New Perspectives on Arabian Nights

Gordolín y Flaquilón son dos conejos, uno gordo y el otro flaco, que viven en una granja. A lo largo de la historia, describen los momentos que pasan juntos y enseñan los opuestos, como gordo-flaco, arriba-abajo, adentro- afuera, entre otros, por medio de rimas. El libro es un buen medio para enseñarle a los niños algunas palabras opuestas e introducirlos a los antónimos.

In this very realistic novel, six people tell readers about the life of a teenage drug user named Mario from the time he was born to the time he dies at age 19. The different voices blend to create a poignant commentary on family, friendship, love, society, and the problems facing young people.

From the contents: Bandidos y bandoleros en la literatura de cordel (Joaquin Marco).- Magos y santos en la literatura popular (Supersticion y devocion en el Siglo de las Luces) (Maria Cruz Garcia de Enterria).- Teatro y espectaculo a costa de santos y magos (Joaquin Alvarez Barrientos).- El majismo y las artes plasticas (Virginia Tovar Martin). through genealogy and psychoanalysis.

This volume contains an examination of what are described as the most poetic examples of Chilean prose written in the 20th century. By adopting Ralph Freedman's conceptual definition of lyrical narrative and using it as her point of departure, Professor Kostopolos-Cooperman argues that the protean and magical nature of Bombal's lyrical prose transcends the causal, temporal and spatial movement that characterizes conventional fiction. In her view, Bombal's work is rather a narrative that arises in the poetic imagination of a narrator who creates a tapestry of expanding musical and pictorial...