International Conference on Multilingualism and Multilingual Education

The conference considers all aspects of the linguistic and sociolinguistic competences and practices of bi-/multilingual speakers who cross existing social and linguistic boundaries, adopting or adapting themselves to new and overlapping linguistic spaces. Topics will include: (multiple) language acquisition and learning (L3, L4, Lx); psycho- and neurolinguistics of multilingualism; translanguaging; early bilingualism and heritage language[Leer más]
13/02/2017

Retóricas del poder y nombres del padre en la literatura latinoamericana: paternalismo, política y forma literaria en Graciliano Ramos, Juan Rulfo, João Guimarães Rosa y José Lezama Lima

Con la caída de las dictaduras continentales, América Latina esperaba presenciar el ocaso de un personaje central en su historia: el patriarca político. En el siglo XXI, sin embargo, esta figura ha ganado una renovada actualidad con el rebrote de un nuevo populismo paternalista. Este trabajo analiza la representación literaria del padre y su relación con la política en textos de Graciliano Ramos, Juan Rulfo, João Guimarães Rosa y José Lezama[Leer más]
13/02/2017

PILAS Annual Conference 2017. “Discontinuities and Resistance in Latin America”

Latin America is one of the world regions in which borders are malleable or fragile, yet resistant. As its nations seek to establish and assert themselves on a continental and global stage, challenging, and being challenged by, outside influences, historical, political, geographic and economic fault lines often appear to check progress and modernization. One only has to think of Brazil, which recently hosted a truly global mega-event, with its[Leer más]
13/02/2017

PILAS Annual Conference 2017. «Discontinuities and Resistance in Latin America»

Latin America is one of the world regions in which borders are malleable or fragile, yet resistant. As its nations seek to establish and assert themselves on a continental and global stage, challenging, and being challenged by, outside influences, historical, political, geographic and economic fault lines often appear to check progress and modernization. One only has to think of Brazil, which recently hosted a truly global mega-event, with its[Leer más]
10/02/2017