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Contemplation and salvation in the Eleusinian mysteries
(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 ... -
“Prayer for Marilyn Monroe” by Ernesto Cardenal: On the construction of a pragmatic character
(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 ... -
The X-ray of the body in Yolanda Blanco’s poetry
(2013-01-10)The representation of the woman body in thepoetry of Nicaraguan author Yolanda Blanco is the mainobjective of this essay. By creating the equationbody=text in the book, the writer constructs a feministsubject in confrontation ... -
From absence to poetics (fragments of amorous discourse in Machado)
(2013-01-10)This paper analyzes the poem by AntonioMachado entitled “Other songs to Guiomar” and propo-ses that the text constructs a poetic that is shaped fromthe absence of the beloved, using as points of analysisthe poet’s notion ... -
The novel Los dorados by Sergio Muñoz: Hierarchy and exclusion in Costa Rican society
(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 aesthetics of the sublime in the section El Jorullo in the 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 ... -
The art of deduction: Holmes’ mark on the media
(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 ... -
A critical review of the construction of a myth in the autos sacramentales The Great Theater of the World and Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
(2013-01-10)This paper is a critical review that evidences theideological premises that support two autos sacramentales authored by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. -
Between two olive trees or the story of a dying flower that waits for a hero
(2012-11-25)The authors make a remembrance of the recent decease of José Saramago, Nobel Prize in Literature 1998, died on June 18, 2010. They pay tribute to the narrator through an interpretation of his poetics applied to children's ... -
The transexual in “El lugar sin límites”: Monstruosity, normas and punishment
(2012-11-25)This article presents an interpretation of the novel by José Donoso El Lugar sin límites (1966). It is a literary analysis focused on the character called La Manuela, he aims to reflect on the emergence of the transsexual ... -
The Martian Chronicles: The Triple System
(2012-11-25)This article discusses the story collection The Martian Chronicles by American author Ray Bradbury and analyzes the literary genres that are combined in it: science fiction, utopia and chronic. It will demonstrate how the ... -
Libertarianism and social justice: Freedom as a political value
(2012-11-25)This article examines the tensions between the values of freedom and equality along the lines of an immanent critique to the libertarian approach— an approach that claims absolute priority to the value of freedom. The ... -
The humanities and humanism of the future
(2012-11-25)This is an essay on humanism, in which the contribution of humanities to costarrican society is analyzed, especially the role that the School of General Studies of the University of Costa Rica has played in this context. ... -
Conquest, domination and otherness in Bartolomé de Las Casas
(2012-11-25)This article attempts an innovative approach to the work of Bartolome de Las Casas. It is argued that such work should be approached as a work of theory and political philosophy beyond its importance as a work ethic or ... -
The new humanism and communication
(2012-11-25)This article presents some contributions to the understanding of humanism from the paradigm of complexity. Also discussed the crisis of paradigms and the emergence of new world views in the light of advancing scientific ... -
Technological culture as a basis for technological capabilities and learning
(2012-11-25)In this work a positive correlation is supposed to exist between technological capabilities and a technological culture. Promoting a technological culture favors the emergence and development of technological capabilities ... -
Professional ethics in education: An engagement in humanistic pedagogy
(2012-11-25)The professional ethics is not simply a deontology or a group of norms to govern the behavior of those who exercise a professional work, it is a commitment that goes beyond the written norm and it should become effective ...