Global Literature: The Meaning of Memory and Cultural Identity

In this post I would like to take the time to talk about Global Literature—aka World Literature—and what it means to be a ‘global writer’, which is not the same as simply having international fame or being a New York Times Bestseller. (NOTE from blogger: In most cases, ‘global literature’ is interchangeable with ‘world literature’,

How Rage Affects Self-Identity in Times of Great Distress: Post-Holocaust Literature

There are going to be some difficult lessons that a teacher will have to tackle at some point during the year with the students, but these lessons however, are extremely important and can have profound changes in the alumni. One of those lessons would be the Jewish Holocaust of the twentieth century and how it

Choice & Consequence: Magical Realism in Latin America

This week’s topic is too me, one of the most exciting and sensory-tingling genres in literature and it is sure to catch your students’ attention. Magical Realism is not something unique to Latin American authors, but we will concentrate on this part of the world since it was them who polished the magical elements in

The Myth of Corn Woman and the Fluidity of Language: Blurred Lines Between this World and the Spiritual One

This week I have prepared something special for you, special as only stories about mysterious beings, strong independent women and breathtaking natural landscapes can be. To get in the mood of this week’s topic, I needed to dwell in the desert, in adobes of hardened clay and sage scent. I wanted to eat Mother Earth’s

The Short Story Genre in China and How It Relates to Modern Art

There is something about Modern Art in China that baffles people and makes them question daily realities that we have come to accept as normal, but that maybe—only maybe—they should not be. Nobody likes to feel uncomfortable with things that they do, almost as a routine, but this is our shameful reality, the conclusion that