Individual Presentations:
Jiwan:
- hard to find a job as an English professor
- business is very strong, English is not
- self-perceptions: pleasure from literature
- profound knowledge and pleasure together
- need a literary background to be an artist or good at your job
- limited number of literature translated into Korean- all literature is translated to English
Judson:
- threnody: song of lamentation
- the purpose of today vs tomorrows yesterday
- touchstone: anything before and after doesn't make sense
- Rudyard Kipling's 'if'- just the same
- you don't have to 'get it,' just to like it
- rhetorical significance in today's world is always important
Victoria:
- shouldn't have to apologize because she likes being and English major
- wanted to 'do something more practical like business, but hated it'
- touchstones
- fav: 'catcher in the rye' the whole book
Joan:
- lazy? English major? NO!
- loves words and stories- perfect major
- 'Good Omens' by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
- touch on everything: history, art, math, science
- freest major
- apocalyptic level in Frye
Dustin:
- towards his roommates
- loves lit because he wants to know everything
- apologize for people being jealous of us
- sounded intelligent because of reading
- impacts peoples lives- portal to everything: this is the reason he wants to teach
- express and get feelings from writing
- can do everything, get anything from it
Maggie:
- from a small town- travelled a little
- no life experience but travelled with characters from books
- this is more important than anything we can learn or experience
- sensitive to what we are going to do next
- wants to be a professional reader, MVP of trivial pursuit and jeopardy
- defense: it makes her happy
- favorite is Scarlett O'Hara
We must ask ourselves not 'what would Jesus do?' but 'what would N. Frye do?'
apology: not to say your sorry, but instead to stand up for literature, and make a defense
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