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Meaning of "literatura" in the Spanish dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LITERATURA

La palabra literatura procede del latín litteratūra.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LITERATURA IN SPANISH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LITERATURA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
Literatura is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LITERATURA MEAN IN SPANISH?

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literatura

Literature

Literatura

Literature is the art that uses the word as an instrument. By extension, it also refers to the set of literary productions of a nation, an era or even a genre and the set of works that deal with an art or a science. It is studied by literary theory. La literatura es el arte que utiliza como instrumento la palabra. Por extensión, se refiere también al conjunto de producciones literarias de una nación, de una época o incluso de un género y al conjunto de obras que versan sobre un arte o una ciencia. Es estudiada por la teoría literaria.

Definition of literatura in the Spanish dictionary

The first definition of literature in the dictionary of the real academy of the Spanish language is art that uses a language as a means of expression. Another meaning of literature in the dictionary is a set of literary productions of a nation, an era or a genre. Greek literature. The literature of the sixteenth century. Literature is also a set of works that deal with an art or a science. Medical literature Legal literature La primera definición de literatura en el diccionario de la real academia de la lengua española es arte que emplea como medio de expresión una lengua. Otro significado de literatura en el diccionario es conjunto de las producciones literarias de una nación, de una época o de un género. La literatura griega. La literatura del siglo xvi. Literatura es también conjunto de obras que versan sobre un arte o una ciencia. Literatura médica. Literatura jurídica.
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SPANISH WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LITERATURA


abreviatura
a·bre·via·tu·ra
asignatura
a·sig·na·tu·ra
candidatura
can·di·da·tu·ra
caricatura
ca·ri·ca·tu·ra
criatura
cria·tu·ra
curvatura
cur·va·tu·ra
diplomatura
di·plo·ma·tu·ra
estatura
es·ta·tu·ra
jefatura
je·fa·tu·ra
judicatura
ju·di·ca·tu·ra
legislatura
le·gis·la·tu·ra
licenciatura
li·cen·cia·tu·ra
magistratura
ma·gis·tra·tu·ra
miniatura
mi·nia·tu·ra
musculatura
mus·cu·la·tu·ra
natura
na·tu·ra
nomenclatura
no·men·cla·tu·ra
prematura
pre·ma·tu·ra
signatura
sig·na·tu·ra
temperatura
tem·pe·ra·tu·ra

SPANISH WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LITERATURA

lite
litera
literal
literalidad
literalmente
literaria
literariamente
literario
literata
literato
literaturización
literaturizar
literero
litería
litiásico
litiasis
lítica
lítico
litificación
litigación

SPANISH WORDS THAT END LIKE LITERATURA

antinatura
apoyatura
baratura
chatura
colegiatura
coloratura
creatura
cuadratura
datura
decanatura
dictatura
filatura
foliatura
hilatura
medicatura
nunciatura
prelatura
sindicatura
tecnicatura
titulatura

Synonyms and antonyms of literatura in the Spanish dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «literatura» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LITERATURA

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The translations of literatura from Spanish to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «literatura» in Spanish.

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文学
1,325 millions of speakers

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literatura
570 millions of speakers

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literature
510 millions of speakers

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साहित्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator Spanish - Arabic

أدب
280 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Russian

литература
278 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Portuguese

literatura
270 millions of speakers

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সাহিত্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - French

littérature
220 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Malay

kesusasteraan
190 millions of speakers

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Literatur
180 millions of speakers

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文学
130 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Korean

문학
85 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Javanese

sastra
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator Spanish - Vietnamese

văn chương
80 millions of speakers

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இலக்கியம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Marathi

साहित्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Turkish

literatür
70 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Italian

letteratura
65 millions of speakers

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literatura
50 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Ukrainian

література
40 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Romanian

literatură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator Spanish - Greek

λογοτεχνία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator Spanish - Afrikaans

literatuur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator Spanish - Swedish

litteratur
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator Spanish - Norwegian

litteratur
5 millions of speakers

SPANISH - ENGLISH DICTIONARY

literatura
literatura 
  literature ; belles-lettres ; literary studies.
 Hearing books read will then be the only way they can receive the great body of the best literature in their native tongue.
 The self help section that will include practical social information as well as belles-lettres.
 Linguistics and literary studies, like most of the other liberal arts, have undergone considerable changes since the 1960s.
amante de la literatura 
literary
 On the other hand, in an automated system we would have a difficult time convincing the machine that Mr. Auden's death was not the cause for the sudden appearance on the literary scene of a new author.
apreciación de la literatura 
literature appreciation
 The coalition is headed by staff of Greenboro Public Library, North Carolina, and it encompasses remedial tutoring, literature appreciation, study skills and reading skills workshops.
Asociación Europea para la Literatura Gris (EAGLE) 
European Association for Grey Literature (EAGLE)
 Its members then formed the European Association for Grey Literature (EAGLE), which is now self supporting and growing fast, with national SIGLE centres throughout Europe.
clásico de la literatura 
literary classic
 Data from a nation-wide survey reveal gross ignorance of major events, personalities, documents, and literary classics in Western civilisation.
clasificación de la literatura narrativa 
fiction classification
 Fiction classifications are used extensively in public libraries.
crecimiento de la literatura 
literature growth
 There is significant optimism about technological innovation meeting any possible crisis in literature growth.
estudios de literatura clásica 
classical studies
 Though the essays cluster separately about the themes of religion, science, and classical studies, the author adopts a broadly interdisciplinary approach, leaving the boundaries between topics appealingly open.
explosión de la literatura, la  [Expresión utilizada para describir el crecimiento vertiginoso de las publicaciones en la segunda mitad del siglo veinte Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
literature explosion, the
 The 'paper storm' or the 'literature explosion' are evocative terms coined to draw attention to the dramatic nature of the growth of literature.
historia de la literatura 
literary history
 It is yet too early to attempt the task of determining the due place of the nineteenth century in the literary history of France.
libro de literatura no ficticia 
non-fiction book
 A borrowing of a non-fiction book could be the autobiography of a near-illiterate footballer ghosted by a hack journalist.
literatura americana 
American literature
 The importance of little magazines in contemporary American literature shows no signs of diminishing.
literatura barata  [Novela que se escribe en poco tiempo, se publica de un modo barato y cuyo contenido tiende a ser sensacionalista]
pulp fiction
 In contemporary terms, how many private library catalogues record the presence of pulp fiction.
literatura científica   [Cualquier documento cuyo objetivo es divulgar el conocimiento sobre algo o alquien y que por su contenido no se incluye dentro de lo que que se denomina literatura narrativa] 
scientific literature
subject literature
scholarly literature
 Search the scientific literature using Boolean logic and truncation.
 A few titles in Afrikaans are recommended and it is suggested that both fiction and subject literature be used.
 The obvious alternative would be denial of access to scholarly literature.
literatura clásica 
classical literature
 Younger students tended to have a greater proportion of books on teaching methodology, while older colleagues bought more classical literature.
literatura de divulgación 
reportage
 Educational literature in Canada is dominated by reportage, opinion and handbook types of publication.
literatura de escape 
escape literature
 This is because the intellectual content of what much of society would call recreation is low, as is manifest in what is often contemptuously referred to as `escape' literature.
literatura de evasión 
escapist literature
 Librarians must not allow their professionalism to betray them into imposing a well-meaning censorship on what children should read in the way of escapist literature.
literatura de ficción  
imaginative literature
imaginative writing
 In short, imaginative literature can add greatly to an understanding of educational problems and the social milieu in which they find expression.
 The state purchasing scheme for new literature was introduced at a time when imaginative writing was at a low ebb.
literatura de imaginación  [Obras literarias en prosa que presentan caracteres y acontecimientos imaginados por el autor con objeto de entretener al lector]
fiction
 It is widely recognised that it is difficult and unhelpful to categorise fiction according to a subject classification = Es un hecho ampliamente reconocido la dificultad y la poca utilidad de clasificar la literatura narrativa de acuerdo con una clasificación por materias.
literatura de medicina 
medical literature
 This bibliographic retrieval system permits users without previous training to search the medical literature themselves at any time of the day or night.
literatura de no ficción  [Cualquier documento cuyo objetivo es divulgar el conocimiento sobre algo o alquien y que por su contenido no se incluye dentro de lo que que se denomina literatura narrativa]
subject literature
 A few titles in Afrikaans are recommended and it is suggested that both fiction and subject literature be used.
literatura de patentes 
patent literature
 As far as patent literature is concerned, the first patent in the field of plasmochemical synthesis was published in 1978 by Diamond Shamrock Corp = En lo que concierne a la literatura de patentes, la primera en el campo de la síntesis plasmoquímica fue publicada en 1978 por la Diamond Shamrock Cía..
literatura de viajes 
travel literature
 The first wave of travel literature in the century following Columbus was full of heroic tales of crusades, conquests and pilgrimages.
literatura erótica 
erotica
 There are legal restrictions on hard pornography in Finland, but soft pornography and erotica are shown even on public television.
literatura fantástica 
fantasy literature
 This article defends the value of fantasy literature and science fiction and discusses their treatment in public libraries = Este artículo defiende la importancia de la literatura fantástica y de la ciencia ficción y estudia su tratamiento en las bibliotecas públicas.
literatura folclórica 
folk literature
 The date of the publication of Bishop Thomas Percy's 'Reliques of ancient English poetry' made the study of folk literature academically respectable.
literatura gris 
grey literature (GL)
 The term 'grey literature' refers to documents issued informally in limited amounts which are not available through normal publishing channels, a definition which includes many scientific and technical research reports.
literatura histórica 
historic literature
 The Library of Congress push adds momentum to a variety of competing projects by leading Internet companies to make available online a range of historic literature, audio recordings and film archives.
literatura infantil   
kiddy lit(erature)
children's literature
children's fiction
 I think the annotated card program for children's literature - sometimes known as kiddy lit - demonstrates that we can be responsive and that the problem is akin to getting the radio audience to communicate.
 I think the annotated card program for children's literature - sometimes known as kiddy lit - demonstrates that we can be responsive and that the problem is akin to getting the radio audience to communicate.
 The article 'Telling Brown Owl to scoot: on the virtues of disobedience in children's fiction' discusses a range of children's fiction for the presence of mischievousness in the main characters.
literatura juvenil  
juvenile fiction
young adult literature
 Also, even juvenile fiction could be better accessed by applying more specific descriptors when possible; for example, TEDDY BEARS instead of TOYS.
 For the writer of young adult literature to offer predetermined correctness or to moralise is to sacrifice both honest literature and true learning.
literatura médica 
medical literature
 This bibliographic retrieval system permits users without previous training to search the medical literature themselves at any time of the day or night.
literatura narrativa  [Obras literarias en prosa que presentan caracteres y acontecimientos imaginados por el autor con objeto de entretener al lector] 
fiction
genre fiction
 It is widely recognised that it is difficult and unhelpful to categorise fiction according to a subject classification = Es un hecho ampliamente reconocido la dificultad y la poca utilidad de clasificar la literatura narrativa de acuerdo con una clasificación por materias.
 Should we ignore the major trade publishers for almost everything except genre fiction, blockbusters, popular self-help, celebrity biographies and exposés?.
literatura no ficticia  [Cualquier documento cuyo objetivo es divulgar el conocimiento sobre algo o alquien real]  [Cualquier documento cuyo objetivo es divulgar el conocimiento sobre algo o alquien y que por su contenido no se incluye dentro de lo que que se denomina literatura narrativa]
non-fiction [nonfiction]
subject literature
 To take some common examples, fiction is often organised by author, periodicals by their titles, and non-fiction by subject.
 A few titles in Afrikaans are recommended and it is suggested that both fiction and subject literature be used.
literatura no relacionada con patentes 
non-patent literature
 A patentability search is made to identify patents and non-patent literature which may affect the patentability of an invention.
literatura para adolescentes 
young adult fiction
 Perhaps future works of young adult fiction will contribute more to the understanding of the mother/daughter relationship.
literatura para adultos  
adult literature
adult fiction
 The reputation of modern Swedish children's literature has spread to many countries and it is frequently translated - in fact more than adult literature.
 This bibliography covers the work of 123 women authors of adult fiction and poetry who published one or more books between 1962-1992.
literatura popular 
popular literature
 The history and proper study of popular literature generally dates only from the middle of the nineteenth century and the founding father of the discipline was Charles Nisard.
literatura profesional  [Conjunto de documentos que tratan de una materia concreta] 
literature
professional literature
 Indexing journals (and the indexes to printed abstracting journals) are alphabetical indexes to the literature of a subject area.
 Friends of the Library groups are largely undocumented in the professional literature at non-doctoral granting colleges and universities.
literatura propagandista 
promotional literature
 The article 'The window-dressers' investigates some of the claims of vanity publishers made in their promotional literature and finds that many are misleading.
literatura regional 
regional literature
 Regional literature deserves continuous attention of library staff.
literatura seriada  [Todo tipo de publicación narrativa publicada en partes]
serial fiction
 The success of the shilling part-issues of the 1840s prompted the appearance of shilling magazines carrying two or three serialized novels in each monthly number, and these in turn recaptured the bulk of the serial fiction market from the part-issues during the 1860s.
literatura técnica 
technical literature
 Computer-aided translation (CAT) would be of service to the potential readers of Chinese and Japanese technical literature.
literatura tradicional 
folk literature
 The date of the publication of Bishop Thomas Percy's 'Reliques of ancient English poetry' made the study of folk literature academically respectable.
no amante de la literatura 
non-literary
 It was one of those books we all are always looking for that rivets the attention of non-literary, reluctant readers as well as to literary readers.
obra de literatura 
literary work
 Correct ascription of the authorship of a literary work anonymously or pseudonymously published is a major bibliographical problem.
obras de literatura 
literary materials
 As of this time, little literary materials for children are being included in automated data bases.
repaso de la literatura 
information survey
 Comprehensive information surveys are necessary before any piece of research.
sección de literatura narrativa 
fiction section
 Some librarians anxious to make the transfer from the children's to the adult department as smooth as possible, often create a 'young adults' fiction section within the children's department.
SIGLE (Sistema de Información sobre Literatura Gris en Europa) 
SIGLE (System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe)
 A European seminar initiated by DG XII to investigate the problem of so-called 'grey literature' has led to the establishment of a system known as SIGLE (System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe) to help deal with this category of documentation.
teoría de la literatura 
literary theory
 Some critics consider literary criticism a practical application of literary theory, as criticism always deals directly with a literary work, albeit from a theoretical point of view.

Trends of use of literatura

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LITERATURA»

The term «literatura» is very widely used and occupies the 376 position in our list of most widely used terms in the Spanish dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of literatura
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LITERATURA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the Spanish literature, quotes and news about literatura

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10 SPANISH QUOTES WITH «LITERATURA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word literatura.
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André Gide
Con buenos pensamientos puede hacerse pésima literatura.
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André Maurois
El mayor encanto de la literatura es que humaniza el amor.
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Benjamin Disraeli
¿Sabéis quiénes son los críticos? Aquellos que fracasaron en la literatura y en las artes.
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Charles Lamb
La literatura es una pésima muleta, pero un excelente bastón de paseo.
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Giosue Carducci
El arte y la literatura son la emanación moral de la civilización, la espiritual erradicación de los pueblos.
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Juan Carlos Onetti
La literatura es mentir bien la verdad.
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Mario Vargas Llosa
La literatura nace del paso entre lo que el hombre es y lo que quisiera ser.
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Matthew Arnold
El periodismo es la literatura con prisa.
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Miguel De Unamuno
El periodismo mata la literatura.
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Walt Whitman
La literatura está llena de aromas.

10 SPANISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LITERATURA»

Discover the use of literatura in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to literatura and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Spanish literature.
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Didáctica de la lengua castellana y la literatura
Enseñanza de la Lengua castellana y de la Literatura avalada por la investigación en el aula, los modos de programar y los procesos de evaluación, la enseñanza de la lengua oral, la lectura de textos complejos y la escritura a través ...
Anna Camps i Mundó, Anna M. Margallo González, Carmen Rodríguez Gonzalo, 2011
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Notas sobre literatura
Escritos de Adorno sobre la literatura en los que se presenta toda una reflexión sobre la cultura, el arte y la filosofía contemporáneos.
‎2003
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Teoría literaria y literatura comparada
La implantación, en los años setenta del siglo XX, de una asignatura obligatoria para todos los estudiantes de filología en España denominada "Introducción a los Estudios Literarios" y, pocos años después, "Teoría de la Literatura", ...
‎2005
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Teoría de la literatura de los formalistas rusos
La escuela “formalista” rusa de los años veinte se conocía muy irregularmente hasta que en 1965 Todorov reunió y tradujo al francés, por sugerencia de Genette, estos 14 ensayos trascendentales, precedidos de sendas introducciones de ...
‎1991
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La literatura griega y su tradición
Cada capítulo comienza con una introducción al autor elegido y prosigue con un completo análisis de la obra seleccionada. Cierra el capítulo un estudio de la recepción de ambos en la literatura moderna, especialmente la española.
Pilar Hualde Pascual, Manuel Sanz Morales, 2008
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Historia de la literatura mexicana: La cultura letrada en la ...
Este libro ofrece una divertida discusión filosófica sobre un concepto cotidiano: el tiempo. En él se muestran diversas perspectivas de lo que el tiempo significa para unos y para otros.
Beatriz Garza Cuarón, Raquel Chang-Rodríguez, 1996
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Literatura infantil y su didáctica
Los trabajos que se incluyen en este libro fueron expuestos por sus autores en el IX Curso de Literatura Infantil que, con el título Literatura infantil y su Didáctica, se celebró en Cuenca en el mes de julio de 1998, organizado por el ...
Pedro C. Cerrillo, Jaime García Padrino, 1999
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Paratextos en la literatura española: siglos XV-XVIII
Segun la definicion en vigor, se considera paratexto cualquier pieza textual o grafica que mantenga una retacion tacita o explicita con et texto que le corresponde, sea para caracterizarlo o legitimarlo, sea para influir en la lectura o ...
Michel Moner, María Soledad Arredondo, Pierre Civil, 2009
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Clasicos de la Literatura Universal
Clasicos de la literatura universal realiza un recorrido por las diferentes epocas literarias, desde las antiguas literaturas de Oriente hasta la produccion vanguardista de nuestro tiempo.Cada capitulo inicia con una breve introduccion ...
Celinda Fournier Marcos, Jose Ivan Gonzalez Robles, 2002
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Didáctica de la lengua y la literatura para primaria
Educación
Antonio Mendoza Fillola, Ezequiel Briz Villanueva, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LITERATURA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term literatura is used in the context of the following news items.
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El rumano Norman Manea ganó el Premio FIL de Literatura 2016
En conferencia telefónica desde Berlín con la agencia EFE, Manea aseguró que en la actualidad esta figura de su literatura se ha vuelto universal, ... «LA NACION, Aug 16»
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Homenaje a Jorge Luis Borges, un emblema de la literatura fantástica
Desde aquel entonces, no he dejado de preguntarme si estamos preparados para el desenmascaramiento a que nos obliga la literatura de Borges. «lagranepoca, Jun 16»
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El examen de Lengua da el pistoletazo de salida a la última ...
La primera prueba a la que se han tenido que enfrentar ha sido a la de Lengua Castellana y Literatura. 'La Fundación' de Antonio Buero Vallejo y 'Los ... «Heraldo.es, Jun 16»
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Premio Cervantes - Fernando del Paso: «Gracias al Quijote ...
Hablo un poquito de política y un mucho de literatura», se limitó a decir, para después reivindicar, con el ímpetu de esa voz recién recuperada, la importancia ... «ABC.es, Apr 16»
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Fallece el Nobel de Literatura húngaro Imre Kertész a los 86 años
El premio Nobel de Literatura húngaro, Imre Kertész, superviviente de Auschwitz, falleció este jueves a los 86 años en su ciudad natal, Budapest. Su obra ... «EL PAÍS, Mar 16»
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Vargas Llosa, un 'Rolling Stone' de la literatura en español
En sus últimos cumpleaños Mario Vargas Llosa, que se estrenó en la literatura cuando tenía menos de 20 años, había dicho que cuando cruzara la frontera de ... «EL PAÍS, Mar 16»
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Barcelona, declarada Ciudad de la Literatura por la Unesco
Barcelona ha sido declarada Ciudad Literaria por la Unesco al ser seleccionada su candidatura para convertirse en miembro de la Red de Ciudades Creativas ... «La Vanguardia, Dec 15»
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El periodismo como literatura
Ese fue el tiempo que una eterna discusión necesitó para hacerse global y reavivar el debate sobre si el periodismo es o no literatura. Era la una de la tarde en ... «EL PAÍS, Dec 15»
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La bielorrusa Svetlana Alexievich, premio Nobel de Literatura
La escritora bielorrusa Svetlana Alexiévich, de 67 años, es la ganadora del Premio Nobel de Literatura 2015. El dictamen de la Academia sueca destaca "sus ... «EL PAÍS, Oct 15»
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“La literatura tiene efectos en la vida pero no se pueden premeditar”
No pasaría nada si la literatura sólo sirviera para entretener. Pero hay algo más, algo que decidió a Mario Vargas Llosa consagrar su vida a ella, ya en 1958. «EL PAÍS, Sep 15»

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