In the beginning when we read over, "Literature Is a Thing You Do as Part of Life," I was intrigued by the meaning of this phrase. Immediately I wanted to know more. I have always been that person who thought literature was only reading poetry and boring, eye dropping novels. I could never get into it nor truly appreciate what it was at its core. But after the first day of class and thereafter I have been excited and looking forward to learning all that I can and in a way that I have never learned before.
I have thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the class thus far. The dialogue we have done as a team through listening to the song of Frankie and Johnny and being able to listen to it a second time and actually sing a long to it all together, to Betty and Bill and their intensive do overs. Because of this class I think that it is transforming the way I think of literature. I know that at the end of the semester I will have appreciated everything that we did and will be able to leave the class loving literature for what it is. Moreover, today in class we read, "What Do We Talk about When We Talk about Love," and there were parts in that passage that I felt like I was in it, like I was standing in the same room they were. If I wanted to feel that way, I am not sure because the conversation was a bit intense. Love is always a conversation that starts up, it's something a lot of humans like to talk about. In this particular scene a man that goes by the name of Mel is kind of searching out what love really is to him and his thoughts on it. I can see what his feelings are on the matter and I think it is so sad how our society views love. But the interaction we had with the text was really enticing and engaging. It made me want to uncover and connect the different dots of where they came from and what they meant.
In conclusion, I look forward to reading more and learning from other peoples thoughts within the class. The journey we are on in this class has only just begun!
Reading your blog, i found some really interesting things. I always use to think that literature was just a bunch of poetry as well. Having the dialogs in the class really helped me understand what literature was. Listing to the Frankie and johnny song was definitely a fun little assignment.I enjoyed that as well. Really good blog Aubrey
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