Some of this is stolen or imitated from other people and I am posting it so that others may also take ideas from me. The idea is that this course be issues driven, not periods-and-styles driven, but I am not quite there yet. Much is being left out and this is a survey course. I … More Modern Spain: Literature and Society 1700-2013
Is anyone here on Linux? I am not really enough of a geek for this but I am on it anyway out of pure rebellion. Here is the problem with my Linux box: it picks up wireless everywhere but in my house, where it insists on being wired. There are Linux users groups in Houston … More Linux
1. Do you think it is inevitable to fear death in the abstract (not just fight against it as an organism)? 2. Do you think it is natural to be upset that we are not immortal, to feel robbed somehow? 3. Do you think it is normal for a 20th century person to be traumatized … More Five questions related to Vallejo and Arguedas
Were the kings of Europe in the middle period (16th, 17th, 18th centuries) all curly haired or was that just the fashion for wigs? If it was fashion, how did they curl the hair — or did they only accept naturally curly hair for wigs? Carlos II “The Bewitched” seems to have had straight or … More A side question on fashion
I just discovered Hispanidades, which breaks down El espejo enterrado, which Tulane faculty already felt they were slightly … cheating … by using in the 80s, since it was already so masticado. Should I in fact be teaching at a lower-than-that evel for a culture course that is taken in the sixth semester? Or has … More Have you used this book?
I woke up this morning thinking that perhaps if I slept again and woke up again I would wake up somewhere else. I woke up knowing it was a sunny day. I woke up thinking, if you work in isolation is it enough to kill a project? I woke up wondering, how many people who … More Woke up this morning with my mind…
We saw Les Misérables and although I do not like musicals it is interesting to pore over July Monarchy, the 1832 rebellion and 1848 as well as the emphasis on ambivalence in Hugo’s heroes (which Javert cannot handle). French history is instructive and I wish I knew it better as it might explain my institution, … More Les Misérables
It is raining endlessly and the films one could see include this and some others. This seems almost required — have you seen it and if so, do you recommend it? Axé.
This composition from the 1930s sets words form the Popol Vuh to avant-garde music. I want to start teaching the Popol Vuh not as an ancient but as a modern text. The version we have was composed in the 18th century, after all. Do you not think this is legitimate? Note: I realize the answer … More Ecuatorial
I have taken today, which was a beautiful day, off and dedicated it to doing very little beyond reading blogs. Clarissa’s department is being turned from Foreign Languages and Literatures to World Languages and Cultures. Why do you think people are so anti-literary? I, too, dislike it but I have an advantage over some people … More On literature, dolça metzina
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