Falling:Behind

Today was officially the most exciting day of class so far. We discussed Steven Mailloux's "Interpretation." After having discussed the essay, I wish that I had signed up for writing about it. No big deal. Mailloux discusses formalist, intentionalist and foundationalist theories and how they correspond to interpreting a piece of literature. I guess that I can say that when it comes to reading "King Lear," I tend to see things from an formalist's view. In other words, I read the words but don't dig in to anything more than their approximate meaning. No wonder I failed the last Lear quiz... It's too bad that I wasted my time reading the entire play but ended up missing most of the key components and aspects in doing so - but it's not the end of the world and I suppose that next time I read Shakespeare I will force myself to read "No Fear-Shakespeare" along with the text, just to make sure that I can pull out meanings from at least an intentionalist's point-of-view (in other words, finding the intentions hidden behind the words themselves). So I guess I've learned that reading isn't really valuable unless there is some digging. AP literature is a college level class, and I need to start acknowledging it as one because it is not nearly as easy as anything that I have taken prior. So from here on, I will leave my failed Shakespeare days behind me and move on without reflecting on my negative start to the first quarter. Lastly, I would like to say, Rachel: you're response paper to "Interpretations" was phenomenal. You've inspired me.