After leaving class this past Monday, I realized it had been over six years since I had taken any type of Literature course. For some reason, I tended to take all linguistic, culture, or education based courses in my undergraduate work at UT, and avoided any Literature course like it was the plague. However, as I sat in Dr. Conway’s course this past Monday, I realized what an injustice I had done myself, and my Spanish education. I remember perusing through the Course Catalog at UT seeing courses like 345L – Modern Literature of Mexico or 362L – Spanish Literuature 1555-1779…….and thinking to myself…”There’s NO WAY I am going to take those courses…..” I was still in the intermediate stages of speaking, reading, writing, and listening the Spanish language, soI felt as if taking such a “complex” literature course was not be advantageous to my learning path. I did have to take a “Don Quijote” class for a requirement, and I do remember taking “Romantic Spanish Readings” (and hate to admit that I only took it because I had a crush on the professor).
I hope to take this course and nurture it. I do not want to do an injustice to myself any longer. As this class embarks, I would appreciate any advice, help, and general guidance through the readings. I am looking forward to the next class, and the opportunity to bounce off ideas, thoughts, and new findings with my colleagues.
Please find another post in reflection to the readings later this week!
PS. I hope everyone is okay with the fact that I am a VERY vocal person, will probably offer alot in class discussions, and hope no one wants to throw paper at me for putting in more than my 2 cents worth!
on January 27th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
I feel for you, Amy! I majored in English (we won’t say how many years ago, ha, ha). Fortunately, in order to get into grad school with Spanish as a major, I did have to take some undergrad courses, and I was able to get my feet wet again with a few Spanish lit courses. The reading list for grad school is rather intimidating, but I think this course will help us a lot in terms of understanding concepts and learning how to analyze literature from different points of view. I think we will all benefit from each other’s opinions, and am also looking forward to our multi-cultural classes.