Poética

La historia de la historia es un discurso que reflexiona permanentemente sobre sí mismo y, en el caso de Latinoamérica, esto conduce al inevitable interrogante sobre cómo la historia de la literatura se ubica ante las tradiciones de conocimiento. Este libro está conformado por una serie de ensayos de reflexión sobre el devenir, los alcances, las limitaciones y los criterios de las historias de la literatura latinoamericana en su aproximación a las obras del pasado.

Tener un fantasma en casa puede ser muy divertido. Puede asustar a tus vecinos, contarte historias de miedo o jugar contigo y tus amigos. Y no tiene que ser un problema lavarlo: lo metes en la lavadora con el programa adecuadao y listo! Pero cuidar un fantasma no es tan facil como parece a simple vista...

Although the three authors studied, Ana Maria Matute, Carmen Martin Gaite, and Esther Tusquets, are sophisticated intellectuals, they have chosen fairy tales and texts from other marginalized genres originally for female consumption (such as the novela rosa and the Hollywood women's picture) as the major intertexts in their novels for adults as well as in their fictions for children. Against the backdrop feminist theory and recent critical studies of fairy tales and children's literature, Solino studies the works of these authors as "gendered texts." Solino's book opens with a chapter that...

Billie B. Brown creates the Mystery Club and enlists the help of Jack, Mika, and Alex. Their first mission is to investigate a haunted house. Billie is certain a witch lives in it. Everyone gets too frightened to continue, but Billie and Jack know they have to forge ahead. Will they be able to overcome their fears? After all, witches don't exist, right?