Well Hello!!
Happy Tuesday :) Today is the first day of my 4th semester at UMD. I had only 2 classes today. My Tuesday and Thursday schedule, however, I've discovered was poorly planned. I have 2 hours of American Lit followed by 2 hours of Methods of Literary Study in the same exact room from 12-4. It is going to be a lot of sitting and I know I'm going to struggle to stay focused.
American Literature is going to be yet another great class with E.Brier. He's a great professor and manages to hold interesting discussions. I'm also very excited because this course is mainly comprised of poetry and short stories-- with one shorter novel. I also really enjoy that we're discussing post 1865 literature, because I'm a big fan of the pieces and writers who were major players in this era.
Methods of Literary Study is going to also be a very interesting and stimulating course. I'm excited because we're only reading one novel, and then a partnering textbook/related texts to the novel. I look forward to really dissecting Moby Dick-- Herman Melville being a really intriguing author to me. Today we mostly just talked about his background as an author, how he, unlike many authors who write about the sea, was actually quite familiar with whaling vessels and sailing. He had a rather sad life, as his father died young, he lost two of his sons at young ages, had a troubled marriage.. etc. But really interesting was his friendship with Nathaniel Hawthorne, another great author.
Anyways, I'm really excited for this semester, my courses, and diving into tons of literature and sharing my thoughts on here.
Tomorrow I have:
Natural Hazards
Shakespeare
The Art of the Memoir
Happy Tuesday!!
PS. Burnt my pizza rolls... how does that even happen?!!?
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