The Construction and Deconstruction of English Catholicism in Spain: Fake News or White Legend?

In the turbulent years of the Anglo-Spanish war (1585-1604) state propaganda was still underdeveloped but the contenders understood the paramount importance of shaping public opinion to support the righteousness of their cause. Much has been written about the Black Legend that was built around the Spanish character and publicised through pamphlets and broadsheets among the English people, but little to examine what sort of news were publicized in Spain about the English position in this conflict. Lack of interest and lack of information were the default position, but the few texts that saw the light in Spain were not intended to malign the image of the English and create a counter Black Legend, instead they were aimed at promoting the idea that England was primarily a Catholic country. The Spanish were led to believe that most English people were subjected by a tyrant regime that persecuted them and prevented their natural inclination to Catholic worship. The mission of Spain was therefore to liberate them. This essay explores a number of texts in which misleading and manipulated information was disseminated to promote this image of an English mostly Catholic population.MEC: Proyecto: Exilio, diplomacia y transmisión textual: redes de intercambios entre la Península Ibérica y las Islas Británicas en La Edad Moderna FFI2015-66847-

De Edward Alleyn a Kenneth Branagh: los alumnos como actores y receptores de la obra de Shakespeare

Producción CientíficaEn los últimos años, la universidad de Valladolid ha aumentado la oferta de asignaturas de libre configuración incluyendo, a propuesta nuestra, un nuevo curso titulado «Shakespeare a través del cine»... El tema de nuestra comunicación se centra en el planteamiento de este curso y, sobre todo, en el análisis de la recepción de los alumnos de las distintas adaptaciones cinematográficas de las obras de Shakespeare y de cómo ellos elaboran sus propias versiones a partir de ese material. [Texto extraído del capítulo de Ana Sáez Hidalgo]

Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the Largest HIV-1 CRF02_AG Outbreak in Spain: Evidence for Onward Transmissions

Background and Aim: The circulating recombinant form 02_AG (CRF02_AG) is the predominant clade among the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) non-Bs with a prevalence of 5.97% (95% Confidence Interval-CI: 5.41–6.57%) across Spain. Our aim was to estimate the levels of regional clustering for CRF02_AG and the spatiotemporal characteristics of the largest CRF02_AG subepidemic in Spain.Methods: We studied 396 CRF02_AG sequences obtained from HIV-1 diagnosed patients during 2000–2014 from 10 autonomous communities of Spain. Phylogenetic analysis was performed on the 391 CRF02_AG sequences along with all globally sampled CRF02_AG sequences (N = 3,302) as references. Phylodynamic and phylogeographic analysis was performed to the largest CRF02_AG monophyletic cluster by a Bayesian method in BEAST v1.8.0 and by reconstructing ancestral states using the criterion of parsimony in Mesquite v3.4, respectively.Results: The HIV-1 CRF02_AG prevalence differed across Spanish autonomous communities we sampled from (p < 0.001). Phylogenetic analysis revealed that 52.7% of the CRF02_AG sequences formed 56 monophyletic clusters, with a range of 2–79 sequences. The CRF02_AG regional dispersal differed across Spain (p = 0.003), as suggested by monophyletic clustering. For the largest monophyletic cluster (subepidemic) (N = 79), 49.4% of the clustered sequences originated from Madrid, while most sequences (51.9%) had been obtained from men having sex with men (MSM). Molecular clock analysis suggested that the origin (tMRCA) of the CRF02_AG subepidemic was in 2002 (median estimate; 95% Highest Posterior Density-HPD interval: 1999–2004). Additionally, we found significant clustering within the CRF02_AG subepidemic according to the ethnic origin.Conclusion: CRF02_AG has been introduced as a result of multiple introductions in Spain, following regional dispersal in several cases. We showed that CRF02_AG transmissions were mostly due to regional dispersal in Spain. The hot-spot for the largest CRF02_AG regional subepidemic in Spain was in Madrid associated with MSM transmission risk group. The existence of subepidemics suggest that several spillovers occurred from Madrid to other areas. CRF02_AG sequences from Hispanics were clustered in a separate subclade suggesting no linkage between the local and Hispanic subepidemics

Murder in the Mediterranean: the crime scenes behind The Changeling

Producción CientíficaIn this paper I want to revisit the Spanish locations of The Changeling and reconsider the relation between the play and its English source, Reynolds’ The triumphs of God’s revenge, as if both works were echoing a true crime story based on actual events that may have happened in the Mediterranean coast shortly before or at the time of Reynolds’ sojourn in Spain as a merchant and trade dealer. In so doing I would like to observe the adaptability of the murder mystery genre in the different cultures and its dependence on authentic stories recorded as real events at the time. In the appropriation and different transformations of the actual events I follow the linear progression from one text or set of events to their adaptation, both culturally and generically. Moving backwards from The Changeling to God’s Revenge Against Murder to the crimes in the coast of Alicante and Valencia compiled in the chronicles and diaries of the time, where comparable events were recorded, I intend to explore how these stories circulated, reshaped and adapted as part of the process of cultural transmission between the Mediterranean and the British Isles.Grant PID2020-113516GB-I00, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación and Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI

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Guía para matricularse en el examen de C1 202

La Naturaleza en la poesía bélica de W. Owen

The Poets of the First World War were faced with a lack of modes of expression that could account for the reality of the war. Traditional themes as those of nature, love or friendship were regarded in a different light and, consequently, their treatment changed. This article analyses the multiplicity of meanings which Wilfred Owen attributed to nature when confronted to the horrors of modern warfare. These different perspectives range from a consideration of the beneficent associations attached to the regenerating possibilities of nature, to a vision of nature as the representation of evil, as a distorted reality or as the actual enemy of man

“Reason not the need”: TheAccidental Journey of the Condede Villamediana around theSouth of England in 1603"

After twenty years without diplomatic representation due to the prolonged hostilities of theundeclared Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604) Spain made the first move towards peace by sendingan ambassador, Don Juan de Tassis, Conde de Villamediana, to congratulate King James on hisaccession to the throne of England. His arrival in Dover with an entourage of one hundred andfifty men as “his house” was a sensation according to Relacion muy verdadera del recebimiento yfiestas. Villamediana’s audience with the king kept being postponed due to a number ofunanticipated circumstances related to the plague so the ambassador and his train had to wanderaround the south of England until he was finally received in Winchester in October 1603. Thejourney of the Spanish ambassador is considered in this essay as a source of debate about theneed and convenience of sizable retinues as part of embassies. It is moreover suggested that sucha debate may have contributed to define King Lear’s retinue in Shakespeare’s tragedy

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Hoja de ruta para la acreditación de nivel de inglés C1Filología Ingles