Re: Why Study Literature?
A quite impressive list!
To me, it's why do we do anything? Passion. Some part of us needs it like we need to eat and breathe. The beauty is that we may not even know it until we expose ourselves and open up those doors. Such is life - never stop learning and you never stop living.
I am a science nerd to the bone of course, but I have a deep passion for lit. I took as many lit classes as I could in college and was pretty proud of myself for scoring at the top of the class in my Renissance Lit class while the English majors were struggling. Sigh... I do miss those Lit classes, I am kicking around going back to school for that very reason.
You know speaking of getting the students engaged, I took a women's lit class where the professor had us read and try out some of the various writing techniques used in the pieces we were reading. I remember reading "The House on Mango Street" and writing vignettes. It made it personal, you know?
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