{"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-4601 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-cultural-studies category-english-studies category-film-adaptations category-film-studies category-gothic category-literary-criticism category-literary-studies category-science-fiction category-tv-series tag-brian-de-palma tag-carrie tag-mike-flanagan tag-stephen-king tag-visualization\">\n<h2 style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/2026\/09\/26\/re-reading-stephen-kings-carrie-reclaiming-the-visualization-of-the-angry-girl\/\" target=\"_self\" >RE-READING STEPHEN KING\u2019S CARRIE: RECLAIMING THE VISUALIZATION OF THE ANGRY GIRL<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-26T15:33:33+00:00\">26 de setembre de 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">[WARNING! SPOILERS ABOUT STEPHEN KING\u2019S NOVEL CARRIE] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Like many other people, I saw Brian de Palma\u2019s very popular 1976 film Carrie (scripted by Larry D. Cohen) before reading King\u2019s 1974 novel. The question I\u2019m exploring these days with my students is how and why the visualization contributed by audiovisual adaptation through production design, casting,&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4599 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-adaptaciones-al-cine category-ciencia-ficcion category-cine category-estudios-culturales category-estudios-literarios category-gotico category-series-tv tag-brian-de-palma tag-carrie tag-kimberley-peirce tag-michael-flanagan tag-stephen-king\">\n<h2 style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/2026\/09\/26\/una-relectura-de-carrie-de-stephen-king-recuperando-la-visualizacion-de-la-chica-furiosa\/\" target=\"_self\" >UNA RELECTURA DE CARRIE DE STEPHEN KING: RECUPERANDO LA VISUALIZACI\u00d3N DE LA CHICA FURIOSA<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-26T15:31:40+00:00\">26 de setembre de 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">[\u00a1ADVERTENCIA! DESTRIPES SOBRE LA NOVELA CARRIE DE STEPHEN KING \u2013 S\u00cd, LA RAE ACEPTA DESTRIPES EN LUGAR DE ESP\u00d3ILERS] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Como muchas otras personas, vi la muy popular pel\u00edcula 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&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4596 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-contemporary-literature category-general category-literary-studies tag-authors tag-authors-earnings tag-contemporary-spanish-literature tag-los-intimos tag-marta-sanz\">\n<h2 style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/2026\/09\/20\/portrait-of-a-frustrated-successful-author-marta-sanzs-los-intimos\/\" target=\"_self\" >PORTRAIT OF A FRUSTRATED SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR: \u00a0MARTA SANZ\u2019S LOS \u00cdNTIMOS<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-20T18:00:57+00:00\">20 de setembre de 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">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\u2019s automatic translator, which is simply wonderful. Today, however, I\u2019m doing this the other way round because the post is inspired by a&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4594 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-estudios-literarios category-general category-literatura-contemporanea tag-autores tag-autores-ganancias tag-literatura-espanola tag-los-intimos tag-marta-sanz\">\n<h2 style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/2026\/09\/20\/retrato-de-autora-de-exito-frustrada-los-intimos-de-marta-sanz\/\" target=\"_self\" >RETRATO DE AUTORA DE \u00c9XITO FRUSTRADA: LOS \u00cdNTIMOS DE MARTA SANZ<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-20T17:58:57+00:00\">20 de setembre de 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Normalmente, escribo las entradas en ingl\u00e9s (as\u00ed practico, que siempre hace falta al no ser nativa, y m\u00e1s en un registro informal) y las traduzco al castellano, con ayuda del traductor autom\u00e1tico de Word, que es una maravilla. Hoy lo hago al rev\u00e9s porque la entrada se inspira en un libro publicado por la autora&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4589 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-academic-writing category-general category-research category-teaching-tools-and-rules tag-academic-career tag-retirement\">\n<h2 style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/saramartinalegre\/2026\/09\/08\/a-turning-point-after-35-years\/\" target=\"_self\" >\u00a0A TURNING POINT: AFTER 35 YEARS<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-08T16:19:12+00:00\">8 de setembre de 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">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\u2019m thinking of those awful guys, who\u2019re still sticking around like dirty flies). I\u2019ll begin my seventeenth year as a blogger (how fast time passes!), with a&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=206\">206<\/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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