Etiqueta: Literature
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The transnational dimension of criticism in Jorge Majfud’s narrative
By Nina Podleszańska Katedra Literatur Francuskiego Obszaru Językowego Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny, Poland A writer, profesor, and translator, Podleszańska explores how literature shapes our inner lives and social awareness. Their work focuses on the political dimensions of contemporary Spanish-language writing and the lasting impact of what we read. Fascinated by stories that entertain while quietly transforming us,…
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City of the Moon
City of the Moon was conceived prior to the events of September 11, 2001, and completed following the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The book serves as a poignant metaphor for a civilization that perceives itself as superior and thus feels justified in imposing its moral standards on others—turning myth into reality through fanatical ideologies. Two…
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El lobo y las ovejas
La falta de cobertura mediática sobre acusaciones de fraude electoral en Ecuador contrasta con la rapidez de la prensa al denunciar irregularidades en Venezuela. Jorge Majfud critica la falta de respuesta en un contexto marcado por la propaganda oligárquica, subrayando la urgencia de una comunicación efectiva en América Latina.
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Self-made virgos
Amanda Milius cuestiona la cercanía de Curtis Yarvin con incels en la Convención Nacional de Conservadores. Yarvin, un neorreaccionario, critica principios del Iluminismo, a menudo considera razas superiores e inferiores. Atrae seguidores con una filosofía simplista, mientras promueve un ideal de «self-made man», ignorando el impacto del capitalismo y la desigualdad social y política.
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Deconstructing “The American dream” in selected works of Hari Kunzru and Jorge Majfud
By Sumit Gupta, PhD. Jawaharlal Nehru University, NewDelhi The quest for the betterment of social and economicstatus has led human beings to move from one place to another from time immemorial. In this process, immigrants often encounter various changes and challenges that, at times, are easy to adapt and overcome, but in the majority of…
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Capotean Interview
by Toni Montesinos (originally published in Spanish here >>) In 1972, Truman Capote published an original text that became the autobiography that has never been written. He titled it «Self-portrait» (in The Dogs Bark, 1973), and in it he gave himself with cunning and brilliance. Those questions that serve to proclaim his frustrations, desires, and customs,…
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Interview on Crisis
Jorge Majfud applies his fractal vision to Latino immigrants By Susana Baumann / VOXXI News Thursday, May 10, 2012 Teacher, writer and novelist Jorge Majfud. (Photo/ Jacksonville University) Jorge Majfud is a writer, novelist and professor of Spanish and Latin American literature at the University of Jacksonville in Florida whose books — including his fourth, Crisis, to be…
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What good is literature? (II)
¿Para qué sirve la literatura? (II) (Spanish) À quoi sert la littérature ? (French) What good is literature? (II) Every so often a politician, a bureaucrat or a smart investor decides to strangulate the humanities with a cut in education, some culture ministry or simply downloading the full force of the market over the busy factories of prefabricated sensitivities.…
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What good is literature, anyway?
Jorge Majfud’s books at Amazon>> ¿Para qué sirve la literatura? (I) (Spanish) À quoi sert la littérature ? (Spanish) What good is literature, anyway? I am sure that you have heard many times this loaded query: «Well, what good is literature, anyway?» almost always from a pragmatic businessman or, at worst, from…
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Eduardo Galeano: The Open Eyes of Latin America
Eduardo Galeano: The Open Eyes of Latin America On Mirrors, Stories of Almost Everyone Jorge Majfud Lincoln University There are very few cases of writers who maintain total indifference toward the ethics of their work. There are not so few who have understood that in the practice of literature it is possible to separate…
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¿Por qué escribimos?
¿Por qué escribimos? Desde Uruguay me piden que responda en veinte líneas la antigua y nunca acabada pregunta ¿por qué escribes? Reincidiendo en un viejo defecto, en diez minutos excedí al límite sugerido y me tardé casi una hora tratando de comprimir y recortar por aquí y por allá. Imagino que otros medios que tantas…
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Analyzing Literature by Words and Numbers
Victorians were enamored of the new science of statistics, so it seems fitting that these pioneering data hounds are now the subject of an unusual experiment in statistical analysis. The titles of every British book published in English in and around the 19th century — 1,681,161, to be exact — are being electronically scoured for…
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¿Para qué sirve la literatura?
La literatura, según Jorge Majfud, desafía la complacencia y la barbarie, sirviendo como un acto de resistencia contra la opresión y la ignorancia. Aunque a menudo se cuestiona su utilidad, su verdadero valor radica en expresar verdades incómodas y en mantener viva la inteligencia crítica en tiempos adversos.
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