Blog Archive for April, 2012
Final Thoughts on Ethical Criticism and the Like…
Thank you guys so much for an incredible class on Wednesday! I thought it went well and I’m glad it got you all thinking about the relationship between texts and readers, as well as texts and ethics. When I was starting on my quest for something to talk about, it was quite daunting and I [...]
Transitioning from Books to Life
After reading a few blog posts, particularly Seve’s “Underlying Lessons in Fairytales,” I revisited Wayne C. Booth’s The Company We Keep: An Ethics of Fiction because I’m still curious about what it means to apply ethical criticism to literature. The questions of whether or not a fairytale is required to have a moral led me [...]
Fundamentals of Writing
I have always had some problems in my papers on the sentence level. I didn’t realize this until I got to college, but apparently I tend to write my papers in passive voice, which professors have told me is not usually the way to go. So it was interesting to me when I was told that passive [...]
Underlying Lessons in Fairytales
In class yesterday, Emily asked us the question, “Does a fairytale need a moral?”, which I don’t believe we ever really answered. I think we were all lost in our own thoughts, and I don’t remember someone clearly voicing theirs… Unless I am incorrect, and just distracted from the other hilarious things that happened during [...]
Literary Theory Applied to Women in the Bible.
Alongside Literary Theory this semester, I have also been privileged to take Women in the Bible with Dr. Betsy Bauman. I have probably mentioned that class in a blog post or two. *IF YOU CAN TAKE WOMEN IN THE BIBLE PLEASE DO!!!!* Several times throughout the semester, what we talk about in Literary Theory can also [...]
Fairytales and Ethics
I had a lot of fun in today’s peer-led class! I didn’t think I would enjoy it so much because of the article. As I was reading the article I was having a hard time, not only concentrating (that was some dense writing), but also applying it to the fairy tale. The fairy tale itself [...]
Discovering Ethical Criticism Through Fairytales
I really enjoyed Emily’s peer-led class on ethical criticism today. Exploring ethical criticism through fairytales was an interesting twist because when I think about fairytales, ethics is definitely not the first thing I think of. However, after reading the article and having discussion in class today, I was able to see where ethical criticism falls [...]
Our Unconventional Fairytale
BY: Dr. Cordell, Tara, Rachel, Seve and Claire An old woman came marching along the high road. She spots a young boy wearing stone-washed jeans and a graphic t-shirt, beneath an apple tree. She dragged her tennis ball walked along the concrete sidewalk, when all of a sudden a tennis ball pops off and [...]
A Birds Eye View at Craft
I really found the craft text chapter on revising your organization and argument rather stimulating. Especially now that we are ending our semester, all thing are coming to a close and we are dreading the final portfolio, it is good to have a text that demonstrates how to cleanly wrap-up some of our best works. [...]
Wayne Booth on Ethical Criticism
Abstract Wayne Booth’s introduction to his book The Company We Keep discusses the necessity of ethical criticism in a literary critic’s toolbox and how ethical criticism can be used to better understand literary work. First, Booth explains that “ethics” needs to be defined before the criticism can be used. Booth argues that ethics is “not [...]
