver,Suzanne B. Pasztor,Robert Buffington
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004-09-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781851095179

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Mexico by Don M. Coerver,Suzanne B. Pasztor,Robert Buffington Pdf

A concise overview of 20th- and 21st-century Mexico, this volume explores the political, economic, social, and cultural history of the world's largest Spanish-speaking country. From NAFTA to narcotics, from immigration to energy, the ties that bind our nation and Mexico are varied and strong. Mexico uncovers the real Mexico that lies behind the stereotypes of tacos, tequila, and tourist hotels. Compiled by leading scholars of Mexican history and society, its more than 150 entries examine the nation in all its fascinating contradictions and complexity. This concise yet thorough study, covering the last 100 years of Mexican history, is the only one volume, A–Z reference work available to students, scholars, and readers curious about one of the world's most diverse and dynamic societies. What was the Mexican Revolution all about? Who are the Zapatistas? And why do Mexicans celebrate Cinco de Mayo? Mexicans are America's largest immigrant group and Mexico is America's favorite tourist destination. Yet we need to learn more and understand better our fascinating neighbor to the south. Mexico—comprehensive and accessible—is the best place to start.

Author : Gabriella de Beer
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780292789548

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Contemporary Mexican Women Writers by Gabriella de Beer Pdf

Mexican women writers have moved to the forefront of their country's literature in the twentieth century. Among those who began publishing in the 1970s and 1980s are Maria Luisa Puga, Silvia Molina, Brianda Domecq, Carmen Boullosa, and Angeles Mastretta. Sharing a range of affinities while maintaining distinctive voices and outlooks, these are the women whom Gabriella de Beer has chosen to profile in Contemporary Mexican Women Writers. De Beer takes a three-part approach to each writer. She opens with an essay that explores the writer's apprenticeship and discusses her major works. Next, she interviews each writer to learn about her background, writing, and view of herself and others. Finally, de Beer offers selections from the writer's work that have not been previously published in English translation. Each section concludes with a complete bibliographic listing of the writer's works and their English translations. These essays, interviews, and selections vividly recreate the experience of being with the writer and sharing her work, hearing her tell about and evaluate herself, and reading the words she has written. The book will be rewarding reading for everyone who enjoys fine writing.

Author : Fran Mason
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780810870215

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The A to Z of Postmodernist Literature and Theater by Fran Mason Pdf

Postmodernist literature embraces a wide range of forms and perspectives, including texts that are primarily self-reflexive; texts that use pastiche, burlesque, parody, intertextuality and hybrid forms to create textual realities that either run in opposition to or in parallel with an external reality; fabulations that develop both of these strategies; texts that ironize their relationship to reality; works that use the aspects already noted to more fully engage with political or cultural realities; texts that deal with history as a fiction; and texts that elude categorization even within the variety already explored. For example, in fiction, a postmodernist novel might tell a story about a writer struggling with writing (only, perhaps, to find that he is a character in a book by another writer struggling to write a book). The A to Z of Postmodernist Literature and Theater examines the different areas of postmodernist literature and the variety of forms that have been produced. This is accomplished through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on individual postmodernist writers, the important postmodernist aesthetic practices, significant texts produced throughout the history of postmodernist writing, and important movements and ideas that have created a variety of literary approaches within the form. By placing these concerns within the historical, philosophical, and cultural contexts of postmodernism, this reference explores the frameworks within which postmodernist literature of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century operates.

Author : Marlisa Santos
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780810892101

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Verse, Voice, and Vision by Marlisa Santos Pdf

Although it is a somewhat underrepresented form of literature in popular sensibility, poetry finds relevance in the modern world through its appearance in cinema. Film adaptations of poems and depictions of poets on the screen date back to the silent era and continue to the present day. However, there have been few serious studies of how cinema has represented the world of poetic expression. In Verse, Voice, and Vision: Poetry and the Cinema, Marlisa Santos has compiled essays that explore the relationship between one of the world’s oldest art forms—poetry—and one of the world’s newest art forms—film. The book is divided into three sections: poets on film, poetry as film, and film as poetry. Topics include analyses of poet biopics (such as Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle), filmic representations of poets or poetic studies (including Pyaasa), films inspired by particular poems (such as Splendor in the Grass), and the avant-garde phenomenon of the “poem-film” (such as The Tree of Life). Poetic influences considered in this volume range from William Shakespeare to e.e. cummings, and the films discussed hail from several different countries, including the U.S., the U.K., India, China, Italy, and Argentina. Featuring a great diversity in the age, genres, and countries of origin of the films, these essays provide an in-depth look at how poetry has been interpreted on film over the years. By addressing a heretofore unexamined aspect of film studies, Verse, Voice, and Vision will appeal to fans and scholars of both literature and cinema.

Author : Peter Standish
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Arts
ISBN : 1855661349

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A Companion to Mexican Studies by Peter Standish Pdf

This most recent of the Tamesis Companion series traces the evolution of the major creative aspects of Mexican culture from pre-Columbian times to the present. Dealing in turn with the cultures of Mesoamerica, the colonial period, the onset of independence and the modern era, the author explores Aztec arts, the role of the performing arts in the process of evangelisation, manifestations of cultural dependence, of the search for national identity, and the struggle for modernity, drawing examples from such diverse activities as architecture, painting, music, dance, literature, film and media. There is also a brief account of the distinctive characteristics of Mexican Spanish. Maps, a chronology, a bibliographical essay and a lengthy bibliography round off this comprehensive guide, making it an indispensable research tool for those seriously interested in Mexican culture. Peter Standish is Professor of Spanish at East Carolina University, a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina.

Author : David W. Dent
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0810842912

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Encyclopedia of Modern Mexico by David W. Dent Pdf

From the Acteal Massacre to Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León, this exciting reference, created for a high school audience, explores the rich culture, the depth of achievement, and the creative energy of Mexico and its people.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Community development
ISBN : UIUC:30112045135008

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Vision/reality by Anonim Pdf

Author : John C. Woodcock
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781475967654

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Manifesting Possible Futures by John C. Woodcock Pdf

If the present alienation of mind from nature, i.e., the Cartesian reality principle, is to be overcome, there surely must be a climate of extreme depression amounting in many quarters to despair One way or another there is an opportunity here for a good writer who should fill out in terms of concrete events and experiences the issues If a society is really faced with startling changes and fairly imminent ones (and there is a good deal of evidence that ours is) it cannot be amiss for a few people here and there to be peering ahead, however inadequately, by way of preparation for them. Owen Barfield: The Coming Trauma of Materialism

Author : William A Jr Lyell
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520335004

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Lu Hsun's Vision of Reality by William A Jr Lyell Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

Author : Kathy Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015032938725

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The New Narrative of Mexico by Kathy Taylor Pdf

"In this book Kathy Taylor examines four novels by contemporary Mexican writers in the context of a theoretical discussion of the writing of both historical and fictional narrative." "Latin American narrative was inaugurated with the imaginative creation of the "New World" as seen through European eyes, stories born of the inseparable embrace of history and fiction. Contemporary Mexican writers have reclaimed this tradition while experimenting with new narrative forms and the problematics of writing itself. As one Mexican writer put it, "Novels have become problems." Not only do their novels function as testimonials to socio-historical realities, but the problems of writing and criticism of the genre are incorporated as central themes of the works themselves." "In Mexico, where the burdens of the past seem to dominate the present to the point of obsession, the writing of a story becomes for many writers a question of how to write history. While the writing and rewriting of history is a recurrent theme of these narratives (which cannot easily be defined as novels), the texts themselves contain the (hi)stories of their own creation. The reader of these texts is placed in a role reminiscent of that of the historian, whose task it is to reconstruct a story from fragments of other texts. Thus, both writer and reader become involved in the creation and recreation of art with its new visions and different versions of an historical reality." "The works chosen for study here represent very different approaches to this common trend in contemporary Mexican writing. The documentary "socio-literature" of Elena Poniatowska's La noche de Tlatelolco (1971) contrasts with the fictionalized testimonies in Elena Garro's Testimonios sobre Mariana (1980). Jose Emilio Pacheco's Moriras lejos (1967) involves complex forms of fiction and allegory while Federico Campbell's Pretexta (1979) is a textual maze of authorial masks and layers of fiction. While analyzing these novels and the stories they tell, this book raises questions such as: What is history? What is the relationship between the histories we write and the stories we invent? How does the historian/writer become part of the story?" "Thus, the common theme of the writing of narrative - narrative as history, and narrative as fiction - is threaded throughout these diverse works. While reflecting the reality of the postmodern world in which it is produced, this writing reveals with its internal mirrors the premises and structures with which we interpret and "invent" our surrounding reality. It also points to the past as something that cannot be changed, but must continually be rediscovered if we are to understand who we are and might become. Invention and discovery, remembering and rewriting; that's how the story begins."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Christer Rasmusson
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789175698434

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Turn Your Vision Into Reality by Christer Rasmusson Pdf

Christer Rasmusson is the founder of McCarthy Business Consulting and one of the leading experts within leadership and personal development in Scandinavia. In this book he will show you how to turn your vision into reality. This book is a valuable tool for anyone who is interested in leadership, in personal development, is a business owner, an entrepreneur or has the desire to become one. Christer is well known for his ability to inspire people to achieve greater results, and as a top performance strategist he clarifies some of the most important principles that many struggles with in their leadership roles. The advice he shares with us, and the simple yet effective methods he teaches, add value not only in the workplace, but in every area of life where balance and goal setting is needed. As a entrepreneur, business owner, husband and father his experiences are relatable, insightful and ultimately of great help to people in all walks of life or business. Christer and his wife, Maureen, are the parents of eight children and live in the south of Sweden.

Author : Lyn Packer
Publisher : XP Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781936101290

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Visions, Visitations and the Voice of God by Lyn Packer Pdf

In Visions, Visitations and the Voice of God, Lyn Packer demystifies the often-perplexing subject of revelation and experience with God. Drawing from both scripture and personal experience Lyn opens up the realm of supernatural revelation and makes it relevant to your daily life.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 964 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literature, Modern
ISBN : UCAL:B5184742

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Studies in 20th Century Literature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nakia Melecio
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781483414430

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Bridging the Gap Between Vision and Reality: Equipping Ministry Leaders to Lead With Passion by Nakia Melecio Pdf

As founder and creator of Nakia Melecio Ministries and NKM Consulting Group, LLC, Nakia Melecio is dedicated to helping people find their place in life, both personally and professionally. Mr. Melecio has dedicated his life to serving and inspiring others through compelling coaching, collaboration, leadership development and ministry. His devotion to service and empowerment has set the course for realizing ultimate possibilities for leadership effectiveness, operational excellence, spiritual enlightenment and a host of other strategic goals and desired outcomes. Mr. Melecio has a master's degree in Education from the Ashford University, a Bachelors degree in Psychology from Ashford University and a Bachelors degree in Cognitive Behavior from Ashford University. He also completed in-depth coach training program to become a certified Executive Coach and life coach, and Christian Coach as well as a program to become a certified Christian education teacher.