It sounds like you have quite the interesting mix of courses. I'd love to take the "New Directions in Interactive Art and Entertainment" course myself.
I'm going to die. It's a play a week and a novel a week for the two English courses. And when I say play I do not mean 20 pages. I mean Shakespeare too. (There are three Shakespeare plays on the course. While I adore him, I do not read him that quickly, sorry.) Plus, all the textbook reading for the two other classes.
I hope New Directions is good. It sounds amazing but I have been let down before even after great descriptions. So I'm crossing my fingers. I hope I can somehow do a web project for one of the assignments. :P
those classes sound great! and i've taken at least one (that i can remember right now) term-long one author class, my senior seminar on toni morrison, and it was actually a really good way to study her, because you can find the links between texts, and refer back to other books, and see how the author has/hasn't changed over the years. plus, woolf is pretty good :]
I'm on the fence about Woolf. While she seems like a very interesting woman, I have not enjoyed the two novels of hers that I have read. But I am not ruling her old, fear not. I hope the course is enjoyable and enlightening.
I could see myself studying certain people for a whole year but I would be very picky. Sylvia Plath is one, and I am sure Oscar Wilde and J.D. Salinger would be most interesting. I adore Shakespeare and would take an all-year course as long as it was not consistent reading of his works but also historical, analytical and critial essays and materials. :P His influences, biographical details, his circle of artists, etc.
I hope so! The descriptions are always misleading but as I was saying to Sean, but I'm crossing my fingers. The best courses always turn out to be the worst. It sucks, and not in the positive, life-affirming way. :P
Her views on feminism really interest me. Actually, she would smack me for calling her a feminist. I meant "humanist." Ahem. ;) I do like her, she's an interesting woman. But I'm just scared it will get boring reading the same author for such a long period of time. At any rate, I am keeping my fingers crossed. I think it could be interesting if I get the right professor. Although, I seriously hope there isn't an exam for this course because that would be wrong.
I want the Shakespeare one so baaaad. And they have Oscar too, right? I want an Oscar umbrella if they have him.
I am totally freaking jealous about your class on Virginia Woolf. I LOOOOVE her. I don't think it'll bore you TOO bad, she has such a wide range of subjects...although I find her life more interesting than her works, I have a hard time believing that you would hate this class.
Lucky girl. I'll switch you with my Bio if you'd like?
I find her life more interesting than her works too. I don't think it will be too bad because it's not like I hate her... I'm just scared I'll get bored and slack off with the reading. :P
And ahahahanothanks! ;) I suck at science/math (hence my two major choices, I guess). I totally believe that whole 'myth' that you're either a literature person or a math/science person. Or rather, if you're good at one of those, you're usually poorer in the other. Or in my case, completely incompetent (with math, anyway, I wasn't too bad with science). :P
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You should be pretty busy this year. <3
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I hope New Directions is good. It sounds amazing but I have been let down before even after great descriptions. So I'm crossing my fingers. I hope I can somehow do a web project for one of the assignments. :P
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I could see myself studying certain people for a whole year but I would be very picky. Sylvia Plath is one, and I am sure Oscar Wilde and J.D. Salinger would be most interesting. I adore Shakespeare and would take an all-year course as long as it was not consistent reading of his works but also historical, analytical and critial essays and materials. :P His influences, biographical details, his circle of artists, etc.
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I hope not this time. *crosses fingers for you* ♥ : )
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The Virginia Woolf one will be SO interesting because you might sideline into psychology and feminism. Which would rock so hard.
*pets her Virginia tote bag*
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I want the Shakespeare one so baaaad. And they have Oscar too, right? I want an Oscar umbrella if they have him.
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Lucky girl. I'll switch you with my Bio if you'd like?
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And ahahahanothanks! ;) I suck at science/math (hence my two major choices, I guess). I totally believe that whole 'myth' that you're either a literature person or a math/science person. Or rather, if you're good at one of those, you're usually poorer in the other. Or in my case, completely incompetent (with math, anyway, I wasn't too bad with science). :P
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