Description
Book SynopsisThis revised edition incorporates plays accessible to students at high novice and intermediate levels, while retaining dramas that challenge and heighten the proficiency of the most advanced students. The new plays also extend the emotional range of the volume by providing simple, light comedies that balance the depth and subtlety of the triumphant yet tragic pieces based on the lives and writings of Latin American poets Julia de Burgos and Rosario Castellanos. Studying and performing these plays will not only help students to read, understand, and speak Spanish with greater confidence, but it will also improve their capacity for mutually supportive teamwork and interaction with an audience. The experience reaches beyond language study to include investigation and appreciation of the diverse literatures, cultures, and histories of the Spanish-speaking world. Professional, academic, and community theater groups will find these plays and related theater games instructive and enjoyable.
Trade ReviewEspinosa’s purpose . . . is to engage students’ participation in learning Spanish language and culture. She employs diverse speech patterns throughout as characters speak in Argentine, Mexican, and peninsular Spanish, as well as in English. . . . Students will enjoy the quirky humor of the plays and might be inspired to write their own sketches based on history and contemporary events. I applaud the creative efforts of Espinosa and her collaborators. -- Judy B. McInnis, Ph.D., University of Delaware,
The Modern Language Journal, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
This collection, which provides material for students of Spanish at all levels from intermediate to native proficiency, yields opportunities for developing aspects of the culture of Spanish-speaking countries, such as the visual, musical, and culinary ones, apart from an insight into different speech patterns. * Contacto Latino *
