English 3, Post 8 (FINAL), 'Tell us about a subject you enjoy studying'

  Good n' Old Earthlings from FCQF!

This is our FINAL blog post (entry). For the last time, you are cordially invited to write about a subject you enjoyed studying (University or High School)

Include this information:

·        What is the subject? Describe it.

·        Why do you enjoy it?

·        What have you learned?

·        What did you think about it before you studied it?

    Upload pictures (optional)

Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post

Word Count: 170 words

For the last time, I will leave you with a written sample,

"The name of my favourite subject when at University was “Literature III: Seminar on Shakespeare”. It is of no mystery that the subject revolved around the playwright, poet and sometimes actor, William Shakespeare. We basically studied the phenomenon of his works under a critical-historical approach, that is to say, not only working with first-hand material but also dealing with critical texts and essays.

Many of the contents were concerned with the historical period (XVI-XVII Century) in which William Shakespeare lived. For instance, one of his contemporaries, John Donne, which was a Metaphysical poet, was studied under comparative scrutiny with the sonnets of Shakespeare. Both works were contrasted; on the one hand, The Holy Sonnets by Donne which applied a sacred treatment, versus, Shakespeare’s sonnets which celebrated profane beauty.

The reasons why I liked the subject are many, and can be summarized as the following list; (1)Literature, as far as I am concerned, served as intellectual escapism when at school, i.e., not having to deal with the hardships of adolescence was one of the great things involving literature; (2) Literature contains a very “flexible” character, i.e., there is a feeling of absolute liberty when working with comparative approaches. You can take walk through culture and human history through Literature, and you may learn about the “zeitgeist” (spirit of the time) of every single time period, on how humans conceived tragedy, happiness and how a “locus amoenus” (the idea of a pleasant place, a literary topic as well) is profoundly different from one period to another".

What about you?

Cheers.

Comments

  1. isadora26 June 2021 at 09:49

    reading is an incredible way to escape from reality

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  2. Johanna Rivera28 June 2021 at 13:29

    Actually, literature doesn't attract my attention much, but when I was reading this, I realized that from his perspective, literature looks interesting and good for reality escape.

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  3. Angela30 June 2021 at 17:36

    I like reading, I'm sure that if we had a course that showed us the history of food engineering I could have done blog 7 :c

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  4. Joaquin Meza S30 June 2021 at 20:31

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  5. Joaquin Meza S30 June 2021 at 21:33

    I don't like literature very much, but you are right that there is a lot of freedom in writing.

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  6. Rocío1 July 2021 at 19:58

    Literature fosters intellectuality, but it is also very varied for different tastes.

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  7. Ariel2 July 2021 at 11:56

    Sounds really interesting, but very deep to me.

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  8. Javiera Pedraza2 July 2021 at 19:37

    I'm not a really big fan of literature, however I think it contributes a lot to people 'cause it gives them a way to express themselves.

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  9. Williams Otárola2 July 2021 at 22:04

    I like Shakespeare, although the only text I have read is Hamlet

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  10. Yamilí González4 July 2021 at 14:04

    Personally, I don't like read but I know the importance it has for human development.

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  11. Millaray Avelin4 July 2021 at 20:45

    I understand the intellectual escapism in literature, when I read a book that I like, I forget about time and what surrounds me, and I don't notice how far I have advanced until a long time passes.

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  12. DaniAmbar Donas4 July 2021 at 20:59

    Shakespeare life is very interesting. I had to read some books of him in school, but I didn’t understand them very much.

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  13. Anonymous5 July 2021 at 19:48

    how great Shakespeare is, it made me want to know more about his work and life. regards

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  14. Javier Romo7 July 2021 at 17:04

    I have never read Shakespeare, but i know that he has a huge influence on culture and with this post you wrote i was curious to know more about him

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  15. Ignacio Marchant10 July 2021 at 09:40

    I don't know Shakespeare's literature, but i can see from what you wrote that it is very interesting

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  16. Benjamin Leal Zapata12 July 2021 at 10:20

    incredible focus on how literature relates to our childhood or adolescent issues, thank you very much <3 , I had the opportunity to read Shakespeare and I share the same feeling as you, it never ceases to amaze how his criticism fits our society.

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  17. Ale Antequera30 July 2021 at 15:59

    I think I have never read a text by that author, I will look for it later!!

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