Body and Grotesque as Self-Disruption in Kerstin Hensel’s Gothic East(ern) German Novel Lärchenau (2008)

[EN] By analysing the novel Lärchenau and its -to a certain point- gothic features, this article interprets the elaboration of body in this novel as a site of the expression of power, but also as an alternative language. The grotesque dimension and the representation of the bodily numbness and pain as projections of historical awareness are key elements for the interpretation of Lärchenau in the context of Post-Unification Germany.

Diccionario electrónico concordado de términos gramaticales y retóricos latinos (DECOTGREL): historia, métodos y objetivos

[ES] El interés de los estudiosos modernos por el léxico especializado en latín empezó ya en las primeras décadas del siglo xx. Sin embargo, el tratamiento sistemático de los términos científico-técnicos tanto desde el punto de vista teórico como práctico tardó más de medio siglo en alcanzar un cierto grado de desarrollo porque no disponían de instrumentos adecuados para progresar adecuadamente. La llegada de las modernas tecnologías electrónicas para el tratamiento masivo de la información, así como el desarrollo teórico de una ciencia cognitiva de la comunicación han proporcionado a los investigadores los medios para elaborar potentes instrumentos lexicográficos que son capaces de dar satisfacción en buena medida a las necesidades que tenía el gran desarrollo alcanzado por la investigación a lo largo de las últimas décadas en todos los campos de la ciencia. El decotgrel, en tanto que diccionario concordado, es un buen ejemplo de las posibilidades y retos que tiene ante sí la lexicografía y la terminología del siglo XXI.

Territorial Integrity and Self-Determination : The Approach of the International Court of Justice in the Advisory Opinion on Kosovo

[EN] On 17 February 2008 Kosovo approved its declaration of independence from Serbia. The declaration was raised as a unilateral secession, a category which to date is widely debated by the international community, but supported in that case by a respectable number of the United Nation member states. A great many legal issues have been raised by the International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion on Kosovo. This opinion was eagerly awaited by legal scholars due to both its possible effects and the scope of its principles outside the context of decolonization in what it could constitute of new approach to the international scenario for the twenty-first century. The ICJ stated that the declaration of independence was in accordance with international law if it was not prohibited. The answer turned on whether or not international law prohibited the declaration of independence, without ever examining whether an entity seeking secession is entitled with a positive right to secede and if so, under which circumstances. The basic issue can be summarised as whether or not we are facing a new course in the interpretation of certain classical categories of international law: the principle of territorial integrity, statehood, sovereignty, recognition, the right to external self-determination, etc. In this study we shall analyse some of the aspects arising from the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo focusing on the territorial issue. Firstly we shall analyse the scope of the principle of territorial integrity of States and how it operates ; secondly, we shall focus on the scope of that principle in relation to the interior of the State, and ask ourselves how international law operates in relation to declarations of independence. Lastly, we shall deal with the principle of respect for territorial integrity in the specific case of Serbia with respect to Kosovo, and then end with a series of general conclusions. This study aims, definitely, to contribute to the theoretical debate on the challenges to the traditional certainties of international law in this area.

Nombres de moluscos en la obra de Ateneo de Náucratis

[ES] El léxico griego relativo a los animales marinos constituye un campo muy extenso, al que en pocas ocasiones han dedicado su interés los estudiosos de la antigüedad. En el presente artículo ofrecemos un acercamiento a uno de los grupos que lo constituyen, el de los moluscos, junto con un intento de identificación de todas aquellas especies que lo permiten, partiendo de la obra de Ateneo de Náucratis y completando su información con otros datos obtenidos de Aristóteles, Eliano, Opiano y Plinio el viejo.

Diez años de investigación sobre teatro traducido en España: el proyecto TRACE y los archivos de censura

[EN] This contribution offers a brief overview of research undertaken for the last few years under the TRACE (translation and censorship, or censored translations) project with respect to theatre. The AGA (General Administration Archive in Alcala de Henares, Madrid), a unique source for information for translation scholars, has become the focus of TRACE-theatre investigations on Francoist Spain in the last few years. In Spain, these censorship archives have proved to be an essential source of information, and a rich reservoir of data that, when explored in depth, help draw a history of Spanish theatre in translation. Contrary to what one may think at first, the purpose of using censorship archives in TRACE is not only to check what got censored (banned, crossed out or modified) but rather to trace back all written evidence left by plays that underwent the bureaucratic censoring process which was applied to all cultural manifestations, national or foreign, theatrical as well as non-dramatic. And it is precisely when tracing back censorship records that one finds a way to uncover a history of Spanish theatre in translation that is yet to be written but can now be outlined.

Environmental judgment in early childhood and its relationship with the understanding of the concept of living beings

The evidence collected concerning the biocentric judgment that young children express when evaluating human actions on the environment leads some scholars to suggest that an essential understanding of the notion of living beings should appear earlier than previously believed. This research project aims to study that assumption. To this end, young children’s choice when they are put in situation of having to compare and choose the most negative option between environmentally harmful actions and the breaking of social conventions are examined. Afterwards, the results are categorized in relation to those obtained from the study of children’s grasp of the distinction between living beings and inanimate entities. The data is analysed according to the individuals’ age and overall, it suggests a lack of relationship between environmental judgment and the understanding of the concept of living beings. The final results are discussed in keeping with recent research in the field of moral development that underscores the role that unconscious emotional processing plays in the individual’s normative judgment.

Apuntes sobre clasicismo y modernidad

Mª José García Soler ( editora).Anejos de VELEIA. Serie Minor nº 17

More than one language in the brain

Boeckx C., M.C. Horno & J.L. Mendívil (Eds.)

Bonaparte printzearen inguruko hizkuntz eztabaidak

Lan hau UPV/EHUko Donostiako VII. Udako Ikastaroetan ("Euskalaritza XVIII eta XIX. mendeetan", 1988ko iraila) emandako hitzaldiaren testu zuzendu eta osatua da.

Metaphysics in the Work of Charles Darwin

It is not hard to see how two visions of nature are intertwined in Darwin’s Journal of Researches: one vision, the province of romantic authors depicting the sentiments awakened by certain landscapes, the other, the domain of natural scientists describing the world without reference to the aesthetic qualities of the scenery. Nevertheless, analyses of this double perspective in Darwin’s work are relatively rare. Most scholars focus on Darwin, the scientist, and more or less ignore the aesthetic aspects of his work. Perceiving the gradual transformation of Darwin’s world view, however, depends on analyzing the two different modes in which Darwin approached and perceived the world. While one can, on occasion, find commentaries on the beauty of the natural world in Darwin’s early work, the passage of time produces a modification in the naturalist’s manner of perceiving nature. This does not, however, mean that Darwin ceases to find beauty in nature; on the contrary, the disenchantment, in Max Weber’s words, that Darwin’s theory produces should not be understood in a pejorative, but rather in a literal sense. The theory of evolution, in effect, divests nature of its magical character and begins to explain it in terms of natural selection, according it, in the process a new and more intense attraction. In the present work, the metaphysical implications of this new vision of the world are analyzed through the eyes of its discoverer.

Identidad, imagen y reputación de la empresa: integración de propuestas teóricas para una gestión exitosa

[ES] El nuevo paradigma propuesto por el marketing corporativo identifica la gestión de la identidad, imagen y reputación de la empresa como elementos esenciales para la supervivencia y el éxito empresarial. Consecuentemente, la comprensión clara de estos tres conceptos es el primer requisito básico para las empresas interesadas en gestionar sus negocios en línea con las tendencias de marketing más actuales. No obstante, la proliferación de enfoques académicos en el estudio de la identidad, imagen y reputación dificulta la creación de un conocimiento integral en este particular. En el presente trabajo se propone una revisión teórica, integrando diversas perspectivas académicas, para comprender mejor los conceptos y las dimensiones de la identidad, imagen y reputación de la empresa. Dicha revisión de literatura facilita la mejor comprensión y gestión de estas tres vertientes del marketing corporativo tanto en el ámbito académico como profesional.

¿Encargó Braulio de Zaragoza a Eugenio de Toledo que compusiera una Misa de San Millán?: para una interpretación de «Vita Emiliani», 3, 5-10

[EN] What is Braulio asking from Eugenius in this passage: that he requires a Mass to be celebrated (where?) in honour of San Millán, or that Eugenius himself writes the Mass, or, simply, some parts or prayers for it? Firstly, translations and interpretations provided by scholars to date are checked and criticized; then an interpretation of the passage is proposed, being based on textual criticism approaches, on the work context and on the cultural environment in which this work takes place.

Building TRACE (translations censored) theatre corpus: some methodological questions on text selection

Editores:Micaela Muñoz-Calvo; Carmen Buesa-Gómez

Nombres de moluscos en la obra de Ateneo de Náucratis

[ES] El léxico griego relativo a los animales marinos constituye un campo muy extenso, al que en pocas ocasiones han dedicado su interés los estudiosos de la Antigüedad. En el presente artículo ofrecemos un acercamiento a uno de los grupos que lo constituyen, el de los moluscos, junto con un intento de identificación de todas aquellas especies que lo permiten, partiendo de la obra de Ateneo de Náucratis y completando su información con otros datos obtenidos de Aristóteles, Eliano, Opiano y Plinio el Viejo.