Friday, December 12, 2008. The End of English 300. I have already said that I learned an unsurpassed amount this semester from Dr. Sexson, but I have also learned a lot from my fellow students. We are all here, as English major and minors, to celebrate the world of literature and of the word. And yes, I bet even dinosaurs liked to read. The End of Don Quixote.

Friday, December 12, 2008. While reading for another class, I came across a passage that stopped me in my tracks. I read over the passage many times not because it was confusing, but because it was beautiful. I had finished with that life, perhaps, and could not admit it, being stubborn or afraid, or perhaps did not know it, habit being a great binder. Wednesday, December 10, 2008.

Just really great English proffessors, who, through no kind of degredation, have inspired me to love English.

Friday, December 12, 2008. I think you know which is me. I am going to leave the class with two of my favorite quotes. And unleash the dogs of war.

All structures in words are partly rhetorical, and hence literary, and the notion of a scientific or philosophical verbal structure free of rhetorical elements is an illusion. Thursday, December 11, 2008. Essentially it came down to the reality that I was clueless about Marxism, a state of being which I am not especially fond of. There are two upsides to this story, however, which I discovered later.

What We Talk About When We Talk About Literature. The Poem Means the Poem. Trust the Tale and not the Teller. If you put lipstick on a pig its still a pig. Dont Ask What Literature Means, Ask What Literatu. All Literature is Displaced Myth. Literature is Not Dull and Boring, the Reader is! I am interested in something because it interests . It doesnt matter what you read; just dont read t. Hold the Mirror of Art up to Nature. Movies to Watch That Definitely All Pertain to Lit. Moral of Wizard of Oz.