Intute presents the 15 most recent Web resources for education and research added to our Hispanic subject area 9 Feb 2010 03:30:00 GMT en-uk http://www.intute.ac.uk/spanish/latest.html Logo for the Intute service http://www.intute.ac.uk/images/intute_100_new.png 100 42 http://www.intute.ac.uk/spanish/latest.html http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090712-17160654 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090712-17160654 Published since 1988, 'Espacio, Tiempo y Forma' is the annual peer-reviewed journal of the Faculty of Geography and History at the Spanish open university (UNED). It is divided in seven different series, corresponding with the departments at the faculty: Prehistory and Archaeology; Ancient History; Medieval History; Modern History; Contemporary History; Geography; and History of Art. Although the language of the publication is Spanish, most recent articles have abstracts in Spanish and English. Each series publishes research articles and book reviews within the specific field. In most cases, they focus on Spain, but other European and Latin American areas are also covered. The website lacks any form of search tool, and users can only browse each issue. However, all articles can be accessed for free and given the wide scope of the journal, browsing may yield interesting results. Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090712-17115416 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090712-17115416 'Epos' is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal of philology by the Spanish Open University (UNED). Although Spanish philological studies may be more prominent, the journal also publishes articles within the fields of Classics; French; English; and comparative literary studies. Contributions are accepted in all relevant languages, but a good command of Spanish is recommended as this seems to be the main language of the publication. First published in 1984, the repository of the Spanish Open University has made available the full-text content for all issues published since then. Some articles published by Epos include: "History of Rome in Spanish Phraseology"; "Black Africa in Spanish Travel Books from the 16th and 17th centuries"; "A note on the meaning of os in the Old English Rune Poem"; and "Women and Marriage in Les quinze joies de mariage : le monde à l´envers". Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090712-17084234 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090712-17084234 The "Revista de Lengua y Literatura Catalana, Gallega y Vasca" (Journal of Catalan, Galician, and Basque Language and Literature) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal by the Spanish Open University (UNED). It was first published in 1991 with the aim of bringing together comparative philological studies on Hispanic literatures. At the time of cataloguing, it was available the full-text content for the 13 issues published between 1991 and 2008. Each number includes research articles, book reviews, interviews, and/or conference summaries on any aspect of Catalan, Basque, and Galician linguistics, history of literature and translation studies; as well as comparative analyses with other languages and literatures. Some articles published by the journal include: "Complements: translations from Basque into Spanish and Catalan"; "Galician Children's and Youth Literature"; and "The House as a Structuring Urban Space in the 19th Century Novel: "Fortunata y Jacinta de B. Pérez Galdós" y "La febre d´or de N. Oller". This journal will be of interest to anyone interested in non-Spanish Hispanic languages and literatures, as well as comparative literary analyses. Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090630-13210410 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090630-13210410 The official website of the Spanish writer and journalist Ángela Vallvey (1964-), winner of the Nadal prize in 2002, offers information and resources about the woman and her work. In addition to a short biography, there are interviews (as interviewer and interviewee) which will further provide information about the author. There is also available the full-text content of some of her journalistic articles published in various Spanish newspapers, and a selection of short stories and poems. The 'Viajes' section offers journey articles by the author, accompanied by some pictures. A very visually attractive website, it will be of interest to anyone interested in Spanish contemporary literature. Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090504-20062818 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090504-20062818 The Translators' Library is a digital collection of translations into Spanish and Catalan of a wide variety of texts. The aim is to offer teaching materials and research resources. Texts have been selected on the basis of their importance in the universal history of literature and thought, or because of the relevance of the translator. For research and teaching purposes it is interesting that the site has made available both historical and recent translations. Each text is accompanied by a bio-bibliographical note on the translator, which can also be accessed alternatively in the bio-bibliographical dictionary section. Materials can be downloaded as .pdf files. The Translator's Library is an excellent bank of resources for translators, and lecturers and researchers of Spanish and Catalan translation studies. Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090317-19044531 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090317-19044531 The site for the Linguistic Atlas of the Iberian Peninsula (ALPI) is the electronic version of a linguistics project carried out between 1930-6 and 1947-1954 under the supervision of Tomás Navarro. The research group collected a large amount of data from all areas of Spain and Portugal, hence creating an invaluable corpus for the study of dialects of the Spanish language across the peninsula. Registration is required in order to search the database, but this is free and a very quick process. Once logged in, users may search the database by browsing a map of the peninsula, or the geographical sections available. The database consists of more 36.000 pages of dialectological and geolinguistic data, also available in .pdf format. ALPI represents an indispensable resource for the linguistic study of dialects of Spanish. Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=humbul16521 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=humbul16521 The website "Editora Mandruvá" is an ejournal collaboration between many prestigious universities from Europe and South America, including: University of Porto, University of São Paulo; Federal University of São Paulo, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Universidad Autónoma in Madrid, Universidad Autònoma in Barcelona, and J. W.Goethe Universität Frankfurt. The site contains articles in Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, English and German, published by the online journals of the departments of these universities. These online journals appear to have started up in the late 1990s, and eleven of them are available on the website in a full-text downloadable format. Most of the online journals cover disciplines of the humanities,covering educational history, philosophy,literary criticism and creative writing. One separate site calls the user's attention to new issues, while another one lists books published by project collaborators. The site also boasts a 'special collections' section, which focuses on certain themes actively researched by the partner universities. One of the themes is mediaeval literature, while 'signatures' gathers articles written by particular author or researcher.Finally, the site allows the reader to perform searches by freely chosen search terms. This site is a particularly useful source for researchers of general humanities and literature, but may also be useful for electrical engineers and lawyers as the full-text periodicals also cover these subjects. Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=200683-14937 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=200683-14937 'Los Noveles' is an electronic literary magazine for new writers from Spanish and Latin America. Published bi-monthly, it first appeared in 2001. Each issue includes a number of short stories, poems and articles, accompanied by short biographical notes on the author. The publication is all free but, at the time of cataloguing, the link for the archive was missing (please check link in the 'relations' section of this record). All back numbers are available in full in this section, as well as submission guidelines. A comprehensive list of external links is also provided, including: blogs; magazines; literary portals; and author's personal websites. 'Los Noveles' will be of interest to anyone interested in new Spanish and Latin American authors. Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090709-18264438 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090709-18264438 The institutional repository of the University of Salamanca is an online collection of resources divided in four sections: digital library; research archive; didactic materials; and institutional and administrative documents. The digital library offers electronic versions of historical books; manuscripts; and periodicals physically held at the university. Documents were produced during the medieval and modern periods; and they are in Latin or Spanish. Also for researchers, there is a repository of research publications by scholars from the University of Salamanca. These cover all subjects, and materials can be searched or browsed by discipline; research group; PhD theses, and more. For tutors and lecturers there is a section with didactic materials and lecture notes. Users should note that, at the time of cataloguing, the number of resources in this area was somewhat limited. However, it is recommended to visit the Open Course Ware section in which it is possible to download whole course materials for units such as: "Linguistics applied to translation"; "Contemporary History of Europe: 20th Century"; and "History of Spain: Modern Period". The language of these materials is Spanish. Search options available make it easy to locate resources within the whole bank of materials. Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090630-1930020 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090630-1930020 'Monumenta Madrid' is an interactive map of the city of Madrid which acts as a database of all the commemorative monuments in the capital of Spain. The site has been developed by the City Council of Madrid, and it provides in-depth information about each of the monuments, including; fountains; commemorative plaques; arches; and statues. The high-definition interactive map offers the possibility of searching for monuments at different scales (however, at the time of cataloguing, changing scales proved to be a difficult task to master). Alternatively, monuments are listed by: category; date; name; author; and location (street, park, quarter, etc.). The site will be useful for anyone interested in the uses of collective memory during different historical periods; the history of Madrid; and/or Spanish art. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090626-23024550 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090626-23024550 The website for the Spanish scholar Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856-1912) by the Virtual Library Miguel de Cervantes offers key information; electronic resources; and digital downloadable versions of primary and secondary texts. Along with a chronology and a biography, there is available a vast number of his works, including: 'History of Aesthetic Ideas in Spain'; 'History of Spanish Heterodox Thinkers'; and many of his studies in the history of Spanish literature. There is also a section with secondary literature on Menéndez y Pelayo. Other resources are: a catalogue of images; a list of related links; and sound files of readings of a selection of letters he exchanged with J. M. de Pereda. For the amount of material available, this site is invaluable for anyone interested in this influential, if somewhat controversial, figure of Spanish intellectual history. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090709-18221171 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090709-18221171 'Anales de Filología Hispánica' was a scholarly journal on Spanish philology by the University of Murcia. It was published between 1985 and 1990, and it was discontinued thereafter. The university has made available the full-text content for all issues published during that period. The journal focused on any aspect of the history of Spanish literature and linguistics. Some examples of articles published by the journal are: '«El Concierto de San Ovidio» and the theatre of Buero Vallejo'; 'Deixis and Knowledge'; 'Linguistic Problems in the work of Medieval Copyists'; and 'Don Gregorio Mayans and the orthographic controversy in the 18th century'. The language of the publication is Spanish. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090630-10450565 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090630-10450565 'Videoele' is a website by the teacher of Spanish, Agustín Iruela, with videos for the teaching of Spanish as a second language. They are grouped in four levels according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for languages: A1; A2; B1; and B2. For each video there is the transcription, and for some there are also exercises (in .pdf format) accompanied by the solutions. Although there aren't exercises for all videos, the author is working towards making all of them available in the near future. Videos cover topics such as: the house; talking in the past; weather; and shopping. The site is an excellent tool for independent learning activities, but also as a complement to Spanish lessons. If the tutor has internet in the classroom, these may also be used as part of the lesson. Already grouped by levels, the videos are an invaluable resource for tutors and students alike. Wed, 1 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090626-23112629 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090626-23112629 The official webpage of the Spanish writer and journalist, Juan José Millás (1946-), is part of the culture portal, 'ClubCultura.com', by the retail chain Fnac. It includes bio-bibliographical information about the prolific writer, as well as an interview and a selection of texts. These include: a wide selection of articles from the book, 'Cuerpo y Prótesis' (originally published between 2004 and 2005); a large number of works which Millás labelled as 'Articuentos' (a new literary genre in-between journalism and literature); and poems from his work 'De corpore insepulto'. The site also has a very active forum, in which fans and critics of Millas may leave their comments. This site will appeal to those interested in Spanish contemporary literature and critical thought. Wed, 1 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090626-22585040 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090626-22585040 'Historia a debate' (History up for debate) is an international network of academic historians created to discuss the theory of history; historiography; and methodology. Although it is of an international nature, the group was created in Spain and the website is available in Spanish only. This should not deter those who don't speak Spanish as the group organises international conferences, and contributions are accepted in Spanish, English, and French. At the time of cataloguing, it was possible to access the list of contents and some abstracts for the conferences held in: 1993; 1999; and 2004. Some audio files and videos for past seminars are available on the site. The site also has a forum where historians from all over the world can contribute with their opinions on a wide variety of topics. There are several mailing lists, for which subscription is free. The site will be of interest to anyone interested in the theoretical aspect of writing history, be this within a Spanish, Latin-American or global framework. Wed, 1 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT