Funciones del presente histórico en dos textos narrativos tradicionales costarricenses

The purpose of this article is to determine the funtions of the historical present in two traditional Costa Rican narrative texts. The analisis shows that there is not a single function of the historical present in these texts, but several, such as that which marks direct style, and that which contr...

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Main Author: Constenla Umaña, Adolfo
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2020
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filyling/article/view/44321
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Summary:The purpose of this article is to determine the funtions of the historical present in two traditional Costa Rican narrative texts. The analisis shows that there is not a single function of the historical present in these texts, but several, such as that which marks direct style, and that which contributes to the organization of the texts in chronological segments and to the characterization of its orientation component.