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Spanish neorealism in comparison with Italian neorealism

Spanish neorealism in comparison with Italian neorealism

This essay was written in the Spring 2013 semester as part of a course titled Photography, Set Design and Editing in Spanish Cinema, 1925 - 1980 (riveting name!) at New York University, numbered SPAN-GA 2965. One of the most important developments in post-war cinema was the advent of Italian Neorealism.

Orwell y el anarquismo en Cataluña

Orwell y el anarquismo en Cataluña

This short essay was written as an assignment in the Fall 2012 semester as part of a course titled Barcelona at New York University, numbered SPAN-UA 950. No se puede entender Barcelona durante la Guerra Civil sin entender la ideología de anarquismo que Giuseppe Fanelli empezó a difundir en Barcelona

Already / Liao as aspect marker in Singlish

Already / Liao as aspect marker in Singlish

This essay was written in the Fall 2012 semester as part of the Indo-European Syntax course at New York University, which was then numbered LING-UA 36. It has been lightly modified from the version I submitted for class. Singlish is an English-based creole language spoken in Singapore, influenced by various

¿Quién es catalán?

¿Quién es catalán?

This is a summary of a book chapter from Double Talk by Kathryn Woolard, written as an assignment in the Fall 2012 semester as part of a course titled Barcelona at New York University, numbered SPAN-UA 950. La cuestión central del capítulo 3 de "Double Talk" de Kathryn Woolard es

Development of the Catalan periphrastic past tense construction

Development of the Catalan periphrastic past tense construction

This essay was written in the Fall 2012 semester as part of the Indo-European Syntax course at New York University [https://www.nyu.edu/], which was then numbered LING-UA 36. In the Catalan language, there are three important periphrastic constructions that can be formed with the auxiliary verb anar (“to

La inmigración marroquí y musulmana y el “islamización” de España

La inmigración marroquí y musulmana y el “islamización” de España

This essay was written in the Spring 2012 semester as part of the Islam and Spain: Past and Present course at New York University, which is now numbered SPAN-UA 9333 (formerly SPAN-UA 9950). La relación entre España y Marruecos ha sido muy estrecha y compleja, debido a la proximidad de

La fuerza y la dignidad en dos cuadros de historia españoles

La fuerza y la dignidad en dos cuadros de historia españoles

This essay was written in the Spring 2012 semester as part of the Masterpieces in the Prado course at New York University, which is numbered ARTH-UA 9328. La muerte de Viriato, jefe de los lusitanos es un cuadro de José de Madrazo, quien lo pintó en 1807. Está en el

El personaje del padre en El sur: carácter y caracterización

El personaje del padre en El sur: carácter y caracterización

This essay was written in the Spring 2012 semester as part of the Spanish Culture Through Cinema course at New York University, which is numbered SPAN-UA 9994. La película El sur de Víctor Érice, basada en el cuento de Adelaida García Morales, es la única adaptación que se estrenó antes

Lo grotesco en El día de la bestia

Lo grotesco en El día de la bestia

This short essay was written in the Spring 2012 semester as part of the Spanish Culture Through Cinema course at New York University, which is numbered SPAN-UA 9994. Según Mijail Bajtín, lo que más define lo grotesco es “la degradación, o sea la transferencia al plano material y corporal de

Writing the Essay: Beethoven

Writing the Essay: Beethoven

This essay was written in the Spring 2011 semester as part of the Writing The Essay: The World Through Art course at New York University [https://www.nyu.edu/], which is now numbered ASPP-UT 2. “We are going to try to perform for you today a curious and rather difficult

Writing the Essay: The Unbelievable Truth

Writing the Essay: The Unbelievable Truth

This essay was written in the Fall 2010 semester as part of the Writing The Essay: Art in the World course at New York University [https://www.nyu.edu/], which is now numbered EXPOS-UA 5. As far as raw documentary material goes, it is hard not to feel that Keith

Writing the Essay: Fabled Histories

Writing the Essay: Fabled Histories

This essay was written in the Fall 2010 semester as part of the Writing The Essay: Art in the World course at New York University [https://www.nyu.edu/], which is now numbered EXPOS-UA 5. > “The way in which [Columbus] wanted to know these things was not in the way

Writing the Essay: Art is a Wild Animal

Writing the Essay: Art is a Wild Animal

This essay was written in the Fall 2010 semester as part of the Writing The Essay: Art in the World course at New York University [https://www.nyu.edu/], which is now numbered EXPOS-UA 5. Reading the yellowed pages under dim lighting on a bumpy bus ride was difficult enough,