I had not thought of him for some time but he would be a very interesting person to revisit, for historical reasons. Also, I must come back to that Andermann book: he discusses foundational violence that is simultaneously denied and evoked. I am constantly amazed and gratified to find that while I was absent, other … More Mariano Picón Salas
In graduate school there was a parodist who wrote a play called El ¿huh? de las niñas y el ¡ja! de Boy-oh-Boy and a tract called La rebelión de las personas non gratas. The personas non gratas were, as we knew from other parodies, the students. I cannot remember the Unamuno parody but there has … More F. L. de Moratín
→ I have changed my name again, to Coldhearted scientist. There was the Hedonistic pleasureseeker who had been called that as a criticism, and I have always been criticized as a coldhearted scientist so I am claiming that until I find my real name. I may delete this weblog if it says what it apparently … More Coldhearted scientist
None of you are commenting upon my new name or helping me to mourn Mictlantecuhtli, which I miss and might have to resurrect one day. This was a poetry magazine at NIU that appears not to have lasted; it has an interesting article on Vallejo in the first number, despite poor bibliography (a situation which … More I am imperialist, colonialist, and naïve
It has changed. Under the new system my scores would have translated to 165 quantitative, 169 verbal. It appears that 169 verbal is unusual in many schools although it is only 3% higher than 165 in terms of percentile (95/98). But many of those who actually go to graduate school, have very high quantitative scores, … More GRE
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.
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
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
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
Esta es una verdadera curiosidad. Axé.
