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Contemporary Literature refers to literary works produced from the late 20th century to the present, characterized by diverse themes, styles, and voices that reflect current societal issues, cultural shifts, and technological advancements. It encompasses various genres and forms, often emphasizing individual experience and identity in a rapidly changing world.
El presente trabajo aborda la problemática de la figura “autor” en Shiki Nagaoka: una nariz de ficción (2001) de Mario Bellatin. Texto singular que, hipotetizamos, representa un punto de inflexión en la obra del autor. En este sentido, se... more
E sânge peste tot. N-am văzut niciodată atâta sânge. S-a îmbibat în covorul crem, scurgându-se printre scândurile pardoselii, împroșcând picioarele măsuței de cafea din lemn de stejar. Picături perfect ovale care și-au croit drum până la... more
Este artículo constata el trasfondo político de Feria (2020) en lo que se refiere a su propuesta para redimir a la juventud de su malestar por la coyuntura actual. Ana Iris considera que el progresismo se ha olvidado de ciertos referentes... more
Im Zuge der gegenwärtigen Transformation hin zu einer digitalen, multimodal dominierten Medienkultur vollzieht sich ein Wandel des Lesens. Dieser betrifft nicht nur die Lesemedien und die Rezeptionsbedingungen, sondern auch die Medialität... more
Hace diez años, Felipe me invitó a tomar un café cerca de su casa. Tenía una propuesta que hacerme. Quería postular un proyecto de investigación a un fondo concursable y necesitaba a una ayudante. No iba a ser fácil ganar, me confesó. El... more
Leonardo Minnucci, "Sul non-finito del tardo d'Annunzio", in «Altraparola», 11-12, giugno/dicembre 2024, pp. 91-117.
<div> <p>The friendship between Gabriele d'Annunzio and Angelo Conti is particularly intense in the years 1894-1900, in the context of Venice. Both of them reflect about Venetian painters and especially Giorgione, whose... more
This chapter explores the dynamics of subversion and experimentation in contemporary Slovak poetry, focusing on its evolution since the 1990s. The cultural liberation following the fall of socialism enabled poets to challenge established... more
Monografia skupia się na analizie różnych nurtów literackich i kulturowych, które stanowią kompleksową panoramę współczesnych dyskusji na temat kobiecości. Czytelnicy i Czytelniczki będą mieli możliwość zapoznać się z takimi tematami, jak... more
Le forme della scrittura di David Trueba, postfazione al volume David Trueba, Il mio '69 (traduzione e cura di Marco Ottaiano), Voland, Roma, 2025
Review of Visible/Invisible. Incursioni nella narrativa italiana americana contemporanea by Carla Francellini
This essay draws connections between two twentieth-century writers, Primo Levi and Franz Kafka, to highlight the effects that Kafka’s writings might have on the reader.
This is a critical bibliographical survey of academic studies published in 2023 in the area of Francophone and French Studies: Literature, 2000 to the Present Day.
A lesson plan for teaching this novel to high school grades 11-12, community college, and/or college and university students. This lesson is planned for three weeks and three times a week, but I recommend that teachers revise these plans... more
Their emotional starvation, their inability to love, to act, to assert their manliness--in short, their shrinking from life--is a personal 53 problem paralleled by a public problem. 17 These protagonists experience loneliness, isolation,... more
The character of the witch as we still define it was born in demonologist's writings during witch-hunts. Known as the woman who made a pact with Satan, she was originally healer or midwife. Those texts develop an archetype which is used... more
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Myth can vaguely be said to have come into existence due to the urge of seeking answers to curious mind about the universe, nature, man or can be the result emerged from the need for religious stability of societal control using certain... more
Reseña sobre Un verdor terrible y Maniac, de B. Labatut.
This article explores the intermedial and gendered dimensions of Patricia Lockwood's No One Is Talking About This, situating the novel within the emergent genre of the "internet novel" and examining how its narrative form reflects and... more
This article examines the boundaries of the term 9/11 novel by exploring what we truly mean when we say a novel is about 9/11 and what are the issues in reading general twenty-first-century literature through 9/11. By taking a thorough... more
Emma Donoghue's 2010 novel, Room, is read as an allegory of parenting and as a brilliant account of the profoundly relational and ethical structure of subjecthood. This chapter draws on the work of Jessica Benjamin, D.W. Winnicott and... more
Artykuł proponuje rekonstrukcję kluczowych wątków fabularnych "Unicestwiania" Michela Houellebecqa oraz zawartej w powieści epokowej diagnozy. Podstawowej matrycy interpretacyjnej dostarcza immunologiczny paradygmat nowoczesnej filozofii... more
Este trabajo analiza cómo la literatura de frontera en México ha visto reducida su función crítico-estética al integrarse en la lógica de consumo tardocapitalista. Al reforzar identidades fijas y reproducir gramáticas de la... more
Prisoner by Romen Basu Among the new signatures, new voices, Romen has a place of own even though he is not a new entrant into the realms of Indo-Anglican poetry which we never came to notice it as has been writing for quite a long time.... more
Our writing tools are also working on our thoughts," wrote Friedrich Nietzsche after turning to the typewriter due to his near-sightedness (qtd. in Kittler, Gramophone 200). Unsatisfied with the machine, Nietzsche soon enlisted human aid... more
In: Monika Wolting und Oliver Ruf (Hg.): Gegenwart aufnehmen. Zum Werk und Wirken von Ulrike Draesner. Leiden: Brill 2024, 175–189.
Abstract : This research delves into the intricate nexus of postcolonial perspectives and identity formation within contemporary Indian English literature. Recognizing the profound impact of colonial legacies on the nation's cultural... more
/// HU /// Jelen tanulmány Grendel Lajos 2011-ben megjelent Négy hét az élet című regényét vizsgálja. A kötet jellemzése és az életműben való kontextualizálása után felvázolja az interpretáció irányát: a beavatás poétikája nyomán... more
Postmodern playwrights since World War II have started to deal with themes of violence on different levels. What the war caused has made them think of the indispensability of staging violence and its different types. The present article... more
Introducción. Modelos de espectador en el teatro performativo
Literary theory in Spain has offered valuable studies on the complex rela-tionships between literature and new media. Most of the approaches have focused on the “impact” and influence of the Internet in the literary field and in the... more
En el marco de la microtextualidad literaria, los estudios se han centrado, principalmente, en tres factores: el debate terminológico, la extensión y su identificación genérica. La crítica oscila entre una consideración fundamentalmente... more
zamiast wstępu. literatura polska po 1989 roku w świetle teorii Pierre'a Bourdieu Niniejszy numer Praktyki Teoretycznej w głównej mierze poświęcony został złożonej relacji między polityką a literaturą. Teksty z tytułowej części numeru są... more
El presente texto se propone analizar una figura en expansión en la literatura en castellano, como es el escritor-editor independiente, tomando para ello el caso del escritor de vanguardia y editor independiente argentino Damián... more
Una part gens menystenible de la prosa catalana dels darrers anys ha coincidit a articular-se a l'entorn d'una mateixa concepció del fet literari, reveladora de la fe incondicional que els escriptors expressen en els gèneres narratius i... more
Argues that J. M. Coetzee’s works constitute a form of late modernism that situates life at the heart of questions concerning the politics and ethics of literature - Explores Coetzee’s relation to late modernism and broader intellectual... more
Dreaming of other worlds is a commonality between vegans and anarchists. Both movements refuse the status quo in their respective ways - either challenging anthropocentrism and human domination over other animals; or refusing capitalism,... more
Resumen: Desde finales del siglo XX y, particularmente, en la literatura de la última década, ha aumentado el número de libros escritos por mujeres que recogen una inquietud acerca de la maternidad y sus repercusiones en la vida tanto... more
La pittrice Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1654 ca) incarna una delle icone culturali più attrattive del XXI secolo. Ma quand’è che la sua parabola artistico-esistenziale è divenuta «leggibile» per «noi moderni»? Alternando un approccio... more