This article explores the relationship between literature, childhoods, and youth in the educational sphere during the Popular Unity administration (UP... [more]
This essay reflects on the paradox of how the twenty-first-century opening up of comparative literature to non-Western literatures under the aegis of ... [more]
While internationally there is long-standing research activity on the effectiveness of language contacts (especially in the form of mobility stays) at tertiary level and a number of literature syntheses on this field have been published, research projects
In the study of scientific discourse, most of the linguistic literature emphasizes politeness strategies, claiming that the scientific role demands maintaining objectivity and, therefore, mitigating criticism of other scientists (e.g., Myers 1989; Hyland
This paper is divided into two parts: (I) an overview of artist paints with emphasis on durability issues and (H) a progress report on research aimed at optimizing acrylic resins for artist paints. In Part I we describe the major types of artist paints (o
The female torso appears often in Surrealist photography. This article examines images by Man Ray and others in terms of their relation to classical form. It explores ways in which torsos appear as fragments, as body doubling corsets and mannequins, and a
This article examines a range of literature on argumentation in education published since 1990 and looks at four models of argumentation in depth. It begins by acknowledging that the field of argument studies and argumentation is now large and interdiscip
Two weapons showing grey silver like surfaces of the Spanish Late Bronze Age were investigated using SEM and metallography. The coating layer in the best preserved dagger is 6 phase tin. This is not in agreement with the experimental results and analytica
La hija del mar, , the sentimental novel that would constitute Rosal & iacute;a de Castro's first incursion in fictional prose, was first published in Vigo in 1859, edited by Compa & ntilde;el. The novel consists of twenty chapters, all of them preceded
According to historical analysis and textual interpretation, the propagation of the Catholic doctrine of the Trinity in the Ming and Qing dynasties was closely related to Matteo Ricci. When entering China, Ricci put forward the 'Theory of Buddhist-Daoist
The article examines the censorship activity of the Council of Castile, beginning with the laws and their interpretation, which sometimes led to disagreement with the Inquisition. Specific focus is paid to treatment of literature, the critical essay press
During the past thirty years, scholars of Arab cultural politics have struggled to articulate modern Palestinians' unique ways of viewing the medieval past. Al-Andalus in particular fascinates authors and visual artists of Palestine. Our current theoreti
The memory of the Second World War remains a bone of contention between Poland and Ukraine. The countries' mnemonic discourses differ significantly, especially regarding the legacy of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Most local children's and young adult a
This article explores the cultural representation of the urban male's return to the countryside in Santiago Lorenzo's Los asquerosos, Javier Cercas' Terra Alta, Oliver Laxe's Lo que arde, Rodrigo Sorogoyen's As bestas and Mikel Guerrea's film Suro.
This paper aims at filling the current fissure in the literature pertaining to the presence of Brazilian Portuguese in Massachusetts by 1) presenting historical and contemporary evidence of the prevalence of Portuguese language in the state of Massachuset
This essay reviews the literature on the economics of religion in the perspective of the current debate on norms and values in the Netherlands and elsewhere. The main emphasis is on religion as an institution. It also considers the role of institutions fo