{"id":28,"date":"2013-03-13T11:51:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T11:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/blog\/"},"modified":"2025-01-05T14:05:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T14:05:31","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<form role=\"search\" method=\"get\" action=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/\" class=\"wp-block-search__button-inside wp-block-search__text-button aligncenter wp-block-search\" ><label class=\"wp-block-search__label screen-reader-text\" for=\"wp-block-search__input-1\" >Cerca<\/label><div class=\"wp-block-search__inside-wrapper\"  style=\"width: 464px\"><input class=\"wp-block-search__input\" id=\"wp-block-search__input-1\" placeholder=\"\" value=\"\" type=\"search\" name=\"s\" required \/><button aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"wp-block-search__button wp-element-button\" type=\"submit\" >Search<\/button><\/div><\/form>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/189\/2022\/09\/imagen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2280\" style=\"width:465px;height:269px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/189\/2022\/09\/imagen.png 1000w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/189\/2022\/09\/imagen-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/189\/2022\/09\/imagen-768x445.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Joys of Teaching Literature<\/em>, 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/ddd.uab.cat\/record\/116328\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ddd.uab.cat\/record\/116328\">yearly volumes<\/a> for free or read the volume collecting some of the entries (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/editorial.ujaen.es\/libro\/passionate-professing-the-context-and-practice-of-english-literature_149716\/\">Passionate Professing: The Context and Practice of English Literature<\/a><\/em>, 2023). The comments option is not available, sorry, but you may contact me through my e-mail address, <a href=\"mailto:Sara.Martin@uab.cat\">Sara.Martin@uab.cat<\/a>. The contents of this blog are protected by a type 4 Creative Common License (<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd)<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4645 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-contemporary-literature category-general category-literary-criticism category-literary-studies tag-booker-prize tag-novel-in-english tag-the-guardian\">\n<h2 style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/2026\/11\/10\/booker-prize-shortlisted-authors-talk-about-their-craft-and-i-paraphrase-them-with-some-comment\/\" target=\"_self\" >BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHORS TALK ABOUT THEIR CRAFT (AND I PARAPHRASE THEM WITH SOME COMMENT)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-11-10T18:52:41+00:00\">10 de novembre de 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">M. John Harrison won yesterday the Booker Prize with his science-fiction novel The End of Everything. There will be endless pieces about whether sf fans have reason enough to feel happy that the genre has been finally recognized as a potential source of literature, but that\u2019s not what I want to discuss. I found Harrison\u2019s&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4643 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-critica-literaria category-estudios-literarios category-general category-literatura-contemporanea tag-booker-premio tag-novela-en-ingles tag-the-guardian\">\n<h2 style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/2026\/11\/10\/los-autores-finalistas-del-premio-booker-hablan-de-su-oficio-y-yo-los-parafraseo-con-algun-que-otro-comentario\/\" target=\"_self\" >LOS AUTORES FINALISTAS DEL PREMIO BOOKER HABLAN DE SU OFICIO (Y YO LOS PARAFRASEO CON ALG\u00daN QUE OTRO COMENTARIO)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-11-10T18:50:40+00:00\">10 de novembre de 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">M. John Harrison gan\u00f3 ayer el Premio Booker con su novela de ciencia ficci\u00f3n The End of Everything. Habr\u00e1 innumerables art\u00edculos y posts sobre si los fans de la ciencia ficci\u00f3n tienen motivos suficientes para alegrarse de que el g\u00e9nero haya sido finalmente reconocido como fuente potencial de literatura, pero eso no es lo que&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4640 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-contemporary-literature category-english-studies category-genre category-literary-criticism category-literary-studies tag-literary-fiction tag-novels tag-robert-eagleston\">\n<h2 style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/2026\/11\/03\/novels-are-novels-against-the-predominance-of-literary-fiction\/\" target=\"_self\" >NOVELS ARE NOVELS: AGAINST THE PREDOMINANCE OF \u2018LITERARY\u2019 FICTION<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-11-03T10:20:54+00:00\">3 de novembre de 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I\u2019m using for my subject Contemporary Literature in English passages from Robert Eaglestone\u2019s Contemporary Fiction: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2013). This is a slim volume, as it corresponds to the series, with accessible language (unlike most literary criticism), and quite bold in its approach to a daunting topic: how to define and understand current&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4638 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-critica-literaria category-estudios-literarios category-literatura-contemporanea tag-ficcion-literaria tag-genero-literario tag-genero-narrativo tag-robert-eaglestone\">\n<h2 style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/2026\/11\/03\/todas-las-novelas-son-novelas-contra-el-dominio-de-la-ficcion-literaria\/\" target=\"_self\" >TODAS LAS NOVELAS SON NOVELAS: CONTRA EL DOMINIO DE LA FICCI\u00d3N \u2018LITERARIA\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-11-03T10:18:35+00:00\">3 de novembre de 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Estoy usando en mi asignatura Literatura Contempor\u00e1nea en ingl\u00e9s pasajes de Contemporary Fiction: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2013) de Robert Eaglestone. Es un volumen breve, como corresponde a la serie, con un lenguaje accesible a diferencia de la mayor\u00eda de la cr\u00edtica literaria, y bastante audaz en su enfoque sobre un tema abrumador: c\u00f3mo&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4635 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-cultural-studies category-film-adaptations category-film-studies category-general category-students category-teaching-tools-and-rules category-tv-series tag-education tag-film-education tag-primary-school tag-secondary-school\">\n<h2 style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/2026\/10\/26\/thinking-about-film-studies-in-education-a-glaring-gap\/\" target=\"_self\" >THINKING ABOUT FILM STUDIES IN EDUCATION: A GLARING GAP<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-10-26T10:58:26+00:00\">26 d&#039;octubre de 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Today I\u2019m discussing film education. In Spain, \u2018Educaci\u00f3n Pl\u00e1stica, Visual y Audiovisual\u2019 (EPVA) [Plastic, Visual, and Audiovisual Education] was introduced in 1990 as one of the main subjects to be taught along the three secondary education years of the compulsory secondary education course ESO (ages 12-16). The EPVA block now called \u2018Image and Visual\/Audiovisual Communication\u2019&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<nav class=\"wp-block-query-pagination is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-query-pagination-is-layout-f6d872f4 wp-block-query-pagination-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Paginaci\u00f3\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query-pagination-numbers\"><span aria-current=\"page\" class=\"page-numbers current\">1<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"?query-1-page=2\">2<\/a>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"?query-1-page=3\">3<\/a>\n<span class=\"page-numbers dots\">&hellip;<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"?query-1-page=208\">208<\/a><\/div>\n\n<a href=\"\/saramartinalegre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28?query-1-page=2\" class=\"wp-block-query-pagination-next\">P\u00e0gina seg\u00fcent<span class='wp-block-query-pagination-next-arrow is-arrow-chevron' aria-hidden='true'>\u00bb<\/span><\/a>\n<\/nav>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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