Teaching – coldhearted scientist وداد

Silent writing exercise at the beginning of class?

23/04/2024

Silent writing exercise at the beginning of class. Axé.

Teaching los detectives salvajes

29/01/2024

“It does seem to make some pointed analyses of contemporary culture. I’d say teach it, along with something like Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes by Jacques Ellul or maybe something a little more recent by Chomsky. You could add another book or short selections by Neil Postman or more contemporary media theorists, and then … More Teaching los detectives salvajes

Contra el secreto profesional

22/01/2024

Here is the book in PDF but the essay by that title isn’t in it and any book I would have that in is in the office. Perhaps I shouldn’t have moved them. But here we are. Vallejo praises Pablo Abril’s Ausencia (they were, of course, also friends). I like JM’s idea of using CeSP … More Contra el secreto profesional

The magical realism course

18/09/2021

Objective: read these texts and problematize the term. Put these in a useful order. Flores’ 1955 article El reino de este mundo El acoso Borges, El arte narrativo y la magia Bioy Casares, La invención de Morel Fuentes, Chac Mool Rulfo, Pedro Páramo How to deal with 100 años de soledad — will we have … More The magical realism course

Spanish American Literature in Translation? Or Latin American? Including Brazil, or not?

04/05/2021

El reino de este mundo will be the first and oldest text. Everything else will be short, but interesting, from a different country. That is the foundation, and everything else is later; I should do something actually Afro-Latin to go with REM. Other texts I am thinking about having, for narrative, are Pedro Páramo, Crónica … More Spanish American Literature in Translation? Or Latin American? Including Brazil, or not?

Ya no estoy aquí, and deep reading

22/03/2021

Deep reading. And a trenchant critique of the film in question. Axé.

Buster Keaton

14/03/2021

Here is a Buster Keaton post. I might imitate these activities in class. Either now of in the fall. Axé.

Borges

04/12/2020

I must find that Borges quotation, on the pleasure of reading, for my course. Axé.

Online and remote courses

15/10/2020

Things I thought about during the summer: “Flip” it all: start out the semester online and finish in person, have office hours during class hours and asynchronous assignments, have office hours online and hangouts in person. “Teams,” for reasons I forget, does not work, you should use Moodle. Think of what your goals are, work … More Online and remote courses