The Uncertainties in Twentieth- and Twenty-first Century Analytic Thought
Author: Barry J. Luby
Publisher: Juan de la Cuesta-Hispanic Monographs
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13:
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Unamuno's Theory of the Novel
Author: C.A. Longhurst
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-07-05
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 1351538209
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMiguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) is widely regarded as Spain's greatest and most controversial writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Professor of Greek, and later Rector, at the University of Salamanca, and a figure with a noted public profile in his day, he wrote a large number of philosophical, political and philological essays, as well as poems, plays and short stories, but it is his highly idiosyncratic novels, for which he coined the word nivola, that have attracted the greatest critical attention. Niebla (Mist, 1914) has become one of the most studied works of Spanish literature, such is the enduring fascination which it has provoked. In this study, C. A. Longhurst, a distinguished Unamuno scholar, sets out to show that behind Unamuno's fictional experiments there lies a coherent and quasi-philosophical concept of the novelesque genre and indeed of writing itself. Ideas about freedom, identity, finality, mutuality and community are closely intertwined with ideas on writing and reading and give rise to a new and highly personal way of conceiving fiction.
Approaches to Teaching the Works of Miguel de Unamuno
Author: Luis Álvarez-Castro
Publisher: Modern Language Association
Published: 2020-04-01
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1603294430
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA central figure of Spanish culture and an author in many genres, Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) is less well known outside Spain. He was a surprising writer and thinker: a professor of Greek who embraced metafiction and modernist methods, a proponent of Castilian Spanish although born in the Basque Country and influenced by many international writers, and an early existentialist who was yet religious. He found himself in opposition to both King Alfonso XIII and the military dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera and then became involved in the political upheaval that led to the Spanish Civil War. Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," gives information on different editions and translations of Unamuno's works, on scholarly and critical secondary sources, and on Web resources. The essays in part 2, "Approaches," offer suggestions for introducing students to the range of his works--novels, essays, poetry, and drama--in Spanish language and literature, comparative literature, religion, and philosophy classrooms.
Forms of Modernity
Author: Rachel Schmidt
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2011-04-09
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 144269419X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt's a critical cliché that Cervantes' Don Quixote is the first modern novel, but this distinction raises two fundamental questions. First, how does one define a novel? And second, what is the relationship between this genre and understandings of modernity? In Forms of Modernity, Rachel Schmidt examines how seminal theorists and philosophers have wrestled with the status of Cervantes' masterpiece as an 'exemplary novel', in turn contributing to the emergence of key concepts within genre theory. Schmidt's discussion covers the views of well-known thinkers such as Friedrich Schlegel, José Ortega y Gasset, and Mikhail Bakhtin, but also the pivotal contributions of philosophers such as Hermann Cohen and Miguel de Unamuno. These theorists' examinations of Cervantes's fictional knight errant character point to an ever-shifting boundary between the real and the virtual. Drawing from both intellectual and literary history, Forms of Modernity richly explores the development of the categories and theories that we use today to analyze and understand novels.
A Companion to Miguel de Unamuno
Author: Julia Biggane
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 1855663007
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSurveys the thought and literary work of a towering figure in twentieth-century Spanish cultural and political life.
Handbook of the American Novel of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
Author: Timo Müller
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2017-01-11
Total Pages: 469
ISBN-13: 3110422425
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncreasing specialization within the discipline of English and American Studies has shifted the focus of scholarly discussion toward theoretical reflection and cultural contexts. These developments have benefitted the discipline in more ways than one, but they have also resulted in a certain neglect of close reading. As a result, students and researchers interested in such material are forced to turn to scholarship from the 1960s and 1970s, much of which relies on dated methodological and ideological presuppositions. The handbook aims to fill this gap by providing new readings of texts that figure prominently in the literature classroom and in scholarly debate − from James’s The Ambassadors to McCarthy’s The Road. These readings do not revert naively to a time “before theory.” Instead, they distil the insights of literary and cultural theory into concise introductions to the historical background, the themes, the formal strategies, and the reception of influential literary texts, and they do so in a jargon-free language accessible to readers on all levels of qualification.
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Author: Redaktion Osnabrück
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: 2011-06-16
Total Pages: 764
ISBN-13: 9783110230253
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCritical Thinking and Intelligence Analysis
Author: David T. Moore
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Early Years Professional's Complete Companion 2nd edn
Author: Pam Jarvis
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-09-13
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1317902424
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFully updated to reflect the changes to the Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) qualification, this second edition remains the essential handbook to support all those considering or working towards EYPS and on whichever pathway they embark. Organised into three parts, the text starts by leading you through the initial requirements for entry to the programme, providing an overview of the different pathways. It goes on to focus on the standards against which all EYP candidates are tested, and then finally looks at the new validation process and beyond. Although closely linked to the standards required for EYPS, and their relationship with the Early Years Foundation Stage, the book is not a standard-by-standard manual; it supports you in developing an organic, holistic perspective on childcare and education, combining practical skills with knowledge development. The text includes case studies based on real practice scenarios, ideas for practical activities, further reading, reflection, interviews and advice from EYPS candidates who have successfully negotiated the validation process.
Critical Thinking and Intelligence Analysis
Author: David T. Moore
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2011-03-21
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1257781804
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis National Defense Intelligence College publication defines critical thinking in the context of intelligence analysis, explains how it influences the entire intelligence process, explores how it toughens the art of intelligence analysis, suggests how it may be taught, and deduces how analysts can be persuaded to adopt this habit. "David Moore has added his powerful voice to those calling for America's intelligence analysts to be more self-conscious about their methods and more venturesome in applying more formal methods." - Gregory F. Treverton, Rand Corp. "...a valuable initiative on behalf of the Intelligence Community" - Francis J. Hughes, National Defense Intelligence College.
