tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post7606143406032506737..comments2023-12-23T04:56:29.702-05:00Comments on Ferule & Fescue: It could go either way, reallyFlaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-89727053484355911592009-05-01T11:02:00.000-04:002009-05-01T11:02:00.000-04:00Oooh. Way better than the paper I just read about...Oooh. Way better than the paper I just read about metaphor, Campion's "there is a garden," and Aristotle's Poetics. Which was pretty darn good!<br /><br />I LOVE the close reading in miniature, the zeroing in... <br /><br />Go scansion, it's your birthday.the rebel lettristehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369013300190217105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-57213487072191927912009-05-01T10:29:00.000-04:002009-05-01T10:29:00.000-04:00Yeah. . . I'm kinda with Moria in this case. I...Yeah. . . I'm kinda with Moria in this case. I've had students write very good, very close readings before--essays that make really compelling arguments based largely on detailed poetic analysis. I'm proud of those papers and the skills they display (especially since I teach scansion & poetic analysis, at least briefly, in every damn class). <br /><br />But while in theory this paper could be one of those, it's from a lower-division course, with a lot of non-majors, and my first instinct, upon seeing its title (I haven't read it yet, nor do I even remember which student wrote it) was to be afraid.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-49619515254922888192009-05-01T10:00:00.000-04:002009-05-01T10:00:00.000-04:00Nnnllllghhhh.
That said, you must be teaching fa...Nnnllllghhhh. <br /><br />That said, you must be teaching fabulously just to make this person <I>want</I> to write that paper. <br /><br /><br />Still, nnllghh.moriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390704103460109691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-40968741435397861822009-05-01T09:09:00.000-04:002009-05-01T09:09:00.000-04:00just don't mock the poor kid in the NYT like Dr. T...just don't mock the poor kid in the NYT like Dr. Taylor did the Duns Scotus citation use dissertator ;)c . . .https://www.blogger.com/profile/07274023477075048395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-34541757456793307752009-05-01T00:00:00.000-04:002009-05-01T00:00:00.000-04:00OMG close reading!!!!
It warms the cockles of my...OMG close reading!!!! <br /><br />It warms the cockles of my little heart. <br /><br />Of course, that's because I have so many students who do my close reading essay exercise without ever coming within shouting distance of, much less quoting, their chosen poem. Sigh.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-47055512337785063992009-04-30T22:34:00.000-04:002009-04-30T22:34:00.000-04:00I think that sounds completely and totally awesome...I think that sounds completely and totally awesome, provided the student can pull it off. But I am a New Critic at heart.Fretful Porpentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165078003123517013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-68510460266920686352009-04-30T17:37:00.000-04:002009-04-30T17:37:00.000-04:00If it's a good paper (as opposed to shallow BS abo...If it's a good paper (as opposed to shallow BS about punctuation or meter), horribly right. With the broad view that Dr. Cleve alludes to, that's the kind of student who might produce new insights about old texs.Renaissance Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06243095907452011303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-21728651776229633692009-04-30T16:50:00.000-04:002009-04-30T16:50:00.000-04:00Horribly right. It's good that the student can do ...Horribly right. It's good that the student can do that. Now it's time to start filling her or his well-wrought urn with some additional skills.Doctor Clevelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326408523926507003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-69824753951833666582009-04-30T14:19:00.000-04:002009-04-30T14:19:00.000-04:00Probably horribly right. But boy, are there metho...Probably horribly right. But boy, are there methodological issues there!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.com