In fact, English literature is my major in university. Actually,I want to major in Business Application English at first because I think it is more useful for me to use in the future work but finally I get into the English literature. Although literature is a little boring for me,I still have patience to study in it and try to enjoy it and finally I become a little bit interested in it.I also enjoy the time listening the story about these history.The reason why I become a little bit interested in literature is that when the teacher taught us the Western Literature about Trojan War,The Decameron,Montaigne,and so on.
The most impressive one is Don Quixote for he was really a madman at that time and he always immersed in his knight world but I think at that time maybe the society is too chaos that made him not want to face the reality.But in the end, his illusory world eventually broke up because he was defeated. It is interesting to think about the history and the thoughts from these Old Western people's view points.
Now, I'm in the second year of the college,besides English literature,I also learn Japanese in the college because I am fond of learning different languages.I also intend to learn Financial Management as the result of having the willing to learn some aspects about business and I want to know the working of the economic and the market of the investment.Above all,I hope I could do well in these what I interested and go all out to do it.
When I read Celia's post, it reminded me of my own experience of literature. In high school, I thought that I didn't like literature, that I loved only science and mathematics, but that wasn't true. I had loved reading since early in primary school, and much of what I read were stories, the classic tales of Western literature, and a lot of rubbish, but even rubbish has some worth. At the very least, it is entertaining and can help to develop critical reading skills as you think about what makes it rubbish when compared to other writing.
ReplyDeleteI remember in early high school I read the entire series of books by Arthur C. Clarke, a famous science fiction writer, and I loved them. But when I read one maybe twenty years later, it really wasn't that good: he has great plots, but his character development is not so strong, and some of the dialogue is awful. I stopped reading him again so that I could keep my happy memories in tact. In contrast, I've read the novels of Jane Austen many, many times, and they just get better every time I read them. I think that's a sign of true artistic excellence - it never bores.
I suspect that the problem I had with studying English literature at school was more to do with the teaching than the literature we were forced to study.
I wanted to write about Homer as well, but I think this comment is long enough!