The Joys of Teaching Literature, started in September 2010 and with a Spanish version since July 2021, is a blog for ranting and raving about teaching and researching English Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender Studies, and other aspects of the Anglophone world. I publish a post once a week, usually on Monday. Please, download the yearly volumes for free or read the volume collecting some of the entries (Passionate Professing: The Context and Practice of English Literature, 2023). The comments option is not available, sorry, but you may contact me through my e-mail address, Sara.Martin@uab.cat. The contents of this blog are protected by a type 4 Creative Common License (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd)).

  • RE-READING STEPHEN KING’S CARRIE: RECLAIMING THE VISUALIZATION OF THE ANGRY GIRL

    [WARNING! SPOILERS ABOUT STEPHEN KING’S NOVEL CARRIE]           Like many other people, I saw Brian de Palma’s very popular 1976 film Carrie (scripted by Larry D. Cohen) before reading King’s 1974 novel. The question I’m exploring these days with my students is how and why the visualization contributed by audiovisual adaptation through production design, casting,…

  • UNA RELECTURA DE CARRIE DE STEPHEN KING: RECUPERANDO LA VISUALIZACIÓN DE LA CHICA FURIOSA

    [¡ADVERTENCIA! DESTRIPES SOBRE LA NOVELA CARRIE DE STEPHEN KING – SÍ, LA RAE ACEPTA DESTRIPES EN LUGAR DE ESPÓILERS]           Como muchas otras personas, vi la muy popular película de Brian de Palma Carrie (1976, guion de Larry D. Cohen) antes de leer la novela de King de 1974. El tema que estoy explorando estos…

  • PORTRAIT OF A FRUSTRATED SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR:  MARTA SANZ’S LOS ÍNTIMOS

    Normally, I write the posts in English (for I must practice the language, particularly in an informal register, being a non-native speaker) and I translate them into Spanish, with the help of Word’s automatic translator, which is simply wonderful. Today, however, I’m doing this the other way round because the post is inspired by a…

  • RETRATO DE AUTORA DE ÉXITO FRUSTRADA: LOS ÍNTIMOS DE MARTA SANZ

    Normalmente, escribo las entradas en inglés (así practico, que siempre hace falta al no ser nativa, y más en un registro informal) y las traduzco al castellano, con ayuda del traductor automático de Word, que es una maravilla. Hoy lo hago al revés porque la entrada se inspira en un libro publicado por la autora…

  •  A TURNING POINT: AFTER 35 YEARS

    Happy new academic year! May it brings plenty of positive energy to teachers and students, and the thorough defeat of patriarchal darkness in all fronts and nations (yes, I’m thinking of those awful guys, who’re still sticking around like dirty flies). I’ll begin my seventeenth year as a blogger (how fast time passes!), with a…