La lecture d’un roman précurseur de la science-fiction, Auf zwei Planeten (Sur deux planètes) de l’Allemand Kurd Lasswitz (1848-1910) permet d’éclairer la foi en un lien étroit entre progrès des sciences et des techniques modernes et progrès civilisationnel. Les Martiens, incarnant un stade supérieur de l’évolution, sont maîtres de la nature et don...
It could be said that Melancholia (2011) is the most romantic film by Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, not only because of the great lyrical power of its images, its beauty, darkness and fatalism, but also, and especially, because it is presented as a postmodern paraphrase of the old myth of Tristan and Iseult, whose operatic version was premiered ...
This article provides an in-depth analysis of the penultimate chapter of the series "This is Us" (NBC, 2016-2022), a true finale that encapsulates the entire series, as the last chapter serves as an epilogue to it. The series has received widespread acclaim both nationally and internationally due to its aesthetic quality and compelling storytelling...
This document arises from the need to incorporate a dissemination strategy for the knowledge and appropriation of Achagua myths and legends, which was achieved through the design of didactic material built with the student population of the Yaaliakeisy Educational Institution. The research was qualitative and followed the sociocritical paradigm. Th...
This article addresses the problem of the relationship between the tragic and the divine taking as a fundamental reference the book by Maria Zambrano originally written in 1955 and revised twenty years later. It is one of the most lucid defences of the Christian religion, always on guard against the mythical way of conceiving the world. The underly...
The purpose of this article is to present the concept of technology as a myth and, consequently, as a mythical space. Which entails assuming it as a locus of enunciation from which human beings establish their understanding of the reality they are meant to live in and formulate their actions upon it. To this end, a brief analysis of the current sit...
L’objecte d’aquest estudi és l’obra Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (1944), de l’argentí Jorge Luís Borges, un dels escriptors més expressius de la literatura especulativa d’Amèrica Llatina. El conte en qüestió es presenta com un veritable laberint d’idees i divideix l’opinió de crítics quant a la seva classificació dins de l’univers especulatiu. Els gè...
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a worldwide problem. Currently, there are no effective drugs for AD treatment. Scrophularia buergeriana Miquel (SB) is a traditional herbal medicine used in Korea to treat various diseases. Our previous studies have shown that ethanol extract of SB roots (SBE, Brainon®) exhibits potent anti-amnesic effects in Aβ1-42- or ...
This article analyzes the influence of the thinker José Ortega y Gasset in the work and in the thought of his disciple Luis Díez del Corral. The main objective has been to analyze, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the orteguian influence on the thought of Díez del Corral. For this, a systematic methodology of documentary analysis of the publi...
The story of Herculesʼ achievements, like many others in Greek mythology, has undergone various changes since Hesiodʼs early transmissions helped to consolidate the essential elements of the myth and its characteristics. With the translocation of myths from Caucasian Iberia to Western Iberia, certain places, characters and events associated with th...
