It's reading week this week, and I'm trying to be productive. I've been reading Larry's Party (by Carol Shields) for my Canadian authors class, and researching for a presentation for the same class despite the fact that it is still over a month away. Never too early to start, right? Today I also signed up for my 2005-2006 courses, and I'm impressed by how many I actually am enrolled in. See, last year, I had a horrible start time and I barely took any that I wanted. But this year, having the first start time of 3rd year students, I was able to take all but one of the courses I wanted - Rap Poetics was scooped up, which I expected.
So here's my list of courses:
Fall: Modern Poetry, Bible and Literature I, Dystopian Literature and Film, Myths and Gods in Literature, and Contemporary Literature from the Caribbean (which I may end up dropping if I can find another class to take on Monday/Wednesday).
Spring: Romanticism, Bible and Literature II, Gothic Fiction, Myths and Heroes in Literature(which I will drop if I get into the Creative Writing Fiction class), and Bodies and Representations.
It turns out that Tuesdays and Thursdays will be hell - 1030am-3pm straight without a break. But, I really want to take those three courses, so I have to put up with long days. Oh well. Friday 9am-12pm courses with Prof. Leonard will be tough, but the course sounds like the most interesting one I will be taking ("An interdisciplinary course about the body in art, film, photography, narrative and popular culture. How bodies are written or visualized as 'feminine' or 'masculine,' as heroic, as representing normality or perversity, beauty or monstrosity, legitimacy or illegitimacy, nature or culture").
I'm hoping that my 10 courses of English in the coming year won't bury me in readings, but I think that's impossible. The essays will kill me too, but by taking 4 B levels (and 6 Cs), I'm hoping that it'll somewhat balance out.
So here's my list of courses:
Fall: Modern Poetry, Bible and Literature I, Dystopian Literature and Film, Myths and Gods in Literature, and Contemporary Literature from the Caribbean (which I may end up dropping if I can find another class to take on Monday/Wednesday).
Spring: Romanticism, Bible and Literature II, Gothic Fiction, Myths and Heroes in Literature(which I will drop if I get into the Creative Writing Fiction class), and Bodies and Representations.
It turns out that Tuesdays and Thursdays will be hell - 1030am-3pm straight without a break. But, I really want to take those three courses, so I have to put up with long days. Oh well. Friday 9am-12pm courses with Prof. Leonard will be tough, but the course sounds like the most interesting one I will be taking ("An interdisciplinary course about the body in art, film, photography, narrative and popular culture. How bodies are written or visualized as 'feminine' or 'masculine,' as heroic, as representing normality or perversity, beauty or monstrosity, legitimacy or illegitimacy, nature or culture").
I'm hoping that my 10 courses of English in the coming year won't bury me in readings, but I think that's impossible. The essays will kill me too, but by taking 4 B levels (and 6 Cs), I'm hoping that it'll somewhat balance out.
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I know he's teaching the Rap one, which is partly why I wanted to take it. I can't believe it's one of the only courses that was maxed out when I enrolled today. Crazy. Of course, Leonard's Ds were also taken. Pleeeease take Bodies... I never see you and we could have fun eating poutine at 9am. :)
I feel nuts for taking all of those courses... but I'm paranoid that I won't get it all completed if I don't do them all now. I took a few Bs on purpose to "lessen the load," although only barely
How did you like Larry's Party? I had to read it last year and thought it was really funny. I really like Carol Shields...The Stone Diaries is a good one too.
happy reading!
"I'm hoping that my 10 courses of English in the coming year won't bury me in readings, but I think that's impossible."
Of course that's impossible! Have you already forgotten what you did last semester? ;)
I miss you! :(
Wow, so many posts :) I feel so popular. I'm liking Larry's Party so far (I'm only at chapter 10), and I am finding it funny. But it's taking a reeeally long time to get to the point of each chapter, you know? Overall I like it, though.
Aww, too bad Gillian. Poutine at 9am may be a bit nasty, start the day on the wrong foot, right? Ohwell. I haven't tried A&W's poutine, have you? I'm a little scared of it. Thanks for putting in a good word for me, by the way. I'll continue trying. Literary theory, eh? I think that's at a bad time for me... but I'll check again, especially because you're in it.
I miss you too, Mels!!! I feel a need for sushi coming on, don't you? Remind me the next time I see you to give you a copy of the pic of you at the bar with your many empty glasses surrounding you ;)
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