Alejandra Castro
Literature
Costa Rica’s early literary figures were mostly essayists and poets (Roberto Brenes Mesen and Joaquin Garcia Monge are the most noteworthy). Even the writing of the 1930s and ’40s, whose universal theme was a plea for social progress, lacked the pace and verisimilitude and rich literary delights of other Latin American authors. Carlos Luis Fallas’s Mamita Yunai, which depicts the plight of banana workers, is the best and best-known example of this genre. Other examples include Fallas’s Gentes y Gentecillas, Joaquén Gutierrez’s Puerto Limón and Federica, and Carmen Lyra’s Bananos y Hombres.
Much of modern literature still draws largely from the local setting, and though the theme of class struggle has given way to a lighter, more novelistic approach it still largely lacks the mystical, surrealistic, Rabelaisian excesses, the endless layers of experience and meaning, and the wisdom, subtlety, and palpitating romanticism of the best of Brazilian, Argentinean, and Colombian literature. An outstanding exception is Julieta Pinto’s El Eco de los Pasos, a striking novel about the 1948 Civil War.
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Nació en San José de Costa Rica el 22 de abril de 1974. Es abogada, Especialista en Derechos de Autor, Máster en Literatura Española de la Universidad de Costa Rica y Máster en Derecho Inform�tico de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
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La Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, la primera en lengua castellana, es un fondo bibliográfico con obras de Literatura, Historia, Ciencias, etc., de libre acceso. Incluye trabajos de investigación, catálogo en otras …
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Costa Rican philosopher complete online works.
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Clubdelibros, la primer revista literaria costarricense nació en el mes de enero del 2002; lleg� a este mundo para cumplir con la importante meta de fomentar la lectura, de guiar a los lectores de todo el mundo, de compartir ese amor por los libros y crear …
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Bienvenido y bienvenida al sitio web de la Editorial Costa Rica, le ofrecemos información variada del mundo literario costarricense, así como novedades, promociones, concursos literarios, recomendaciones po�ticas y rese�as de libros de la Editorial. Los in …
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Poemas y obras de la escritora.
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