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Gah -- back to school stuff already...
Jul. 11th, 2005 05:07 pmOne of my courses was erased due to lack of interest (it was a course on Irish-Canadian literature without either of Canada's two best-known Irish-Canadian writers, which I thought was awfully strange). I had to replace it with (*shudder*) "New Approachs in Canadian Literature."
Which means, decoded, "The Same, Tired, Old Postmodern Bullshit Applied to Canadian Literature Because We Didn't Feel It Was Boring Enough Already."
Even poor Laura Groening, one of the last humanists left in our literature program, is throwing in Linda Hutcheon. Hutcheon is one of the better postmodernists out there, but it's still fairly dry and extremely limited.
Oh well. Three Margaret Atwoods, one of which I've read, and two Timothy Findleys, and a Mordecai Richler -- Groening's course can't too bad. Also, I notice Heart of Darkness is on the list, as an "intertext" for Findley's Headhunter. Since I've studied that thoroughly in three university courses, and pretty much have it memorized, I don't think I'll even bother to read it again this year.
As for the Postmodernism class, I know it's going to be fun in at least one way. Turns out there's going to be a component on gay literature in Canada -- and since I seem to be the only openly queer person in grad studies (forget what you've heard about the stereotypes), that'll mean three months of pointing out how all the clueless heterosexuals who write about "the queer experience" have put together something that in no way resembles my life.
Which means, decoded, "The Same, Tired, Old Postmodern Bullshit Applied to Canadian Literature Because We Didn't Feel It Was Boring Enough Already."
Even poor Laura Groening, one of the last humanists left in our literature program, is throwing in Linda Hutcheon. Hutcheon is one of the better postmodernists out there, but it's still fairly dry and extremely limited.
Oh well. Three Margaret Atwoods, one of which I've read, and two Timothy Findleys, and a Mordecai Richler -- Groening's course can't too bad. Also, I notice Heart of Darkness is on the list, as an "intertext" for Findley's Headhunter. Since I've studied that thoroughly in three university courses, and pretty much have it memorized, I don't think I'll even bother to read it again this year.
As for the Postmodernism class, I know it's going to be fun in at least one way. Turns out there's going to be a component on gay literature in Canada -- and since I seem to be the only openly queer person in grad studies (forget what you've heard about the stereotypes), that'll mean three months of pointing out how all the clueless heterosexuals who write about "the queer experience" have put together something that in no way resembles my life.
