Un episodio español de la "querella entre antiguos y modernos": Cándido María Trigueros y su teoría sobre la versificación

In an unpublished speech delivered in 1766, Trigueros mediates in the well - known ‘quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns'. On the subject of the appropriateness of the rhyme, the scholar proves to be abreast of European poetry and literary ideas, reveal s the poem Cantar de Mío Cid for the first time and, from the nationalist approaches of the period, offers proposals which supersede the versification legacy of the Spanish Golden Age. His theories, implemented in his ‘philosophical’ poetry, pair him with authors such as A. Pope.En un discurso inédito de 1766, Trigueros tercia en la conocida “querella entre antiguos y modernos”. A propósito de la pertinencia o no de la rima, el ilustrado demuestra estar al tanto de la poesía y las ideas literarias europeas, da a conocer por primera vez los versos del Cantar de Mío Cid y, desde los planteamientos nacionalistas de la época, ofrece propuestas que superan la versificación heredada del Siglo de Oro. Sus teorías, llevadas a la práctica en su poesía “filo sófica”, le emparejan con autores como A. Pope

Segur se hizo de sus azucenas, o la ninfa en el arroyo: de nuevo sobre Góngora (Polifemo, XXVIII, 217-220)

This paper proposes a new interpretation of Góngora’s verse in Polifemo, based on the internal logic of the story, the spatial configuration of the scene, the relationship between the verses, Góngora’s extraordinary expressive precision and his plastic intention. The recent critique has shown a preference for the variant seguir to the detriment of segur. However, this study aims to confirm the accuracy of the latter: a frightened Galatea is “a los verdes márgenes ingrata” [to the green banks ungrateful] because she hides in the stream, behind the most submerged myrtle, and in doing so she becomes segur [axe] of herself, of her white legs, her lilies, broken by the water line: a “painting” of great visual power that alludes to Titian’s Venus Anadyomene.El trabajo propone una nueva interpretación del verso del Polifemo gongorino, atendiendo a la lógica interna del relato, la configuración espacial de la escena, la relación entre las estrofas, la extraordinaria precisión expresiva de Góngora y su intención plástica. La crítica última ha mostrado cierta preferencia por la variante seguir en detrimento de segur. Pretendo confirmar, sin embargo, la exactitud de esta última: Galatea, asustada, es «a los verdes márgenes ingrata» porque se oculta en el arroyo, tras el mirto más sumergido, y al hacerlo se convierte en segur de sí misma, de la imagen blanquísima de sus piernas, sus azucenas, quebradas por la línea del agua: un «cuadro» de enorme fuerza visual que remite a la Venus Anadiomene de Tiziano

The Favonio’s Curtains and the Love Hunt of Acis (Góngora, Polifemo, XXVII, 213-216)

El análisis de la férrea estructura de la Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea gongorina entendida como poema narrativo (organización de las secuencias, conexiones, paralelismos, simetrías, focalización narrativa) permite desvelar el sentido de pasajes que, sin ser considerados “reacios”, adolecían de cierta ambigüedad interpretativa. Es el caso de la segunda mitad de la estrofa XXVII, tradicionalmente relacionada con Galatea, cuya lectura en función de la estrategia amorosa desplegada por Acis da cuenta de la extraordinaria precisión gongorina y enriquece notablemente la significación de la escena de la seducción al dar cabida, junto con el tema de la batalla amorosa, al no menos tradicional de la “caza de amor”. La mención del viento Favonio, entendido ahora como cómplice del cazador, expresa indirectamente la maniobra de ocultamiento, necesaria en la secuencia, que se perdía en anteriores interpretaciones de la octava.Góngora’s Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea has always been acknowledged as a narrative piece of poetry. However, to account for its rigid structure discloses the significance of places. ‘Reluctant’ to any interpretative ambiguity though they may seem, these places are, on the contrary, featured by it. A case in point is the second half of verse XXVII, traditionally related to Galatea. If attention is paid to the loving strategy carried out by Acis, its reading not only shows Gongora’s extraordinary accuracy but it also notably enriches the meaning of the scene when seduction takes place. That is to say, beside the traditional topic of the battle of love ‘love hunt’ can also be found. Favonio, the wind, the hunter’s accomplice, indirectly expresses the hiding ploy, in any case needed in the sequence but non-existent in previous interpretations of the scene

Still far from personal learning: Key aspects and emergent topics about how future professionals' PLEs are

The CAPPLE project is an exploratory research project that aims to analyse the PLEs of future Spanish professionals. An ad-hoc survey about their habits for learning was conducted using a sample of 2054 university students from the last year of a degree. After data collection, two main processes were carried out: (1) the analysis of some of the aspects learnt through the data collection; and (2) a series of focus groups in parallel, centered on the exploration of data to obtain some first conclusions with a descriptive analysis. The results of these processes showed firstly, that although the survey size is important, there are other factors to consider, such as the difficulty and constant engagement of questions, which that  seriously affected the rate of survey completion. Additionally, data show that future professionals prefer to use analogical tools to complete their learning tasks although they like being connected to social networks in their social lives. They do not have many strategies to organize their learning and are not very critical of the information that comes from their teachers. Regarding PLEs, there are some topics that emerge from the analysis that should be studied in the next future in order to understand better how our students - our future professionals- learn

Test Cases from Functional Requirements Using Model Transformations

This abstract describes the experiences and ongoing work applying MDE to the generation of test cases from functional requirements.Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia TIN2007-67843-C06-03Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia TIN2005-24792-

An approach for Model-Driven test generation

The test phase is one of the most important phases in software development. However, in practice, little research has been carried out in this field. Model-Driven Engineering is a new paradigm that can help to minimize test cases generation costs and can ensure quality of results. This paper presents the application of the MDE paradigm in the systematic, even automatic, generation of System Test Software.Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia TIN2007-67843-C06 03Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia TIN2007-30391-