Rain Forest Literatures: Amazonian Texts and Latin American Culture
Added by: huelgas | Karma: 1208.98 | Fiction literature | 28 January 2009
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Disclosing the existence and nature of longstanding, rich, and complex Native American literary and intellectual traditions that have typically been neglected or demeaned by literary criticism, Rain Forest Literatures analyzes four indigenous cultural traditions: the Carib, Tupi-Guarani, Upper Rio Negro, and Western Arawak. In each case, Sá considers principal native texts and, where relevant, their publication history. She offers a historical overview of the impact of these texts on mainstream Spanish-American and Brazilian literatures, detailing comparisons with native sources and making close analyses of major instances, such as Mário de Andrade’s classic Macunaima (1928) and Mario Vargas Llosa’s The Storyteller (1986).
Forests can be wet or dry, hot or freezing cold. One thing they all have is lots of trees! Discover the plants and animals of the huge Amazon rainforest, the forest plants that don't need soil, and how forests help us to treat cancer.
Eye Wonder Forest goes deep into the woods to reveal the animal and plant life -- Did you know that Bristlecone Pines can live for more than 8,000 years? Find out facts like this and more in this fact-packed guide to forests.
Bedtime story about a bear family whose members share their love with the rest of the forest animals. The book has beautiful illustrations and is very well scaned. Enjoy!
