This piece specifically approaches some recent proposals for the study of fantasy literature originated by specialized critics, from both America and Europe. These scholars seek to identify the particular characteristics ...

This essay discusses an approach to four short stories set in four Latin American cities in the present day. Through stories told of the experiences of the protagonists, it is possible to understand the daily lives of the ...

This study analyzes the formal and discursive strategies through which two fantasy texts by Mexican Alberto Chimal are built, as their specific characteristics are pointed out. The behavior of protagonists is highlighted ...

La narrativa costarricense actual pone en circulación una serie de temas nunca antes tratados en nuestra literatura; tal es el caso del texto de Uriel Quesada, donde la problemática gay y el homoerotismo se plantean a ...

This study focuses on how glocalization is manifested in the personal history of the story ́s protagonist: a man living in an end of the century Latin American society, who, by narrating his experiences, construes and shows ...

This article establishes a dialogue between Yolanda Oreamuno'short story and three of her essays in order to point out the coherence of costarrican author's ethic and aesthetic vision.