It's the end of the semester - with one day left (I only have one final to take!) I'm beginning to plan my summer. I hope it includes lots of writing and blog posts! I'm downloading Everquest right now. Everquest is where my fantasy world begins. A lot of the inspiration I get for my stories comes from Everquest-- and a few random dreams.
I also have plans to work with a professor on a research project. I won't say what we are researching just yet, but you can bet that there will be upcoming information about it. I have a list of books that I want to read this summer. Right now I'm working on "The Hunger Games" and I hope to read some more Ernest Hemingway since I liked his "Garden of Eden" so much. I'm also signed up for a class (I hope it doesn't get canceled *crosses fingers*).
Monday, April 30, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
Ernest Hemingway "The Garden of Eden"
I know that I have read Ernest Hemingway in high school, but that was such a long time ago... This semester I read "The Garden of Eden" with my American Lit class. "The Garden of Eden" is a truly fascinating novel that portrays modernity in a simplistic writing style that provokes deep thinking- Hemingway was a genius. The writing is so simple and is written mostly in stream of conscious which makes it hard to understand. The novel portrays modernity and feminism in extravagant ways - you just have to read this one.
Another interesting point about this novel, and a point that brings up much debate, is that it was published after Hemingway's death, and the original manuscript is much longer than the published form. Some critics go as far to say that the editor added in his own ending - not Hemingway's.
I'm writing an analytic paper for this class. My assignment is to find and read three (peer reviewed) articles. Each article must be from a different decade; then I will compare the articles and think about the difference in what people are saying between each decade. I like this assignment, but for obvious reasons, one flaw remains. One article from each decade does not even begin to represent a whole decade's worth of critic commentary. I would love to look further into this and see what the critics are collectively writing about as each decade changes with its values and interests. I simply do not have enough time to do this.
My articles are about:
Modernist temorality (modernists had a hard time dealing with.. time.. it was an obsession for them) - 2010
Feminism and writing with the body - This was a really interesting article about Catherine (the main female character in the novel) and how she deals with her seemingly artistic inabilities by being artistic with her body. She does some pretty radical things with her hair and her clothing choice. The author claims that art is usually phallogocentric, and women should write and write about their body. - 1993
The original manuscript and the ending of the novel - this article was a little disappointing because it mostly provides a summary of the manuscript. Its analysis lies in that the author claims the ending was not Hemingway's ending. -1989
I hope my paper goes well.
Another interesting point about this novel, and a point that brings up much debate, is that it was published after Hemingway's death, and the original manuscript is much longer than the published form. Some critics go as far to say that the editor added in his own ending - not Hemingway's.
I'm writing an analytic paper for this class. My assignment is to find and read three (peer reviewed) articles. Each article must be from a different decade; then I will compare the articles and think about the difference in what people are saying between each decade. I like this assignment, but for obvious reasons, one flaw remains. One article from each decade does not even begin to represent a whole decade's worth of critic commentary. I would love to look further into this and see what the critics are collectively writing about as each decade changes with its values and interests. I simply do not have enough time to do this.
My articles are about:
Modernist temorality (modernists had a hard time dealing with.. time.. it was an obsession for them) - 2010
Feminism and writing with the body - This was a really interesting article about Catherine (the main female character in the novel) and how she deals with her seemingly artistic inabilities by being artistic with her body. She does some pretty radical things with her hair and her clothing choice. The author claims that art is usually phallogocentric, and women should write and write about their body. - 1993
The original manuscript and the ending of the novel - this article was a little disappointing because it mostly provides a summary of the manuscript. Its analysis lies in that the author claims the ending was not Hemingway's ending. -1989
I hope my paper goes well.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Completely and Utterly a Nerd!
I've been doing a lot of research lately about non-traditional texts from an educational standpoint (secondary English). The two areas I've focused on is graphic novels/comics, and film adaptation. For me, conversation is everything. I do not really genuinely enjoy these mediums (as I study comics, I'm liking them more and more, I just had a pre-conceived notion about them that has been projected onto me by society). I'm studying them so that I have more knowledge about them and the confidence in that knowledge to teach others about them. When I teach students about film and comics, things that students are interested in, the conversation is going to be alive (hopefully). I would much rather teach a class something that I dislike and have a genuinely intellectual conversation, than teach them something I absolutely love, but they will not discuss with me.
As I'm entering the educational scene as an educator, I'm beginning to think about research - I love to do it, but what will I research when I'm done with college and don't have a billion research papers to do about specific novels, and authors, and pedagogical practices? Lately I've been feeling a little down because I have not found my place yet. Then it came to me: FANTASY (with the opera noises and lights and everything). I enjoy reading fantasy, it's something that I do for fun. Why can't I research and write about it? Why can't I write an analytic essay about my favorite fantasy novels the same way I would write about a Charles Dickens novel? Just today I was talking to my boyfriend about stylistic differences between my favorite author's first book (published in 1994) and his last book (published in 2011). He didn't say too much on the topic, and neither did I (I didn't want to bore him) but why don't I just write an essay about it? I think I will. Updates will be made available via blog, so keep reading. :-)
As I'm entering the educational scene as an educator, I'm beginning to think about research - I love to do it, but what will I research when I'm done with college and don't have a billion research papers to do about specific novels, and authors, and pedagogical practices? Lately I've been feeling a little down because I have not found my place yet. Then it came to me: FANTASY (with the opera noises and lights and everything). I enjoy reading fantasy, it's something that I do for fun. Why can't I research and write about it? Why can't I write an analytic essay about my favorite fantasy novels the same way I would write about a Charles Dickens novel? Just today I was talking to my boyfriend about stylistic differences between my favorite author's first book (published in 1994) and his last book (published in 2011). He didn't say too much on the topic, and neither did I (I didn't want to bore him) but why don't I just write an essay about it? I think I will. Updates will be made available via blog, so keep reading. :-)
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