Littera Deusto

Modern Languages, Basque Studies and Humanities

XXIth’s Hamlet

2 de enero, 2014 |

Our century has been stage of many reconstructions of the Bard’s works. Shakespeare’s works do not lose modernity. As Ben Jonson wrote in his poem, “Shakespeare is a writer for all time” and these predictions had something of prophetic. Mª Ángeles de la Concha Muñoz is a Spanish academic who has dedicated some pages to Shakespeare’s […]

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Youth unemployment in Spain

28 de diciembre, 2013 |

41.7% of young Spaniards are unemployed, a figure that has increased by 15.5 points in the last year. In Spain, unemployment in general continues growing, however, youth unemployment is the most worrying fact that already exceeded the rate of 57% in … Continue reading

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The Importance of the Promotion Strategy of Natura Selection

26 de diciembre, 2013 |

Natura is considered a little, new and young enterprise of bodily health. According to the creators of the company, the idea to create it came up few years ago, when the appearance of the people started to be increasingly relevant. … Continue reading

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Shakespeare in Christmas

26 de diciembre, 2013 |

It is curious to discover that there are only two mentions to the word Christmas in Shakespeare’s works. Among other experts, Warren King has deepened on the issue. Warren King has taught English literature for the past 35 years in a number of English schools. During the 1980s he was seconded to the national Shakespeare and Schools Project, where he worked to develop methods of […]

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Which are the best places in the world to go to visit?

26 de diciembre, 2013 |

Here we could learn what reporters as  Itziar Zabalegui say that one of the best places she recommend us to go is, for example Slovakia or Madagascar. She tells us that Slovakia has become one of  the most beautiful countries … Continue reading

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Penjing, little tree

25 de diciembre, 2013 |

Penjing, also known as penzai is the ancient Chinese art of depicting artistically formed trees, other plants, and landscapes in miniature. Generally speaking, tree penjing specimens differ from bonsai by allowing a wider range of tree shapes (more &#8…

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In what ways does tourism benefit a country?

24 de diciembre, 2013 |

Tourism has always been a force for economic development and the majority of the cities try to promote themselves in order to have more and more tourists. An increase on tourism implicates an improvement of the wealth of a society. … Continue reading

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Mao Asada: Elegance and beauty on ice

22 de diciembre, 2013 |

Mao Asada has won the gold medal in women’s singles at the final of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2013 that took place on the 8th of December in Fukuoka (for more information about this competition check out our other entry: http://aboutminori…

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And now, what?

20 de diciembre, 2013 |

If we could ask a children what is literature, a possible answer would be an amount of old books written …

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SHAKESPEARE DIXIT

20 de diciembre, 2013 |

Christina Sterbenz has found out that we say or write several famous phrases which actually came from Shakespeare. She has …

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Bilbao, the capital of the world.

20 de diciembre, 2013 |

The capital is situated in the North of Spain, inside The Basque Country in the mouth of Bilbao’s  Sea Inlet. It is the capital of the province of Vizcaya and has 352.700 inhabitants.  Several years from now, the colors which predominated … Continue reading

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The picture of Dorian Gray

20 de diciembre, 2013 |

Alison Flood, a journalist for the Guardian newspaper, wrote an article about the original Picture of Dorian Gray finally published …

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