About Us
My name is Federico Luis Irizarry. I am incredibly interested in narrative in general -- books, movies, television, video games, etc. -- and hope that I can share a bit of this interest with my students in an attempt to facilitate their reading of classic novels. I feel that a great way to do this is to connect those classics with modern media. Students are more likely to be engaged with literature if it relates to them, and there are often fewer better ways to prompt connection to a text than to relate it to one the student is already knowledgeable about. By providing students with poems, plays, and novels paired with modern TV shows and movies that mirror them, students will have more to relate to and therefore will better understand the concepts of the works they read. The front page of the site includes links to pages that explain what modern works are similar to literary ones. Click on one to get started!