Reading Old Books in a Modern World

Hello, my name is Awaia Liaqat but you can call me Awais. I am a junior at Baruch majoring in accounting and i plan on taking my CPA right after my bachelors. I dont read a lot of books but one of my favorite books is “Drown” by Junot Diaz.

About Jay’s text

“This turn, of course, has been a controversial on. my aim in this book is to explore the nature and history of these controversies. As some scholars define globalization as a contemporary phenomenon linked to the development of electronic media, the rise of translation corporations, global financial institutions, and proliferating form of entertainment that easily leap national boundaries, others define it as a historical phenomenon running back to at least the sixteenth century and incorporating the histories of colonization, decolonization, and post colonialism.”

I found this quote very confusing because of the words that author uses and i believe “globalization” as exchange of idea, culture, goods and more.

Hello, my name is Michael Jemal and I am currently a Junior at Baruch. I am majoring in real estate investment and minoring in communications. One of my favorite books that I read recently is The Liar’s Ball by Vicky Ward. The book talks about the exciting history of the General Motors Building on Fifth Avenue, and how so many NYC Real Estate Tycoons would have done anything to buy that building.

“As some scholars define globalization as a contemporary phenomenon linked to the development of electronic media, the rise of transitional corporations, global financial institutions, and proliferating forms of entertainment that easily leap national boundaries, others define it as a historical phenomenon running back to at least the sixteenth century and incorporating the histories of colonization, decolonization, and post colonialism. “

I was a little confused of how Jay was defining globalization here. He brought up very different definitions. These sentences are part of Jay’s introduction. Overall the text was a little complicated, in terms of the wording to read. But I understood the general message he was trying to send.

Hello, My Name is Taehan kim.

I’m on the way to majoring the accounting at Baruch College. I don’t have really a favorite book in English, but i enjoyed some readings, such as Dumpster Diving, so some of books in my interests, “six thousand years of bread” in Korean translated version and some history books. I’m very interested in European History. I love history in general.

About Jay’s text,

“This turn, of course, has been a controversial on. my aim in this book is to explore the nature and history of these controversies. As some scholars define globalization as a contemporary phenomenon linked to the development of electronic media, the rise of transnation corporations, global financial institutions, and proliferating form of entertainment that easily leap national boundaries, others define it as a historical phenomenon running back to at least the sixteenth century and incorporating the histories of colonization, decolonization, and postcolonialism.”

I was some what confused why some people consider globalization as a contemporary phenomenon based on modern technology, because i understand “Globalization’ as a exchange of culture, goods, people and more in big scare. I also like to include some minor scare of exchanging in a part of globalization too, because many small exchange eventually change the society. So, In my thinking, Globalization have a history, at least since Imperialism ages, silk road trad between Europe and Asia, possible Macedonian, Hellenistic empire. Not big and past as today, but exist.

Hi my name is XiaoYang Wang but you can call me James. I am from Plainview, Long Island but I currently living in Astoria. I am a junior who is majoring in finance and minoring in Chinese language studies. My favorite book has a lot to do with my interests actually, the book is called Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain  The specific interest I’m talking about is my love for cooking. Some other interests include power lifting, hiking and fine dining.

Something that confused me in Paul Jay’s text:

One claim that is often made against the changes ushered in by the transnational turn in literary studies is that it has led to a debilitation fragmentation. Principles of coherence that have guided the field for decades have given way to a focus on pluralities, differences, hybrid identities, and complication transnational geographies that are seemingly incoherent and unmanageable. I do not agree because I believe that literary studies as a field has always thrived on fragmentation and challenges to coherence.

This part of the text confuses me in several different way. First way being that it does not specify how transnational literary studies cause fragmentation. From what the author previous mentioned that “globalization is characterized by a complex back-and forth flows of people and cultural forms” then the idea should be relatively coherent. Secondly is that I wished the author had clarified the meaning of coherence. In my opinion coherence can be developed in more than one method so I am left wondering what the “Principles of coherence” actually are. All in all this was an interesting read about Jay’s view on transnational studies in literature.

My name is Jessica Bonilla. I am a senior and I am majoring in Corporate Communication. I am hoping to become a teacher and will be taking my certifications this summer. I currently teach at a daycare and I love it. On my free time I love to spend time with my friends and family. I really enjoy watching T.V series. My new obsession is Arrow and I am so happy How to Get Away with Murder is back on. I can’t really remember the last time I read a book but two semesters ago I really enjoyed reading my psychology book. I even decided to keep the book. The book is called Psychology: Perspectives and Connections by Feist Rosenberg.

‘Again, the aim here is not to assert the primary of English in the study of globalization’s effects on culture and literature but to recognize that, like a number of other discipline, English literature and those who study it have been profoundly affected by the processes of globalization.”

I understand when it comes to studying globalization culture and gender have an effect on it. I don’t understand how English literature does and how it affects it.