Semester one has now come to an end, and what a great way to finish up ENGL104 with a bunch of great drama performances. I personally feel that the small drama component of the literature course enabled students to interact with one another outside of class and encouraged group involvement and collaboration of ideas, even though nearly all groups ( Read more... )

Well it is the eleventh week of classes with only one week left to go and I find myself feeling somewhat relieved and content that I managed to surpass expectations that I had set for myself at the beginning of this semester. All fear and anxiety regarding concerns such as “fitting in” or simply managing the work load are now extinct, or perhaps ( Read more... )

Hi Chris,
I am forever engaged when reading your entries, you write in such a way that leaves me clinging on to every last word wanting to know what thoughts occupied your mind next. Just out of curiosity, am I the ‘friend’ that you mention in this piece of writing? I remember our conversation the other day where I bombarded you with questions about ( Read more... )

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Hi Melissa,
I am pretty sure that you are not alone in realising the difficulty in distinguishing between what is and what is not classified as literature. Like Kate suggested in the tutorial last week, it can help to narrow it down and start by simply defining what ( Read more... )

Hi Liz,
I really enjoyed reading your creative piece of writing. I found your use of expressive language to be effective in creating a sense of abandonment in the protagonist, particularly in the way you describe his dissatisfaction or perhaps disconnectedness with his hometown in the following sentence: “He feels lost and unsure of himself, ( Read more... )

Literature, so what?

In this week’s tutorial we were asked by Kate to discuss amongst ourselves as to how we interpret the above question in order to see how we will tackle our response in essay form in the upcoming literature exam. There were a few people scratching their heads with looks of confusion on their faces and yelling out “I don’t get ( Read more... )

"do we have to be on the stage all the time?"

I found this question, which Michael suggested as a source of inspiration for our week 9 blogs, to be rather thought provoking in the sense that I was left feeling curious as to whether Shakespeare was right in saying that the world is indeed a stage and yes “we are all merely players”. I am unsure ( Read more... )

Hi Sommer,

I shared a similar reaction to you in regards to the impact made when reading ‘Song of Myself’ by Walt Whitman, it definitely resonated something inside of me, especially in terms of the power that certain words, sentences and phrases can hold over us. It is amazing how something so simple as jotting down what one thinks and feels at a ( Read more... )

Hi Rebecca,

I agree with the message that you retrieved from Mahfouz’ story (Zaabalawi, Schwiebert, p. 481-488) in regards to the importance of actively trying in order to find the answers we seek. I too feel that there is a similar element from this story which is evident in today’s society which you highlight by saying “we expect everything to ( Read more... )

“If we are truly serious about life we are going to have to stop thanking people for sharing.” (Growing Up Expressive, p. 703, par. 8)

Question 1. What do you think Bly means by the terms “problem solvers” (or “the problem-solving mentality”) and “expressive.”  (p. 707)

Bly mentions in paragraph 3, of her essay Growing Up Expressive ( ( Read more... )