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 from https://ddd.uab.cat/record/116328, 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)).

  • A MINI-HISTORY OF WOMEN’S SINGING (IN ENGLISH): THE 20TH CENTURY

    This is, no doubt, the strangest post I have ever published, but pending the transformation by my students of this list into a Spotify list (as they promised), here is my selection of 20th century songs by women (in English). I am currently teaching a Cultural Studies course on women in pop, and instead of…

  • CELEBRANDO UNA BUENA VIDA: IN MEMORIAM LOIS RUDNICK

    La Comisión Fulbright ha estado enviando profesores visitantes a España desde el curso 1958-59 (según su directorio, Howard Floan fue el primer visitante, en la Universidad de Zaragoza). Mi departamento recibió un flujo constante de visitantes, compartido con el Departamento de Inglés de la Universitat de Barcelona, entre mediados de la década de 1980 (hasta…

  • CELEBRATING A LIFE WELL LIVED: IN MEMORIAM LOIS RUDNICK

    The Fulbright Commission has been sending visiting scholars to Spain since the academic year 1958-59 (according to its directory, Howard Floan was the first visitor, to the University of Zaragoza). My Department received a steady flow of visitors, shared with the Department of English of the Universitat de Barcelona, between the mid-1980s (as far as…

  • TREINTA AÑOS COMO DOCENTE: PENSANDO EN LA EVALUACIÓN

    En un par de días estaré celebrando el trigésimo aniversario de mi carrera como profesora universitaria. Me contrataron cuando tenía 25 años y el tiempo pasa muy rápido. Creo que este es un aniversario importante, aunque todavía no estoy segura de qué tipo de punto de inflexión se trata. Hasta la crisis de 2008 (creo),…

  • THIRTY YEARS AS A TEACHER: THINKING OF ASSESSMENT

    In a couple of days I will be celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of my career as a university teacher. I was hired as a youthful 25-year-old and time passes that fast. I believe it is an important anniversary, though I am not sure yet what sort of watershed this is. Until the 2008 crisis (I…