Dissidences, Hispanic Criticism

Posted in Hispanic Humor and Comedy | No Comments » December 24th, 2011

 Dissidences, Hispanic Journal of Theory and Criticism has been   active since 2005 and is indexed by the Modern Language Association. It is designed to fill the gap between scholarly publications and traditional practices and the present dynamics of knowledge production in Hispanic cultural and literary studies.

It attempts to reach as many scholars as much as possible both in the US and abroad about Hispanic criticism. This journal publishes essays that are conceived at the confluence of the theory and Hispanic literature criticism in a broad sense. Oral traditions, literature, intersections of image and word and theoretical  discussions with regards to the diverse political,  historical, social and aesthetic junctures which  the cultures of Spain and Latin America are created today or produced before.

Dissidences has published around ninety eight articles and book reviews that are authored by different  scholars from universities and colleges in the four continents, most of them coming from the United States, Latin America,  UK and Spain. Moreover, the journal has found a legitimate and unique standing the academy that translates into a bigger number of submissions and a continuously growing number of website visits. Scholars who are interested in submitting articles to be considered for publication should send them to their email address.

Hispanic Criticism

Posted in Hispanic Humor and Comedy | No Comments » December 7th, 2011

 Hispanic criticism such as those in literature provides important information about Hispanic authors and their works. Hispanic Literature Criticism focuses on modern or contemporary authors and Hispanic Criticism Supplement concentrates on the Hispanic authors of the last four centuries. Literature students, sociology, ethnic diversity and other related courses with find it very informative and useful.

Hispanic criticism compiles plenty of previously published essays and literary works that check out the essential works of poets, dramatists, novelists and other writers from Spain, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Brazil, Cuba, Argentina and other countries. The lives of all these authors serve to represent five-hundred years of making literature that inspired people not just in Hispanic countries but throughout the world.

The ethical turn of the Hispanic cultural and literary criticism marked the withdrawal from politics that was   in general a coincident with the hegemony of neoliberalism. The great value of the collection is it effects a reversal of this tendency marked by the resurgence of the left in Latin America. It aims too find new methods of conceiving the political from ethical. Hispanic criticism is a wonderful collection that will make a lasting contribution to modern scholarship. It hastens development of conversations between Cultural Studies and Latin American academic enclaves.

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