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Category Archives: Literature
Picasso’s “Guernica” and Aleixandre’s “Oda”: The Spanish Civil War in Art and Poetry
One of my favorite things to do when creating lesson plans and homework assignments is to find visuals that evoke the same themes or feelings as the literary text. When teaching poetry for example, I have found that images work … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Literature, Spain, Spanish Civil War
Tagged art, guernica, madrid, picasso, poetry, spanish art, spanish civil war, teaching, Vicente Aleixandre
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Following the Footsteps of a Literary Hero: Personal Histories of Place
This summer I had several projects to work on, including an article on urban Madrid, two new syllabi to prepare, and a conference presentation in Salamanca on the film Las 13 Rosas. But I also took on another smaller project … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Spain, Spanish Civil War
Tagged books, fiction, Franco, hero, history, journey, Laurie Lee, Spain, spanish civil war, travel
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Miguel de Cervantes: An internet sensation?
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) has been in the news a lot lately… considering he lived over four centuries ago! First, in late January, Spanish researches reported unearthing a coffin in the Madrid convent where Cervantes was purportedly buried in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Spain
Tagged Cervantes, digital humanities, Don Quijote de la Mancha, Golden Age, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, novel, Quijote, Salvador Dali, Spain, spanish literature
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Maternity and Madrid: Gendered Spaces in La rampa (1917)
I have officially decided that September is the fastest-moving, shortest month of the (academic) year. It flies by quicker than winter break. One day you are rather calmly introducing the course syllabus and getting to know new students… the next … Continue reading
Posted in History, Literature, Modernity, Science and Medicine, Spain, Women
Tagged 1920s, Carmen de Burgos, gender, literature, madrid, maternity, motherhood, Spain, urban studies
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“Fun” with Academic Publishing: Wordle, Coffee, and Pedagogy
As any professor, graduate student, or postdoc knows, publishing an article in an academic journal is not a particularly enjoyable process… and it can take months, if not years, to see your article in print once accepted and revised. Knowing … Continue reading
Bicycles, typewriters, and sex!?!? Cultures of the Erotic in early 20th Century Spain
Among the many articles and books I consulted for my last article on La Venus mecánica, Maite Zubiaurre’s Cultures of the Erotic in Spain, 1898-1939 (from Vanderbilt UP, 2012) was by far my favorite. Not only does Prof. Zubiaurre‘s monograph … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Modernity, Spain
Tagged 1920s, art, books, erotica, Eugenics, gender, Hildegart Rodríguez, literature, madrid, modernity, pseudoscience, sex, sexuality, Spain, spanish art, spanish literature
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La Llorona: Incorporating Latino Studies into Hispanic Literature
If you grew up in the southwest United States, if you can claim Hispanic heritage, or if you’ve lived in a community with a distinct Hispanic population, you are likely quite familiar with the numerous legends of “La Llorona” (The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Feminism, Literature, Pedagogy, US Southwest, Women
Tagged art, catholicism, children, femininity, Feminism, first-wave spanish feminism, gender, gender ideology, infanticide, La llorona, La Malinche, La virgen de Guadalupe, language, Latino literature, latino studies, legends, literature, Mexico, motherhood, myth, pedagogy, Sandra Cisneros, teaching, teaching spanish, Virgin of Guadalupe
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Exploring Female Identities in Carmen de Burgos’ “La rampa”
One of the first novels to spark my interest in early twentieth-century Spanish women’s literature was Carmen de Burgos’ La rampa (1917). As an urban novel, the narrative explores the effects of modernity not only on the residents of and … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, First-wave spanish feminism, History, Literature, Modernity, Pedagogy, Spain, Women
Tagged 1920s, art, books, Carmen de Burgos, city, culture, femininity, Feminism, first-wave spanish feminism, gender, La rampa, literature, madrid, maternity, modernity, motherhood, pedagogy, Spain, spanish, spanish literature, teaching, teaching spanish, urban studies, women
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The Perfect Wife in the 21st century: “La perfecta casada” en el siglo XXI
Now that February is suddenly here, the Spring 2014 semester is officially underway and I am finally organized (well, for the most part!). For me, the most exciting part about this new semester is that I’m teaching a course I … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, History, Literature, Pedagogy, Spain, Women
Tagged angel del hogar, catholicism, culture, femininity, Feminism, feminists, Fray Luis de León, gender, la perfecta casada, language, marriage, maternity, motherhood, pedagogy, perfect wife, Spain, spanish, spanish civil war, spanish literature, teaching, women
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