Discusses the style of the Ecuadorian novelist Othon Castillo and the literary techniques used in his novel "Cruel Nature." The novel describes the cities of Quito and Santa Ana in Ecuador and their inhabitants. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)

Special issue in honor of the contemporary Spanish poet, Luis Rosales. (DS)

Special issue honoring Luis Rosales, contemporary Spanish poet. (DS)

Eleven articles honoring the Spanish author. (DS)

Special issue devoted to works and criticisms of Benito Perez Galdos on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Spanish author's death. First time that Hispania" has dedicated an entire issue to one author. (DS)

Spanish foreign language teaching should aim at the following: 1) adequate reading-comprehension ability; 2) fluency in spoken and written Spanish; and 3) ability to recognize linguistic characteristics in literature, which would serve as a basis for further graduate stylistic research. (Text is in Spanish.) (Author/DS)

Evaluates the works of present-day Spanish writers, Carlos Claveria Lizana, Ricardo Fernandez de la Reguera, Mercedes Ballesteros Gaibrois, Luis Romero, Jorge Guillen, and Lauro Olmo. (DS)

Delineates the correspondence, the critical and the poetical works of Paul Verlaine centering on the Spanish writers, Cervantes, Calderon, and Gongora. (DS)