Synopses & Reviews
Breves cuentos hispanos offers intermediate Spanish students twelve enjoyable, short, and challenging stories. Each story is accompanied by a series of varied activities including grammar review, vocabulary development, and comprehension, discussion, and opinion questions. The fourth edition contains eight new stories by Elena Poniatowska, Horacio Quiroga, Ramón Luis Acevedo, Rosa Montero, Dinorah Cortés-Vélez, Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Carmen Laforet, and Reinaldo Arenas.
Features:
· An introduction entitled “How to Read a Foreign Language” suggests strategies and hints for a successful foreign-language reading experience.
· Pre- and post-reading activities foster better reading skills.
· Author biographies include a brief history of the period setting the stage for the accompanying reading.
· Discusión y opinions sections ask students to share their experiences and opinions regarding each story and its cultural contents.
Synopsis
Supplemental reader for 3rd, 4th, or 5th semester Spanish courses.
Breves cuentos hispanos offers elementary/intermediate Spanish students enjoyable, short, challenging stories. Each story includes a series of varied activities including grammar review, vocabulary development, comprehension, discussion, and opinion questions. The fourth edition of this successful reader contains 8 new stories, and twelve in all.
Synopsis
Supplemental reader for 3rd, 4th, or 5th semester Spanish courses. Breves cuentos hispanos offers elementary/intermediate Spanish students enjoyable, short, challenging stories. Each story includes a series of varied activities including grammar review, vocabulary development, comprehension, discussion, and opinion questions. The fourth edition of this successful reader contains 8 new stories, and twelve in all.
About the Author
Eufemia Sánchez de la Calle is an Associate Professor of Spanish at the department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Marquette University in Milwaukee, where she has taught since receiving her Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 1990. She is the author of Isaac Montero: pionero de la narrativa española contemporánea, She has contributed numerous articles on narrative, film, and drama to professional journals.
Table of Contents
1. El recado – Elena Poniatowska
2. Juan Darién – Horacio Quiroga
3. Los dos reyes y los dos laberintos – José Luis Borges
4. El encuentro – Ramón Luis Acevedo
5. El huésped – Amparo Dávila
6. Continuidad de los parques – Julio Cortázar
7. Un día de estos – Gabriel García Márquez
8. La gloria de los feos – Rosa Montero
9. Estampida – Dinorah Cortés-Vélez
10. La corta vida feliz del profesor Iriarte – Alfredo Bryce Echenique
11. Rosamunda – Carmen Laforet
12. Con los ojos cerrados – Reinaldo Arenas