Mártires y anticristos

This book analyzes the theoretical aspects of specific humoristic techniques in Gabriel Garcia Marquez. These techniques employ ranges from the use of explicit jokes, hyperbole or textual and cultural carnival, and literary resources such as irony, parody and ambiguity.

The classic and still powerful novel of a tragic people caught in the tail wind of a civilization both alien and hostile to them, from the first winner of the Mexican National Award in Literature.From their stick-and-mud village far up the mountains, the Indians can look across the wide Mexico that was once theirs and look down upon the houses and fields where they now do enforced labor for the mestizos and whites. Once proud and powerful, the tribe has added their conquerors to the natural perils of forest and jungle, famine and plague, as evils against which they and their witchcraft are...

Si alguna vez os habéis sentido tan marcianos como yo misma por vuestros gustos y aficiones, ¡este libro es para vosotros, pedantes sin remisión! El jardín de las delicias es un delicioso jardín de narraciones y artículos periodísticos con la curiosidad intelectual y el amor por la cultura como abono común. Leer no está bien visto en nuestro país, es como formar parte de una secta. Leer es de frikis canijos y granujientos con gafas de culo de vaso. La gente que mola no tiene tiempo para leer... Si alguna vez os habéis sentido tan marcianos como yo misma por vuestros gustos y...

An elucidation in Spanish of the dramatic intentions and accomplishments of the two best imitators of the inspired craftsmanship of Pedro Calderón de la Barca, this is the first monograph to be published on Rojas Zorilla and Moreto for at least two decades. Following an introductory section, in which she discusses and compares the differing attitudes and methods of the two dramatists, the author concentrates on their respective achievements in the genres which they practiced with enthusiasm and ability. Among the comedies and serious secular plays selected for analysis are not only their...