Summary

This anthology of Spanish and Spanish-American literature is sure to delight those readers who want to read a book that emphasizes moments of extraordinary literary production. It provides as full a range as possible of artistic expression within each significant period of literary history.This book covers the Hispanic literary tradition from the medieval period to contemporary feminist literature.For those readers who are interested in Spanish and Spanish-American writings.

Author Biography

Rodney Rodríguez is Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages at Manhattan College/ The College of Mount Saint Vincent in New York City. A native of Tampa, Florida, he has his undergraduate degree from Florida State University and his advanced degrees from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL). His many publications center primarily on eighteenth and nineteenth-century narrative and modern Spanish poetry. He is currently the chair of the Spanish SAT II Test Development Committee for the College Board.

La poca Medieval
Introduccion
El Cantar de Mio Cid, Tirada
Los milagros de nuestra seoora (XX)
Las cantigas de Santa Maria (181)
El Conde Lucanor (Lo que le sucedio a un mozo que se caso con una mujer de muy mal caricter)
Proverbios morales (fragmento)
El libro de buen amor (fragmentos)
Poema XXIV
El encuentro entre dos culturas
Introduccion
El laberinto de la soledad (fragmento)
Brevisima relacion de la destruccion de las Indias (fragmento)
Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva Espaoa (fragmento)
Los Naufragios (fragmentos)
Historia general de las cosas de Nueva Espaoa (fragmento)
Comentarios Reales (fragmento)
El buen gobierno (fragmento)
La poesia del Renacimiento
Introduccion
El Romancero
En tanto que de rosa y azucena
Subo, con tan gran peso quebrantado
La vida retirada
Muero porque no muero
Noche oscura del alma
La araucana (fragmento)
A mis soledades voy
La prosa ficcion del Siglo de Oro
Introduccion
La Celestina (fragmento)
Lazarillo de Tormes
Don Quijote de la Mancha (I, i-viii; xxii)
El prevenido engaoado
La comedia del Siglo de Oro
Introduccion
El burlador de Sevilla
El Barroco
Introduccion
La dulce boca que a gustar convida y Mientras por competir con tu cabello
Los sueoos (III) y Mire los muros de la patria mia
El heroe (Primor I)
La vida es sueoo (Soliloquios de Segismundo)
A una vieja del Cuzco
Hombres necios que acusiis y En perseguirme mundo, que interesas?
El Romanticismo y Sus Huellas
Introduccion
Los caprichos
En una tempestad
Vuelva usted maoana
Cancion de Pirata
Don Juan Tenorio (3r acto)
A el
El matadero
Martin Fierro (fragmento)
El alacrin de Fray Gomez
No digiis que agotado su tesoro, Yo soy ardiente, yo soy morena, y Volverin las oscuras golondrinas
Cando penso que te fuches
El realismo y el naturalismo y su duracion
Introduccion
Fortunata y Jacinta (fragmento)
Las media rojas
Clarin
Los amores de Bentos Sagrera
El desalojo
El hijo
De como al fin lloro Juan Pablo
Pobre negro (fragmento)
Los amos
La poesia odernista y su inflencia
Introduccion
Yo soy un hombre sincero y Dos patrias
Nocturno III
Cancion de otooo en primavera, Sinfonia en gris mayor
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Structure and featuresMomentos cumbres de las literaturas hispanicasprovides students and their instructors with one, handy collection of Spanish and Spanish-American texts aimed at teaching literary analysis as well as the main periods of Hispanic literary production. Its main focus, however, is to introduce students to the techniques of literary analysis. It guides students systematically through each work, first with pre-reading activities (Antes de leer) which pose issues related to the text but that also connect to the student's realm of experiences. In this way, the reader has a notion of the text's primary concerns. The next section--Codigos para la comprension--provides students with the specialized knowledge (historical, cultural, linguistic, and so forth) needed to understand the meaning of the text. The text itself is analyzed through a two-pronged process: first, by means of a series ofPasos para la compresionaimed at understanding the salient features of the text and later throughPasos para una lectura mas a fondo,which seek to decode the subtext and get beyond the literal meaning. Whenever possible, both sets ofpasosfocus on the literary text as a cultural construct so that the selection can be used as a vehicle for discussing and understanding aspects of Hispanic history, society, values, and culture.The two-tiered structure of thepasosprovides flexibility. Instructors may wish to deal only with the first set ofpasos,especially if their objective is reading comprehension. Or, the first tier may be assigned for preparation outside of class while the second, more sophisticated set of literary considerations, can be used for classroom discussion. It should be noted that thepasosare not merely a set of objective questions related to the plot and themes of the work. They often reveal information or make suggestions that provide students with clues for unraveling the hidden messages of the works. Thepasosare not always solved with a clear-cut response; they are aimed at opening up the multiple possibilities of the text, so that no single interpretation is sought.Several features of the text support its emphasis on training students in literary analysis. First, a preliminary chapter (Bases teoricas) explains in simple language and with concrete examples the concepts of the modern literary theory that will be used throughout the book. And secondly, theDiccionario de terminos literarios,located in the appendix, serves as a useful reference tool. It not only defines terms, but frequently provides a concrete example from one of the texts in the anthology. The appendix also contains a section onMetrica espanolawhich explains in simple language the rules of Spanish prosody.Momentos cumbres,as the title suggests, is centered on moments of extraordinary or significant literary production. Consequently, the texts in each unit are selected to provide a broad range of artistic expression within each literary period or modality No attempt has been made to reveal the range of styles or expression of any single author. Lope deVega, for instance, appears as a Renaissance poet and not as a Golden Age dramatist. The accompanying web site (see below) leads students to additional works by authors.While most of the authors included in the anthology form part of the Hispanic literary canon, there has been an attempt to include previously silenced voices. This is the case with the medieval Jewish discourse of Sem Tob, and voice of the defeated Incans of Felipe Guaman Portia de Ayala, and the expression of feminine issues during the Spanish Golden Age with the work of Maria de Zayas. In a similar fashion, the term "Hispanic" has been interpreted in its broadest sense to include a great medieval Catalan poet (Ausias March), an example ofgallego portuguespoetry (theCantigasof Al