África Después de la Guerra Fría

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Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

El libro reúne una serie de quince ataques a la idea que el mundo se hace acerca de sí mismo, por caminos variados, pero tratando de desmontar la pretendida relación entre el lenguaje y aquello de que el lenguaje habla, yendo desde un análisis de las afirmaciones estalinianas sobre el lenguaje o un examen del fenómeno de la traducción hasta un estudio estilístico de textos de propaganda o de los modos de salirse de la Tierra a la Luna, pasando, entre otros, por algunas disquisiciones sobre las nociones de causa y fin, los grados de realidad de los colores o los sintagmas prohibidos nos ...

A través del análisis de textos y fragmentos narrativos y de una variada propuesta de ejercicios de lectura comprensiva, de repaso gramatical, de técnicas de narración y de producción de textos propios, los alumnos podrán desarrollar progresivamente su capacidad de comprensión y expresión de textos escritos.