02 Thursday March 17

Joey LoMonaco's Notes for Thursday, March 17th

Class on Thursday, March 17th, began with students turning in paper #2. Paper #2 was a critical analysis of "She" from either the feminist, postcolonial theory, or marxist literary literary perspectives. Dr. Mathur then asked students which lens/perspective we find most interesting/valid and why.

After that, discussion shifted to literary canons. Among topics discussed are why the same books have been studied for decades, and why some works make the cut and others do not.

Dr. Mathur broke the class into five groups tasked with creating our own literary canon of five works. The works had to be tied by a unifying theme or factor.

Some of the canons included: dystopian fiction and fantasy among others.

Dr. Mathur asked the class what works of fantasy should be included in the freshman seminar she is teaching in the fall. A number of suggestions were given.