What have I learned in class since the last time I posted one of these?
A bit, however we've been focusing on actually applying the knowledge we've gained lately. This makes it hard to tell what I have learned. Though I know I have a better understanding in general about everything. So here I am asking myself, what do I write about?
The American Dream is entertaining. I have found amusement and bewilderment within its lines along with done right confusion. Albee sure knows how to make a scene uncomfortable. I'm almost a little sad to be moving on from this play..
I've gained a better understanding of how to proceed in a close reading read. It still seems a bit like pulling it out of a hat, but I am starting to see some connections. I still find it quite challenging to find things on my own though. If you talk about something and point this out then I may be able to point that out, but finding my own path instead of just branching off of what others say has not happened yet. I hope you followed that...
Anyway, I would like to say that I've been learning vocabulary words but truth be told I've been much to busy to actually put any serious effort into it. With the test in 5 days, I"m sure some serious effort will be put into though and soon.
I also really enjoyed the American Dream. It was really interesting to find meaning beneath all the words and syntax Albee uses. I think class discussion helped me a lot to see things that I hadn't previously seen on my own.
ReplyDeleteJust like the last entry regarding The American Dream, you may want to include what you've learned about it, your contribution to the theorycraft and how that relates to your past and present knowledge about play interpretation in order to demonstrate your new level of knowledge. You may also wish to include what exactly you now better understand about a close read as opposed to the past. And I hope you got around to studying those terms before the test, ha!
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