Classes

[Marina]

I'm not starting until Sep. 6th, but I have three English classes... so that's gonna be fun.

[Dodger Thirteen]

Our Renaissance class is awesome and you know it. And your poetry professor is mad, yes. I should know.

Again, just wait for the puppets.

My grammar course is review for me thus far, but I should start studying sometime soon-ish. We have a quiz coming up and I don't want to fail.

Even if I did learn this all in Latin.

[onlyaworkingtitle]

... *sob*

[Marina]

Aug 27, 2011 16:27:08 GMT -5 onlyaworkingtitle said:

... *sob*

What? What's wrong? No English classes for you?

[onlyaworkingtitle]

Aug 27, 2011 16:33:08 GMT -5 Marina said:

Aug 27, 2011 16:27:08 GMT -5 onlyaworkingtitle said:

... *sob*

What? What's wrong? No English classes for you?

I'm gradumicated -- no English classes for me for a long, long while.

[inarikins]

I have a History of American Lit to 1865. I just can't wait to get past the Puritans because they produce some of the driest, least fun to read anything ever.

Also, just wondering what the accepted etiquette concerning writing in a Norton Anthology is...? Should I not write in mine? I'll probably keep the volumes, but I keep losing track of all of my facts.

[Dodger Thirteen]

Aug 28, 2011 1:39:04 GMT -5 inarikins said:

Also, just wondering what the accepted etiquette concerning writing in a Norton Anthology is...? Should I not write in mine? I'll probably keep the volumes, but I keep losing track of all of my facts.

Write in it. The entire point of having the Norton anthology is so you can reference it. What good is it if you can't find the damned things you need to reference?

[Dodger Thirteen]

Aug 28, 2011 8:19:42 GMT -5 Eternal Lobster said:

Also, that is a huge chunk of time to fit into the semester. My uni splits that up. My 1830-1860 American Lit class was fabulous and my favorite class so far. I mean, sure, it helped that the professor was amazing and I had a friend in it, but Emerson/Thoreau/Hawthorne/Poe is a wonderful set of authors to read together.

You - like the majority of girls in our department - just think he's hot.

Though I did enjoy CIRCLE TIME.

[inarikins]

Aug 28, 2011 8:19:42 GMT -5 Eternal Lobster said:

Aug 28, 2011 1:39:04 GMT -5 inarikins said:

I have a History of American Lit to 1865. I just can't wait to get past the Puritans because they produce some of the driest, least fun to read anything ever.

Also, just wondering what the accepted etiquette concerning writing in a Norton Anthology is...? Should I not write in mine? I'll probably keep the volumes, but I keep losing track of all of my facts.

Agreed, just write in it. If you sell it back, someone will thank you. If you keep it, your future self will thank you.

Also, that is a huge chunk of time to fit into the semester. My uni splits that up. My 1830-1860 American Lit class was fabulous and my favorite class so far. I mean, sure, it helped that the professor was amazing and I had a friend in it, but Emerson/Thoreau/Hawthorne/Poe is a wonderful set of authors to read together.

We're not reading every single page of both volumes of the anthology. That would be too insane. But we're covering all the major bases, plus there's a 'History of American Lit II' that I'll take next semester.

[embonpoint]

In my first term, I'm doing: Beginnings (from The Odyssey to the 18th Century), Approaches to Criticism, and Critical Practice - all of which are mandatory.
In term two, I get to choose two for myself (I've chosen Shakespeare and The Novel); we also do The Poem and continue with either Approaches to Criticism or Critical Practice.

[sammybluejay]

Gonna start this going again for the winter semester! What classes are you guys in? You looking forward to them?

My English classes this semester are Shakespeare's History Plays, British Lit 1920-1939, Modernism to Postmodernism, and Robin Hood and the Medieval Outlaw. I am SO pumped for the last one! But four English classes plus one film class are going to prove nasty come essay season. :\ This is going to be a fun semester, but it's my last one, so I might as well go out with a bang, right?

[onlyaworkingtitle]

Again: WAH I MISS CLASSES BITCH WHINE MOAN COMPLAIN.

sammybluejay: BritLit '20-'39 sounds like an interestingly specific topic, and Robin Hood should be AWESOME. I am super-envious. Keep us updated on that -- I'd love to see the reading list for the latter.

Everyone, APPRECIATE IT WHILE YOU CAN!

[sammybluejay]

Dec 27, 2011 4:28:56 GMT -5 onlyaworkingtitle said:

Again: WAH I MISS CLASSES BITCH WHINE MOAN COMPLAIN.

sammybluejay: BritLit '20-'39 sounds like an interestingly specific topic, and Robin Hood should be AWESOME. I am super-envious. Keep us updated on that -- I'd love to see the reading list for the latter.

Everyone, APPRECIATE IT WHILE YOU CAN!

Oh my gosh, I graduate in the spring and I DO NOT WANT. D:

As for the reading list for Robin Hood, the only textbook is a giant anthology called Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales. I'm not sure how much of it we'll be reading but I will definitely keep you posted on it. I haven't even been able to open it yet to take a look at what's inside, because it's wrapped in cellophane and you can't return it once it's opened.

[Dodger Thirteen]

Dec 27, 2011 13:02:53 GMT -5 sammybluejay said:

Oh my gosh, I graduate in the spring and I DO NOT WANT. D:

AGREED.

I'm taking three English classes for my final semester and one Italian class (Italian 102). English classes are:

-Arthurian Literature
-Victorian Literature
-Independent study on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with same professor as the Arthurian lit course.

[Tanith]

This semester I'm taking British Novel in the 20th Century, the Romantic Period, Modern Czech Literature, Contemporary Scandinavian Stories, and an intro government requirement I've put off. Really looking forward to Czech lit; we're reading some of my favorites like Franz Kafka and Bohumil Hrabal.

So many classes I wish I could take (that'll look hilarious when I'm bitching about my workload later), not enough time to do so. I graduate next December and I'm already nervous...