La columna como reflejo de la identidad periodística de Rosa Montero

El objetivo del artículo es indicar las características del columnismo de Rosa Montero sobre la base de La vida desnuda y Maneras de vivir. El trabajo analiza la temática, las técnicas de persuasión y la actitud de la periodista con respecto a sus lectores, así como el modo de construir los artículos de opinión. El ensayo demuestra que Montero encuentra inspiración en sus experiencias personales, rutina diaria, noticias, cartas. Dichas inspiraciones la conducen a unas reflexiones de carácter universal. Es consciente de su voz y sabe que sus lectores comparten sus opiniones y tratan sus columnas como un espacio en el que se sienten seguros y dirigidos por la periodista. Sus columnas se convierten en espacios del encuentro.

Rosa Montero y el lenguaje de la esperanza

Reseña crítica de Rosa Montero, La buena suerte, ISBN: 9788420439457, Madrid, Alfaguara, 2020, 328 pp.

Memory, Affectivity and Intimacy in Doris Lessing's Love, Again and Rosa Montero's La carne

This article discusses the literary approaches used by Doris Lessing in Love, Again (1995), and Rosa Montero in her novel La Carne (2016), emphasising the parallels between these writers' interest in women’s ageing experiences and the role that both of these novels’ main characters play in the contemporary cultural scene. Of particular interest in this article is the experience of these female authors who write these novels between the 1990s and the two first decades of the 21st century, historical periods which were marked by major social and economic upheaval, I suggest that their respective productions problematise the notions of memory, affectivity and intimacy, and notably showcase the contributions made by women in the process of ageing as creative agents of social and cultural changes in contemporary Europe.

Spotkanie dwóch kobiet — Rosa Montero i Maria Skłodowska-Curie

The idea of the article is to describe the relationship between the journalist and writer Rosa Montero and Maria Skłodowska-Curie that was aroused as an effect of the work on the explorer’s diary. Montero was supposed to create a prologue to Maria’s diary written after her husband’s tragic death, but the text con-verted into a book. La ridícula idea de no volver a verte is an example of the combination of journalism and literature as an experiment; it takes the form of an intertextual dialogue between the transmitters (Rosa, Maria) and the recipient (Rosa who is reading Maria’s diary, the reader that is reading Rosa’s and Maria’s texts). In the stormy life of Skłodowska-Curie, Rosa finds elements binding her own experiences as well as those of other women. By introducing highlights in the form of hashtags, she pays attention to the universal problems of women: she sees that there are many aspects that bound not only Polish and Spanish women, but all the representatives of that sex living in a world dominated by men. She shows, step by step, the efforts of the Polish explorer, underlying at the same time, her emotionality and the capacity of manipulating the word. Rosa proves that words are the element that makes possible the interaction between her, Maria, and the reader, who is forced to reflect and cannot stay indifferent to the message directed to him. Montero also shows the way in which words permit us to adjust to the pain and suffering after a loss of a loved one, and find inner peace.

Ontología del tiempo y problemas identitarios desde el ciberpunk/steampunk español: dos muestras

El artículo analiza el tratamiento de las ideas de tiempo e identidad en dos obras de la ciencia ficción española adscritas, en mayor o menor medida, a los subgéneros del steampunk y del ciberpunk: El mapa del tiempo de Félix J. Palma y Lágrimas en la lluvia de Rosa Montero, respectivamente. El objetivo, una vez repasados los conceptos teóricos fundamentales, es analizar de forma contrastiva las dos novelas, comprobando cómo los universos paralelos y los mundos virtuales constituyen herramientas narrativas que permiten conformar distintas metáforas en torno al tiempo y a la idea de yo a fin de propiciar la reflexión filosófica en el lector.

Oaknín, Mazal. Feminism, Writing and the Media in Spain. Oxford, Peter Lang, 2019, 209 pp., ISBN 978-3-0343-1865-5

In line with the sociological shift in translation and literary studies, which is experiencing increasing success nowadays, Professor Mazal Oaknín offers us an essential work to delve into the evolution of women’s writing in Spain in the twentieth century and how it is represented and constructed through the media. Unlike descriptive research focusing on cultural products, this scholar bases her research on the influence that historical context and marketing constraints have exerted on the image through which three emblematic female Spanish writers (Ana María Matute, Rosa Montero and Lucía Etxebarría) have introduced themselves to the world of letters and their readerships.

Lágrimas na chuva: a publicidade no futuro e o futuro da publicidade

Resumo À beira do segundo decênio do século XXI ainda surgem concepções e representações anacrônicas da publicidade, mesmo depois do aparecimento de obras seminais sobre a sua relevância como texto social, retórica do consumo e “produto” cultural que enuncia os demais produtos. No presente artigo, discutimos a visão preconceituosa e reducionista da publicidade, bem como as formas mutantes e inovadoras que ela tem apresentado nas últimas décadas, somadas às suas configurações tradicionais, visando à sua “permanência” midiática nos tempos vindouros. Para isso, vamos nos valer do romance de ficção científica Lágrimas na chuva, da escritora espanhola Rosa Montero, que apresenta táticas publicitárias utilizadas em 2109, ano no qual se passa a história – quase um século à nossa frente –, além de estudos sobre a história e a linguagem publicitárias.