Marthe Robert says the origin of the novel is the family romance, the Oedipal conflict. Terry Castle says its origin is in orphanhood. Isaacs’ María is an orphan. Orphans are cut off from their origins. Robert says the novel is not about the Foundling but about the Bastard; fairy tales are about foundlings. If I … More On orphans and origins
I have found and cleaned the text. I wrote it off the cuff in 1989 or 1990. I had read the novel so as to teach it, and laughed all the way through (you are supposed to cry) because it was so … overt. Then someone wanted to fill a conference slot in a related area, … More Let us see
…and language is a set of grammar rules, and culture is a museum. These things are not true but I would have better teaching evaluations from both students and other faculty if I lived by them. I would allegedly run through my lecture and go back to the office and keep writing, and everything would … More “Christians are right, and pagans are wrong”
In reality work very little work was done yesterday. I still have to grade, prepare classes, and do these things: – homework update for the culture class – document format issue for this class – film “The Couple in the Cage” [now found in VHS; let’s see about working it into the class] √ – … More Work tracking Thursday
Meansomething flatters me by saying I get a lot done and I am truly honored and it helps to hear it, but let us now review what really happened on this day. Unlike meansomething, my department chair does not think I more than an average amount done and today is a good example of why … More Work-tracking today, #2
I came up with that title for a possible paper long ago and I am looking for the abstract which I know I have. Here is a psychoanalytic-style paper on part of the problematic. Our hero’s separation from the beloved is his Oedipal moment and the whole landscape is suffused with pre-Oedipal desire. I would … More “Gendered Mirrors and Racial Difference…”
Holberg, Brorson, Baggesen, Oehlenschläger. There are many other authors and more attractive ones, but if you study seriously you must also know famous people like this. I was always impressed with Steen Steensen Blicher because he wrote in jysk as well as Danish, making Jutland dialect a literary language, and you could just feel the … More Dansk litteraturvidenskab. Le mardi gras acadien.
→ I am looking for the shortest possible novel or other literary work or interconnected series of works on the Spanish Civil War, ideally published in the 21st century although I will take the late 20th if necessary. So far I have Javier Cercas, Soldados de Salamina (2001) at 204 pages. I do not want to … More Bibliography today
→ Weeks ago, someone left one of these in black and gray plaid over here. I have no idea whose it is and I have finally tried it on; I am keeping it and I recommend it. It is a medium and really I should wear a small, but it will do; it is incredibly … More Z’s tips for living
My state of lucidity is extreme. I am irritated not to have been able to attain this for so long, but there it is. Anyway to shore it up I am taking notes on that Cameron book without reading it. This will be better since I can create my own flash cards as it were, … More Julia Cameron Crib Sheet
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