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Épocas y avances offers a communicative-humanistic approach to second language acquisition. It emphasizes particular aspects of the history, literature, art, society, geography, language, and culture of Spain and Latin America through a series of readings and related activities specifically designed to enhance linguistic proficiency. The cuaderno de trabajo is designed to: Reinforce and enhance the vocabulary and grammatical structures learned in the principal text Provide an additional review of fundamental concepts Offer oral comprehension practice with an original audio program for each...

Bajo la direcci�n de Robert Wilson, director de la colecci�n y fundador de la colecci�n "Aprender idiomas en 5 d�as". �Aprender ingl�s de manera sencilla y divertida? �Ahora es posible! Con el famoso m�todo Wilson y sus cursos en 30 minutos cada d�a, no m�s, el lector tiene la mejor oportunidad de aprender ingl�s con �xito. Sin perder el tiempo con informaciones innecesarias, con una lecci�n por d�a y con una colecci�n de 10 libros que abordan, seg�n las necesidades, los temas m�s importantes que hay que dominar en la pr�ctica: las errores mas frecuentes...

The book studies the relation between the avant-garde and graphic humour in two critical historical periods: the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the early years of the Cuban Revolution (1959-1961). It focuses on the so-called war magazines in Spain on the Republican side (No Veas, Trincheras, and LEsquella de la Torratxa,among others) and the Francoist side (Vértice and La Ametralladora). In the part devoted to Cuba, the analysis covers the newspaper Revolución and the avant-garde humour magazine El Pitirre, which ran simultaneously to the cultural supplement Lunes de Revolución and...

This volume contains the Proceedings of an NEH-sponsored seminar on the above topic. The book presents the lectures by Juan Bautista de Avalle-Arce, Jorge E. Gracia, Francisco Miranda, José Rabasa, nineteen essays written by participating faculty, and twelve summaries presented by other scholars.