Essays Tagged: "Alcalá de Henares"

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

MIGUEL de CERVANTESMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra, born September 29, 1547, was a Spanish novelist, dramatist ... influence to other renaissance writers. Cervantes was born to a poor family in a town called Alcala de Henares. His father was a surgeon who made little money to support the family . Without the means ... y career. Not till his later years did Cervantes find a patron. It was then that he had the time to devote to his writing. Cervantes was a literary experimenter. In 1568, when Cervantes was a s ...

(4 pages) 85 0 4.6 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Coloquio de los perros: presencia y funcionalidad de la analepsis

1. IntroducciónMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra superó de mucho a los escritores de su tiempo en su género dando ... o en su género dando a la novela una forma y una fuerza nueva que todavía hoy se considera como el nacimiento de la novela moderna. Tras haber creado una de las obras maestras de la lite ... as maestras de la literatura universal, o sea, el Quijote, nos vuelve a maravillar con otra muestra de originalidad que son las Novelas ejemplares publicadas en 1613. Es la primera vez que se utiliza ...

(20 pages) 18 0 0.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Uncertainties of life

"Life's one certainty is its sheer uncertainty." To be uncertain means to be undetermined and unsteady. Any absolute predictions are therefore meaningless. Besides its unsureness, ... its unsureness, uncertainty can be life-changing as well.I always thought that David Beckham would devote his entire career to Manchester United, the club that nurtured him when he was in his teenage ... ts suggested that the team was built around him. This legendary connection between him and the "red devils" seemed to be immovable until his relationship with his manager deteriorated further on 15 Fe ...

(2 pages) 8 0 0.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing