Tag Archives: storytelling
Idiomatic: Harry Potter’s Journey to the West
Translation has always been a literary topic of interest to me. In high school I decided that I would only read literary works that were originally written in English because I was afraid that significant linguistic nuances would be lost … Continue reading
Filed under fiction, literacy, media review
Looking in the Light
Mulla Nasruddin (or Hoca Nasrettin in Turkey or Hodja Nasraddin) is a legendary Sufi mystic and the protagonist of many Islamic wisdom tales. “Hoca” means teacher and “mulla” is a teacher trained in Islamic law. One of my favorite Nasruddin tales is the story about … Continue reading
Filed under folktales, spirituality, storytelling
