Darío, Cardenal, Cortázar’s “Apocalipsis en Solentiname,” more. One would learn about Sandinismo and its vicissitudes, and about some authors, and find out how to read some literature. #OccupyHE Axé.
This is how they do it for English at the University of Amsterdam. More and more I think it should be something like this, on a theme. I am tired of what we have been doing, and what I tried this time, does not work. I think we could have three books or so, a … More More on the introduction to literary studies
There are many things here I do not take advantage of because of financial considerations — getting to them. No individual excursion is particularly expensive, but they mount up and I need more than I actually undertake. Life would be really different with a small amount of funding. Those working in the university’s centers of … More Pour considérer et faire
Another thing to remember from those conferences I have just been to — I should go ahead and put prisons on my research agenda. They would be something to teach about, too. Axé.
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♦♦ After LASA, from whence I will May 26, and before the Ohio event, for which I will depart about May 31, I will make my June syllabus and e-mail the students. ♦♦ In the meantime I must now create my LASA paper and my Vallejo abstract. I will write the Vallejo paper during June. … More Eaux de mars
Another weekend, another uplifting conference, and now it is Carnaval time and it would be nice if I were living at home in the city and could just absorb the atmosphere but I do not feel like fighting traffic and I want to ride the writing wave. I really do feel like a completely different … More C’est brillant
My psychological and academic suffering has much more to do with my specific department than I had realized. Usually I think the issues are what I bring with me and do not allow myself to see how much is structural. Also, the capitalistic idea that money does not buy happiness is false. Every time I … More Illuminations
Spanish professors, I want you to weigh in on this proposal for curriculum revision. We now have a 300 level introduction to literature, four 400 level surveys of which students must take two, and some other 400 level electives that are topics courses. That is traditional and reasonable but I discern problems, based on the … More A curriculum proposal
I feel different now, as though a missing tile had been installed in my spinal column, something along those lines. I am getting to be almost as lucid as before Reeducation. It is this solid feeling, and I see I can feel even more solid. I remember being this way. Still, I dreamed I had … More Progress
