Disgruntled English Major

September122012

Back to being scholarly.

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September82012

“People have been asking what makes poetry different from other literature, aside from the fact that it can be written in verse: what enables it to represent thoughts and feelings, when thoughts and feelings are things we cannot see to represent? […] Thinking about what poetry has become for us, it is enormously productive to think that once upon a time, great thinkers didn’t consider emotions or thoughts as things that could be represented mimetically or realistically […] But, if poems can’t represent mimetically or realistically in the same ways as a play can or a realistic novel can, why is it that poems make us believe we are getting a “true” or “valid” representation of a thought or feeling?[…] How can words, those arbitrary symbols which are not clear and transparent, which do not mean exactly what we want them to and which on their own can be very unpoetic — cat, hall, eyes, you, the — be made to create the illusion of a true emotion or intellectual experience?” My English professor (via literaryvacuum)

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12PM

“Hey! I finished all my reading!” No English major ever (via sherpaderp)

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May212012

gildeco-lockfoy:

When I tell people I’m an English major, the top comment I get is “good luck getting a job.” Um… (A) all employers want someone with communication skills, as well as someone who can write. (B) You’re better off with a BA in English than no degree. (C) Analytical skills are important anywhere (D) It can serve you well on the way to any higher education necessary for jobs as a teacher or even a lawyer. (E) Hey, editing, publishing, and technical writing all are awesome! (F) F you, it’s what I enjoy.

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Disgruntled English Major

A place for those who study English literature to express their discontent in everything from the misuse of apostrophes to lack of income. Some say we're pretentious asshats. They may be right. But at least we're well-read.