More than just an anthology, this text is an introduction to literary analysis with readings from Spanish and Spanish American Literature. Organized by the four genres of prose, poetry, drama, and the essay, the text provides a rich and diverse array of reading selections. Each section is accompanied by an introduction and each reading by headnotes and exercises. McGraw-Hill is also offering The Student Workbook to Accompany Aproximaciones al estudio de la literatura hispánica.

Product Description: The essays in this collection explore in diverse ways a single topic: the mythic representation of woman in Ltin American literature. The contributors, whose critical approaches range from semiotics, structuralism, and archetypal criticism to discourse analysis, survey the varied ways in which the female of the Spanish and Portuguese New World has been treated mythically in literature...read more