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The novel Los dorados by Sergio Muñoz: Hierarchy and exclusion in Costa Rican society
Novela Los dorados, de Sergio Muñoz: Jerarquización y exclusión en la sociedad costarricense
(2013-01-10)
Sergio Muñoz text explains the socioeconomicproblems of the Costa Rican community, which are tangible and evident. The contribution of his story revealsthe character life in order to exceed the reality by meansof the ...
The art of deduction: Holmes’ mark on the media
El arte de la deducción: La huella en el espectáculo mediático de Holmes
(2013-01-10)
The present article has the intention to analyzethe characteristics, relationships and audiovisual representations of famous literary character Sherlock Holmes,created by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Taking the ...
The aesthetics of the sublime in the section El Jorullo in the Rusticatio Mexicana
La estética de lo sublime en la sección El Jorullo de la Rusticatio Mexicana
(2013-01-10)
This essay presents an analysis, based on theaesthetics of the sublime, of the work Rusticatio Mexicana(1782), Section II, from Guatemalan writer RafaelLandivar (1731-1793). The narrative on the eruption of Jorullo Volcano ...
“Prayer for Marilyn Monroe” by Ernesto Cardenal: On the construction of a pragmatic character
“Oración por Marilyn Monroe” de Ernesto Cardenal: de la construcción al carácter pragmático
(2013-01-10)
The poem Oración por Marilyn Monroe, byErnesto Cardenal, was written after this famous NorthAmerican actress' death. Using a prayer as a structure,the poet moves the reader to wonder about differentsocial questions. The ...
Contemplation and salvation in the Eleusinian mysteries
Contemplación y salvación en los misterios eleusinos
(2013-01-10)
This paper describes the manner in which the Eleusinian mysteries propitiated soteria or salvationand epopteia or contemplation among their initiates. Mystery cults are cosmopolitan rather than local, andindividually rather ...
La loca Ð El Gado: An analysis of the figure of the hero in the novel El gato de sí mismo, by Uriel Quesada
La loca Ð El Gado: Un análisis de la figura del héroe de la novela El gato de sí mismo, de Uriel Quesada
(2014-10-10)
This paper studies the figure of the hero in Uriel Quesada’s novel, El gato de sí mismo. The main character of this Costa Rican novel is presented as a new variant of both the “dreamer” and the “underground man”. These two ...
Conservation and restoration of the cast plaster gallery at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas (school of fine arts) at the University of Costa Rica
La conservación y restauración de la Gipsoteca de la Escuela de Artes Plásticas de la Universidad de Costa Rica
(2014-10-10)
This article examines the status of one of the oldest plaster cast collections at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas (School of Fine Arts) at the University of Costa Rica. This plaster cast gallery dates from 1897 and the ...
Phenomenology of faith and anthropology in Edith Stein: In view of an empathic pedagogy
Fenomenología de la fe y antropología en Edith Stein: En miras de una pedagogía empática
(2014-10-01)
This paper addresses the philosophical and historical contexts of early twentieth-century Europe, particularly Germany, in order to better understand the life, work and thought of Edith Stein (Saint Teresa Benedicta of the ...
Time Lost in the Archives
El tiempo perdido de/en los archivos
(2014-01-30)
The author analyze the trend, determined by the evolution of contemporary technologies, towards the consolidation of a culture that privileges the novelty and immediacy above the heritage, and that therefore replaces ...
Notes for a Sketch on the History of Women
Apuntes para hilvanar una historia sobre las mujeres
(2014-01-30)
Before approaching the history of women the fact that it was written by men should be considered. It was filled with prejudice, stereotypes and reproduced an androcentric rhetoric which converted the sexual differences of ...