Welcome to blogging!!!
Welcome to blogging in World Literature! You are about to embark on a bold and wonderful enterprise. I hope you enjoy your blogging experience.OK, a real post. What do I want to say? No clue. We had a great discussion in the Thursday class today, I think. Shingirayi asked this really interesting question: "If the boys in the movie theater are watching glamorous movies, which blind them to the conditions of their own lives, then why are they full of rage?" (He was referring to the fifth paragraph of "Sonny's Blues.") Several people spoke up and talked about the discrepancy between the glamour shown in films and the reality of their lives -- so you sit in a theater, watch an illusion of wealth, go outside, and hit that "low ceiling of actual possibilities" -- thus the rage. Another student (I think Jessica?) had read that paragraph in a really interesting way. She said that the darkness of the movies showed violence and addiction, and the boys' lives were filled with violence and addiction, so there was no difference, and that's why the darkness of the movies blinded the boys to the darkness of their lives. I think. Then we talked about placing the literature in context and how Jessica's (I hope it was Jessica...I haven't learned names yet) reading would be perfect today but wouldn't necessarily fit the 1950s, when the subject of movies was quite different. I always think of Richard Wright's Native Son and his powerful portrayal of the disjuncture between the illusion in movies and the reality of living conditions outside the movie theater.
Oh, also a lot of folks like the vocabulary idea. So we're doing that this semester. I've got to figure out where to put that stuff on the website. Any ideas?
posted by Sandra @ 1:08 PM
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hey dr shattuck..
its charlene and i'm back again this semester. Just letting you know that i will still be using my same blog address which is this one for my work. And I have just started today so i will hand in the assignment on a later date since i just found out about it today...
My friend Batsirai Bvunzawabaya who is also in your class is failing to create a template so will not be able tohand in the work either. But she is willing to write it on paper and hand it in if you desire...(sorry i have to write this on her behalf since her's is not working...
well, excited about this semester..hope you had a great christmas..later
charlene tsangamwe
Yes,it was Jessica who had the different view on the paragraph. She felt like it would be hard for the boys to not get caught up in the disenchantment that everything in the world was dark and centered around violence,when all they seen in the movie was violence and the same darkness that is in their lives.
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This is my blog adress.This is Shingirayi Nyagura.The adress is sexyshingy.blogspot.com .
Hey Dr.Shattuck this is Katrina I'm back in your class for lit 204 and I just wanted you to have my blog address its still the same and I'm in your MWF class at 1-1:50 see you monday
What up Dr. S? Can you please tell the class that their postings don't have to be ten pages. I understand that people like myself are a little outspoken, but it seems like the whole class is that way. But at least it gives me something to do. We have some really intelligent people in class. I loved reading the blogs. I read everyone in our class and a couple from the other classes and I really enjoyed it. Dr. S, I think this is so cool. Don't you? I'm excited and I can't stop ..........ahfaofhhahhrfrfhuwarar....typing. ashjwiofuwoiwiorwowrioiwowrgwoiwoirgiorior
WELL WELL WELL.IM NOT ON SUBJECT BUT I FELT THE NEED TO LET YOU KNOW I ENJOY YOU AS A TEACHER, YOUR THE BEST. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
WELL WELL WELL.IM NOT ON SUBJECT BUT I FELT THE NEED TO LET YOU KNOW I ENJOY YOU AS A TEACHER, YOUR THE BEST. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
hi, i commented on Jo's Thoughts and Gator. My Blog is workin still and im not on the list, again its TheJizzle.blogspot.com
This is Tamara in your one o' clock class I would like to give you my blog address it is tdmanning.blogspot.com thanks
Hey, I was wondering what this site is. My blog is listed on the right hand sidebar along with a ton of others that says like ENG with a number and MWF. What's the deal and thanks for the link.
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