Which words

Jun 15, 2007 09:32

There's this thing called the Nora Project that I just read about.  New literary research methods being developed because the 90s are over and they're getting tired of "basic research", but they realized that literary critics don't know what they're looking for, and that they don't even realize when they're saying something unique...

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kelly_jones June 15 2007, 19:28:35 UTC
Both my astronomy & astrology skills are distinctly hodge-podge, but you should come hang out with me anyway. I like the Nora Project info. Cool. Whenever I consider research and litcrit from an abstract / just outside kind of perspective, I want to junk the whole shebang. But that's neither here nor there.

I think your intuition will remain intact no matter how much methodology planning you do, as a great deal of litcrit methodology is far more intuitive than it appears to be.

Really, though, my hunch is that you're doing exactly the right things to prep for your exams. You know you're ready in terms of content & notes & the like, so now it's time to get your brain into its very best shape. Feed it, be gentle with it, let it rest, challenge it with texture & sparkle rather than factoids. Tune it in prepration for performance, if you will.

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