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]
This work examines trends in CALL research and postulates strategies for classroom assessment of CALL. To illustrate, a pilot study designed to evaluate a music-based multimedia program is described. A group of 25 mid-advanced Spanish students, enrolled i
Felisberto Hernandez has long held an equivocal place in the canon of modem Latin American literature, uneasily labeled as an exponent of fantastic literature and often dismissed for his discursive and eccentric accounts of social interactions in a petit
Books read with the total absorption of childhood are hugely influential nad affectionately remembered. They are an important element in our emotional histories. Rereading them after many years is not the simple nostalgic exercise it might at first appear
This article suggests that the worldwide, multiage appeal of Harry Potter may lie int he way these stories of magic meet the needs of readers to find meaning in today's unmagical contexts. The imaginative appeal and symbolic efficacy of the books for chi
A short celebratory article about the life and career of the English children's book author/illustrator, John Ryan, most famous for creating the eponymous pirate Captain Pugwash. This article documents Ryan's early career at school and int he army, and
First published in 1958, Elizabeth George Speare's Newbery award-winning novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond remains an immensely popular teaching tool in US social studies classrooms today. Speare's story--which describes the challenges an orphaned daugh
Ursula Le Guin's original Earthsea trilogy was published between 1968 and 1972. Sequels have since been published at long intervals, first Tehanu in 1990, then The Other Wind (together with a volume of short stories, Tales from Earthsea) in 2002. This es
Despite considerable literature describing the potential place of spirituality in occupational therapy, surveys repeatedly demonstrate that therapists are uncomfortable with this concept in practice. To gain a better understanding of how spirituality migh
Objectives To describe the development of the spirituality, religiousness, and personal beliefs for the WHOQOL-SRBP instrument, and to report the main findings of research conducted with focus groups composed of subjects representative of the most common
Saavedra was not Cervantes's last name, nor one that his direct ancestors bore. The writer assumed this surname after his return from Barbary, where he was a captive from 1575 to 1580. This surname acquires an extraordinary significance in the light of t
In this article, I try to offer a revision of the problems in the tradition and evolution of Charlemagne's youthful exploits epic legend and to reconsider the possibility of a Spanish epic poem on this subject. To do so, it is one of my concerns to expla
This article is intended to raise the question of whether sacrifice can be regarded as constituting a deep ethical structure in the relationship between patient and carer. The significance of sacrifice in a patient - carer relationship cannot, however, be
Although Ricoeur and Taylor are often grouped together, their conceptions of language, literature, and practical reason are very different. The first half of this essay focuses on Ricoeur's theory of triple mimesis and narrative, showing how his attempt
Objective: To evaluate climacteric symptoms among rural and remote, indigenous Australian women and to develop culturally relevant women's health midlife educational material. Design: A cross-sectional pilot survey based on structured interviews of women
It seems that the French particle done is not always used as a conjunction of argumentation, linking the antecedent to the consequent and presenting the consequent as a kind of logical result of the antecedent, as is the case in its inferential use: 'Il