Literature is really anything written down into some kind of narrative. So this would include everything from a boring memo from an HR department to Shakespeare. What is literary, is a different...
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Literature is really anything written down into some kind of narrative. So this would include everything from a boring memo from an HR department to Shakespeare. What is literary, is a different...
Your criticism of the story was fine. That's not what I'm taking issue with. I'm taking issue with you using one instance where I didn't separate the dialogue and then telling me I need to brush up...
Most readers nowadays prefer plot or "story". This wasn't always the case. If you look at the best seller lists from the first half the 20th century its mostly literary works. What Americans chose to...
Brush up on my grammar skills? Did you not read where I said excuse the format because it wasn't copying over properly? Initially it pasted over as one block of text.
Also, the story is copying...
I'm going to give him another try, but a few years ago I picked up "The Road" and read about half of it before I threw it across the room. I didn't like the writing style and the lack of proper...
He doesn't call the police. I omitted it for a couple reasons. One of which is that I think the narration would have been a little overbearing. Jack says he calls the police then the narrator...
Yeah, I think you're right. The first paragraph is problematic. I'll definitely cut some of it out or re-work the beginning altogether.
Thanks for your comments :)
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Elevator doors aren't this interesting. Lots of elevator doors open slowly. Who cares?
This can be an interesting genre but don't give too much importance to inanimate things. Stick to character,...
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Chinua Achebe, V.S Naipul, Derek Walcott, Jorge Luis Borges, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neal Hurston. I could keep going. It's just not true that the...
Maybe inferior is not the right word. I would say outside of the western tradition. And I agree that there is a problem of authority.Who decides? Well certainly much of it is decided by each...
well, the Literary Canon's biggest threat comes from within. From those in academia that want to insert inferior works in to the Canon for political reasons.
I would say that 70% of the reading in my literature classes has been poetry.
I already speak two languages fluently.
Somehow having a goal of becoming an English teacher or (gasp) an English...
If I wanted a career where I'd make a lot of money I'd go into business. But then I would be miserable. I'd rather make 25k a year and be doing something I love than make 70k a year does something...
okay..why the thread hijack? Your experience in finding employment in the education field may be a disappointing one. But that's not what this thread is about.
so don't become an English teacher?
what?
Thanks for responding.
Yeah, for undergrad study I am studying many different periods and movements. I'm somewhat settled when it comes to focusing on American literature but that could change. I...
No to Gertrude Stein. She never wrote anything that could remotely be considering canonical.
you're not the only one. McCandless was an idiot. He wasn't a hero. He wasn't a romantic. He was one of the dumbest people ever shat into civilization.
Well 300 a year would be 25 books a month. That's a book every 1.2 days.
So unless he makes a living from this blog I am skeptical. Also it depends on the kind of books. If he's reading...
have you considered pursing an MA in English instead? You'd probably need to take a few more upper level English courses. But I think it's possible to get into MA English programs even if your...
it depends on your budget.
I'd wait for the iPad Mini retina display.
Right now I have an iPad. I had a Kindle Fire but I ended up giving it away because i just found it to be horrible. One...
I have a question for literature students who plan on graduate study.
At what point do you decide what you are going to specialize in? And once you do decide, how important is it also to study the...
I think it depends what you are trying to accomplish with your reading. If you simply want to be entertained then it's fair to have these I liked it/hated it judgments. But if you're reading to...