tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post113837386187658497..comments2024-01-28T03:35:51.182-05:00Comments on Reassigned Time: Introduction to Literature, Part IIDr. Crazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-1138546273124954712006-01-29T09:51:00.000-05:002006-01-29T09:51:00.000-05:00Been really enjoying your "Introduction to" series...Been really enjoying your "Introduction to" series, even though I been more of a lurker than active partipant of late. You are definitely hitting your stride with the re-designed blog.<BR/><BR/>And thanks for the great memory! I laughed out loud.CharlieAmrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776511413391032318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-1138464183614071682006-01-28T11:03:00.000-05:002006-01-28T11:03:00.000-05:00Gosh, can I come take your class?I really like the...Gosh, can I come take your class?<BR/><BR/>I really like the way you pair up or group works, too.<BR/><BR/>I get so uncomfortable trying to teach novels, though. I love reading them, but they're so hard for me to teach in classes.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-1138409553908504652006-01-27T19:52:00.000-05:002006-01-27T19:52:00.000-05:00Dr. Crazy, thanks for answering my specific questi...Dr. Crazy, thanks for answering my specific questions. I really dig your "what is literature" organizing principle and the reasons why you don't want to do a theme a la monsters, or whatever. As we reinvent our own intro to lit. class (which, btw, is supposed to introduce them to the discipline as well as to the literature)I'm going to keep your ideas in mind.<BR/><BR/>And Cats and Dogma -- I like your idea, too! Beowulf with the novel Grendel and Jane Eyre with Wide Sargasso Sea would also fit. Oh, and also The Tempest with A Tempest.Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-1138380892827433362006-01-27T11:54:00.000-05:002006-01-27T11:54:00.000-05:00La Lecturess,Point taken on the separating women o...La Lecturess,<BR/>Point taken on the separating women out thing. I suppose that the reason that I do it in the context of this course is because it allows us to think about why/whether that's useful. In my other courses, I tend to do a kind of equal representation within units sort of thing because I myself resist the idea of a women's literature ghetto. One of the things that I find most interesting is that often students will say that Charlotte Bronte belongs in the canon more than Joyce does after doing units two and three. Not what the literary critics would say much of the time, is it?Dr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-1138379553489347112006-01-27T11:32:00.000-05:002006-01-27T11:32:00.000-05:00I really like this structure, especially units 1-2...I really like this structure, especially units 1-2 and 4 (I'm not dissing on the women, and I think it's extremely important to have the "whose experiences count" conversation, but I always resist separating out women in a way that might unintentially reinforce the message that women's literature in fact belongs in a separate category).<BR/><BR/>I haven't yet taught this kind of intro course, but I think your structure is smart, and much more helpful in introducing students to what literature IS than just throwing at them a bunch of works in different genres--loosely organized under a particular topic or not.La Lecturesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09892747650463978861noreply@blogger.com