tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post7947770520192949336..comments2024-01-28T03:35:51.182-05:00Comments on Reassigned Time: Shmedagogy, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to BES's ThesisDr. Crazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-20186916351356390072009-04-02T08:56:00.000-04:002009-04-02T08:56:00.000-04:00So you're one of those English people who LURVES J...So you're one of those English people who LURVES Jane Eyre. I read a prof somewhere who said that when they ask their grad-lets what they'd do a thesis on if they could do it on anything in the world, and it was most often Jane Eyre. Ultimately, at some point in all my English classes, the whole class has the before the prof gets there discussion on who likes the Brontes or Austen and who doesn't (or who likes Wuthering Heights vs Jane Eyre). <BR/><BR/>I dislike most sentimental literature. I know it has quality, I just dislike it. Among the other female majors, I get the evil eye for it (though I will give a vote of confidence on Wuthering Heights but only on condition of accompanying gender theory). <BR/><BR/>I love the the dark, scary, confusing, hopeless American Modernist stuff. The criticism has made it so much better! Maybe I'll get to do what I love because it's already kind of "ruined" to begin with. However, finishing this thesis, I utilized the American and European sentimentalist novel traditions more than I ever thought.jennyfieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02729326359689375090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-50553332103769964482009-04-02T08:51:00.000-04:002009-04-02T08:51:00.000-04:00Exactly. I got my PhD in a totally other discipli...Exactly. I got my PhD in a totally other discipline because I did not want to have to spend my life dissecting the books that I loved most. I'm sure I'm a happier scholar for it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00745260466541309506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-18170764602500241902009-04-02T05:11:00.000-04:002009-04-02T05:11:00.000-04:00I totally get what you mean about loving Jane Eyre...I totally get what you mean about loving Jane Eyre in particular. I actually named my firstborn Jayne Erynn. <BR/><BR/>Lit critics on youtube is a great idea-- shows the students that critics are real people, too.kenandbellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177649795946525140noreply@blogger.com