Anticuado
18/02/2013
Look at this: Your application was submitted on 2/18/2013 and has been assigned a tracking number of 138441. Print this page now and attach it to your paper application. Axé.
Month: February 2013
An archaeological post
18/02/2013
Here, that is to say far below, is the abstract for one of the papers I gave when I was supposed to be working on Vallejo. I did not actually write it, but spoke from this abstract itself and a two-page handout of quotations. I could do this because I have excellent presentation skills. I … More An archaeological post
The compleat academic
18/02/2013
I still say this is the best academic career guide. I know people like him but I still think Boice is condescending and infantilizing and not designed for people who already know how to read and write, and I still say that my dislike of soft writing guides like The Artist’s Way does not indicate … More The compleat academic
Introducción a los estudios literarios
18/02/2013
The Spanish Professor has wanted to give the introduction to literary studies as a course in narrative theory, but if I cut down the number of genres covered I would do poetry and the essay. My colleagues say this would never work since these are the least interesting genres to students, the ones that will … More Introducción a los estudios literarios
Cumananas de Vallejo y Mariátegui
18/02/2013
Esta es una verdadera curiosidad. Axé.
That Discerning Eye
17/02/2013
♦ This sketch does not justify my working title which refers to Villaverde’s “ojo conocedor” — the eye which sees race. The “discerning eye” in his text and in others is what makes one (Latin) American. Elite criollos need it so as to know with whom they are dealing; others do too, so as to know … More That Discerning Eye
LXXVII
17/02/2013
Graniza tanto, como para que yo recuerde y acreciente las perlas que he recogido del hocico mismo de cada tempestad. No se vaya a secar esta lluvia. A menos que me fuese dado caer ahora para ella, o que me enterrasen mojado en el agua que surtiera de todos los fuegos. ¿Hasta dónde me alcanzará … More LXXVII
Et voilà — et c’est vrai
17/02/2013
Voilà! I told you I would feel normal soon, and now I do. In Reeducation one was permanently maimed, which I did not believe, but later it seemed I might be caught in that net. But of course not. I think it really is true — I am over it. I have thought so before, … More Et voilà — et c’est vrai
Lund boildown for my purposes
16/02/2013
I am happy again. It is possible to be eficaz. Now I will start boiling LUND down. I want to point out that Freyre appears to have derived his theories of Brazilian exceptionalism from Unamuno and Ortega y Gasset. Also, it seems that following Guimarães’ categories, I believe in “historical races.” Key phrases from Lund, … More Lund boildown for my purposes
On the fallacy of “life invading”
16/02/2013
I am sure people do not believe it but I really am pouring out las últimas gotas not just of Reeducation but of all related traumas. This blog is about to go straight-up academic and merge with the Seminario Permanente. Acabaremos but I do have one more comment on things people say about work: “Life … More On the fallacy of “life invading”
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