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Post by batmanjenkins on Jul 12, 2011 22:38:46 GMT -5
I hate poetry is what it really comes down to. And most classic literature. Jane Austen? Can't read it. Am I in love with the masterpiece theatre's version of Pride and Prejudice? Hell yes. Something about the pacing of books from that time bore me to tears. Frankenstein especially, blehk.
Also I was recently yelled at by a writing person at my school that I over-use commas! I didn't agree with this at all, since they're where I pause. He kind of accepted it but in a grudging, he-could-tell-I-wouldn't-listen-to-him kind of way.
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Post by tosney on Jul 16, 2011 16:55:52 GMT -5
I'm like Emily Dickinson - I'm a fan of the dash. (teehee, I didn't even mean to put it there as a pun). But my teacher comments on it in my papers.
I'm a bad future!English major because I can't stomach a lot of classic literature either. For example, I've tried Wuthering Heights and can't get through it. (I did enjoy Around the world in Eighty Days and A Tale of Two Cities, though). I think that I can only like it if the author had well-developed characters. In a lot of the classic literature I've read, the author's excuse for character development is listing how they dress, a couple habits that give no real insight into the character, and then stating how healthy they are. And then their dialogue or thoughts never distinguish them from any of the other characters and it ends up being a parade of Proper English clones (or whatever country they're from) and I certainly can't tell the difference. Several classic writers I know could use the 'Show, not tell' rule more effectively.
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jul 16, 2011 17:37:35 GMT -5
I'm enjoying this phrase. Right here. Just sayin'. For all those folks who get here and say "Oh goodness I'm not in college yet but I want to be an English major so is it okay if I join the forum anyway?" I want to send them here and say "It is okay because you are a future!English major. We have a term for it, so you can feel more justified now." |
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Post by Gina on Jul 16, 2011 22:41:47 GMT -5
I'm enjoying this phrase. Right here. Just sayin'. For all those folks who get here and say "Oh goodness I'm not in college yet but I want to be an English major so is it okay if I join the forum anyway?" I want to send them here and say "It is okay because you are a future!English major. We have a term for it, so you can feel more justified now." I feel validated.  Oh, and I'm a bad future!English Major because I use too many smileys. |
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Post by tosney on Jul 17, 2011 12:07:04 GMT -5
I'm so proud I coined a new term ^_^
We have a neologisms thread? *goes to find*
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Post by Mary on Jul 18, 2011 15:22:27 GMT -5
I hate to admit it, but I just can't get into Shakespeare's plays. I read Julius Ceasar at twelve, and I didn't understand why we were reading a play that, in my mind, made absolutely no sense and was seemingly impossible to read without a "translation" (I read it alongside No Fear Shakespeare or something like that). Over the next four years I read MacBeth (twice), Romeo and Juliet, and Taming of the Shrew all before I had any true appreciation for literature, relying on Spark Notes. But even after learning how beautiful and wonderful literature can be, I still couldn't love Shakespeare, as I found out when reading Hamlet. I am fond of his sonnets, though.
Also, there are so many writers whom I haven't read, including some major ones.
And when I type casually, I use bad grammar and type things as I'd say them or think them, and I don't always speak/think in proper grammar. haha.
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jul 18, 2011 17:37:10 GMT -5
I absolutely loathe Charles Dickens, to the point that during a visit to Westminster Abbey years ago, I began to jump up and down on his grave in anger.
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