Harry Potter is a literary saga that belongs to the fantastic genre, and that is composed by seven book, written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books tell the story of a young orphan, Harry Potter, who at 11 years old finds out he is a wizard. Harry had lived so far with […]

Intertextuality is a concept formulated by the Bulgarian-French philosopher Julia Kristeva, who defended that “any text is the absorption and transformation of another”[1]; the word “text” should be understood here in a broader way, as it can be a reference to any artistic or cultural production, in a visual support or not, and including verbal […]

Milan Kundera is a French writer, with Czech origins. Born in 1929 in Brno, at the time Czechoslovakia, and currently Czech Republic, Kundera comes from a middle class family; his father was a pianist, and he was introduced to the arts world at an early age, starting to learn to play the piano with his […]

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was an important Italian writer and political activist, and he is considered one of the founders of the Futurism Movement. Born on the 22nd December 1876, Filippo spent his childhood in Alexandria, in Egypt, together with his parents Enrico Marinetti and Amalia Grolli, who were consultants in Law for foreign companies in […]

A metaphor is a figure of speech mostly used to make a comparison by using figurative elements that allows readers to apprehend the conveyed meaning. A metaphor can be easily distinguished of a comparison by the lack of the use of direct comparative term (for example, “like” or “as”), and also because it establishes a […]

“Notes from Underground” is one of the books written by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. In some translations, the title of the book can appear as “Letters from the Underworld”, since there isn’t one title defined as official. Published for the first time in 1864, the is the 7th book of the writer, and the […]

The plot, or storyline, can be generally described as the total of facts that form a story, being because of that an inherent part of any narrative, whether in literature, theatre or cinema. The plot is therefore the development of the action, the story being told, the connection between all of the parts that constitute […]

Prolepsis, or flash forward, is a narrative technique to which an author resorts to describe events that occur in a period of time that corresponds to the future of the present time of the story. The utilization of this technique is very common both in literature and cinema, and it can be used in theatre […]

Joanne Rowling, best known as J. K. Rowling, is an English writer who became internationally famous by the “Harry Potter” saga. The author was born in 1965 in Yate, England. Coming from a middle-class family, Rowling has revealed an interest in writing from an early age, and she started to write some short stories during […]

The Lord of the Rings is a trilogy written by the British author J. R. R. Tolkien that was published for the first time between the years of 1954 and 1955. The story is divided into three books, and can be considered a fantasy novel, inspired by the Scottish, Nordic, Germanic, Celtic and Finish mythologies. […]