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I was a...just lost my comment. I'll try again.<br /><br />I was an english major too, but I focused in Editing. Too bad, as I worked three or four years before I had my son and stayed home and I"m already tired of it. I wish I'd taken more literature classes. But I"m trying to make up for it now.Rebecca Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062252252301802298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-83042603444415380142011-01-24T23:04:29.091-05:002011-01-24T23:04:29.091-05:00oh, please do continue!!! I am living vicariously ...oh, please do continue!!! I am living vicariously through your post...my major was psychology...not a lot of English classes but quite reading-intensive too ~ going back I would probably do as you have done and double-major (could i just triple major *wink* *wink*) psychology, history and english....ahhh, just give me the whole social science, history and english departments! if only i could remain a life-long student!Stacy at The Novel Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438410877723922583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-863355921214338892011-01-22T16:59:42.880-05:002011-01-22T16:59:42.880-05:00Intro to the English Major is the absolute worst c...Intro to the English Major is the absolute worst class offered in the English department at Iowa, and of course you're required to take it. I had 25 friends with me in the class and by the end of the semester 10 of us were still English majors (weed out class much?). We had to read The Tempest (which I actually enjoyed) and we had the same Norton book you mentioned and read several authors from different eras from it. The worst thing about the class was that they tried to cram all of the history of English literature into one semester, which is what you're supposed to come away from your degree with. I think a more focused class would have been a lot better, like just Greeks or something like you talk about here.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00878749520906342274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-477008950486508922011-01-22T12:45:10.530-05:002011-01-22T12:45:10.530-05:00I *heart* Robert Fagles. I taught selections of t...I *heart* Robert Fagles. I taught selections of the Iliad to my sophomores the last five years, and I used his translation. I'm currently reading the Iliad in its entirety (I only got snatches in college), and this has peaked my interest to read the Odyssey when I have finished ! T<br />hanks for the great post (and you should let your professor know how meaningful this class was for you....I'm sure he would appreciate it!)Read the Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997187112713403821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-6853233422553924642011-01-21T07:30:17.268-05:002011-01-21T07:30:17.268-05:00*sigh* I wish that I had kept all of my papers fro...*sigh* I wish that I had kept all of my papers from my lit degree. I'm so jealous of you right now. (I also LOVED my adolescent lit class!)<br /><br />Continue on! <br /><br />And I hope this was a post dated post and you got plenty of sleep last night!christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749333368560606659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-90824008181418701652011-01-20T20:23:04.291-05:002011-01-20T20:23:04.291-05:00Yes, please! In retrospect, I wish that I had majo...Yes, please! In retrospect, I wish that I had majored in English, so I want to experience your classes vicariously. :-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-34589741986992089202011-01-20T17:38:50.558-05:002011-01-20T17:38:50.558-05:00What a terrific post! I hope you will continue. ...What a terrific post! I hope you will continue. I am so envious of your classes. I loved college and took some wonderful courses, but I wish I could go again and major in literature this time. What a joy!Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543197858284977937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-81012762749969126462011-01-20T15:47:27.719-05:002011-01-20T15:47:27.719-05:00p.s. I love The Odyssey too.p.s. I love The Odyssey too.Melissa (Avid Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02119628715475021774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-68794136339427689522011-01-20T15:47:14.801-05:002011-01-20T15:47:14.801-05:00That's a tricky question, because sometimes be...That's a tricky question, because sometimes being forced to read a book for a class can ruin it for peopole and I wouldn't want any of my favorite classics viewed that way. I had quite a few classes like this in college, including one that was just on Shakespeare. I really loved that class because it taught me how to read Shakespeare the way it's meant to be read. It also taught me to appreciate the constant flow of double entrendres and witticisms the Bard loved to slip into his work. Great post!Melissa (Avid Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02119628715475021774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-88396931754908539812011-01-20T15:31:40.057-05:002011-01-20T15:31:40.057-05:00Continue! Continue! It is so interesting to see ho...Continue! Continue! It is so interesting to see how Lit. programs at various colleges differ!Careyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00790511143418221867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-10080083424612773012011-01-20T14:21:33.137-05:002011-01-20T14:21:33.137-05:00I have no idea what books I'd teach, since I h...I have no idea what books I'd teach, since I haven't read enough yet to speak with experience.<br /><br />But yes - I do think you should continue this series. Being a lit major, I'm curious about what I can expect in classes to come. :-)*ೃ༄ Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139487177036647728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-74892096760884895082011-01-20T11:37:23.978-05:002011-01-20T11:37:23.978-05:00Oh, please! Continue with this post... once or twi...Oh, please! Continue with this post... once or twice a week would be awesome!CaRiiToOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15235918193299700180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-26745246865876505302011-01-20T09:40:08.272-05:002011-01-20T09:40:08.272-05:00I love posts like this! Keep 'em coming. :) Yo...I love posts like this! Keep 'em coming. :) Your writing and descriptions of the professor are very fun to read.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11194834748090369779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-70133544059147553472011-01-20T08:14:50.657-05:002011-01-20T08:14:50.657-05:00You should definitely continue with this series of...You should definitely continue with this series of posts. I had an amazing lecturer for Classics when we did The Odyssey, the imagery is phenomenal. We were all so sad when he retired. The Classics department just wasn't the same. <br /><br />If I were to present a class like that I would definitely do the Odyssey but also Longus' Daphnis and Chloe which is one of the earliest examples of the novel. Really amazing stuff considering how early it was written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-15921443983522729972011-01-20T07:59:03.853-05:002011-01-20T07:59:03.853-05:00I love this idea for a series of posts! I wish I ...I love this idea for a series of posts! I wish I had something to add, but I didn't take any English classes in college. I didn't have many to take as an accounting major, and I tested out of all of the required ones. I really wish I had taken some though. That is one of my regrets.Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07343557750428307066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-39344700721720178992011-01-20T07:47:30.325-05:002011-01-20T07:47:30.325-05:00I agree with Collect Dreams--I like it! Tell us mo...I agree with Collect Dreams--I like it! Tell us more!Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15867744753830511111noreply@blogger.com