I was lucky to have fantastic teachers in high school who exposed me to the works of Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Edgar Allen Poe, and many other authors. I have always enjoyed literature, but I have always had trouble understanding literature in different aspects. For example, I had to write a literary analysis on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. and I remember reading the passages over and over again and not understanding a word I was reading. Literature is something that is very relative to the person reading the text, and different people view literature in different contexts and aspects. I have not really enjoyed any literary analysis assignments, but I finally think that I am mature enough to understand these difficult works of literature. I have always found literature that is written in old English very hard to understand. I have always used resources like Sparknotes to get a better understanding of the text. I’ve always seemed to like American literature. My favorite piece of literature is “To Kill a Mocking Bird.” Many directors use pieces of literature to make renditions or new versions of literary stories. Many directors look to Shakespeare for influence for movies. Literature shows how certain people lived in certain eras, and I think that it is important to study literature in order to be more well aware of what times were like in different periods of time. I also think that literature helps people understand different times of trouble, and that transcends into modern day literature and music.
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Yash Mitter
I was lucky to have fantastic teachers in high school who exposed me to the works of Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Edgar Allen Poe, and many other authors. I have always enjoyed literature, but I have always had trouble understanding literature in different aspects. For example, I had to write a literary analysis on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. and I remember reading the passages over and over again and not understanding a word I was reading. Literature is something that is very relative to the person reading the text, and different people view literature in different contexts and aspects. I have not really enjoyed any literary analysis assignments, but I finally think that I am mature enough to understand these difficult works of literature. I have always found literature that is written in old English very hard to understand. I have always used resources like Sparknotes to get a better understanding of the text. I’ve always seemed to like American literature. My favorite piece of literature is “To Kill a Mocking Bird.” Many directors use pieces of literature to make renditions or new versions of literary stories. Many directors look to Shakespeare for influence for movies. Literature shows how certain people lived in certain eras, and I think that it is important to study literature in order to be more well aware of what times were like in different periods of time. I also think that literature helps people understand different times of trouble, and that transcends into modern day literature and music.
I was lucky to have fantastic teachers in high school who exposed me to the works of Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Edgar Allen Poe, and many other authors. I have always enjoyed literature, but I have always had trouble understanding literature in different aspects. For example, I had to write a literary analysis on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. and I remember reading the passages over and over again and not understanding a word I was reading. Literature is something that is very relative to the person reading the text, and different people view literature in different contexts and aspects. I have not really enjoyed any literary analysis assignments, but I finally think that I am mature enough to understand these difficult works of literature. I have always found literature that is written in old English very hard to understand. I have always used resources like Sparknotes to get a better understanding of the text. I’ve always seemed to like American literature. My favorite piece of literature is “To Kill a Mocking Bird.” Many directors use pieces of literature to make renditions or new versions of literary stories. Many directors look to Shakespeare for influence for movies. Literature shows how certain people lived in certain eras, and I think that it is important to study literature in order to be more well aware of what times were like in different periods of time. I also think that literature helps people understand different times of trouble, and that transcends into modern day literature and music.
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I think I'm kind of the opposite because outside of Poe and Faulkner I didn't like a lot of American Literature and always liked Shakespeare-lol. Have you seen some of the new productions of Shakespeare plays--basically they modernize the setting and keep the language but its makes it more interesting and somtimes brings new and interesting meaning to the work.
ReplyDeleteI so agree that reading interpretations are very subjective or relative to the person reading it and I also agree that it shows you a window into how people might have lived (if it is a period piece like Shakespeare or say The Canterbury Tales.
I completely agree with you that reading old literature is very hard to understand. I have never really liked it. Just like you though I have really started understanding it better as I have gotten older. I had great teachers in high school too!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you and Natalie, I cannot understand old literature at all. I read it over and over and still do not understand. Especially Shakespeare. Luckily, we do have things like Sparknotes to help us out. Once you understand Shakespeare's pieces you really start to appreciate Shakespeare's writing. I was amazed with how many underlying themes and concepts in Macbeth.
ReplyDeleteI do agree that literature is incredibly objective and the person reading it will create their own version of what they think is being said. That is the best part about reading, you can make it whatever you want it to be and have fun with it. Literature from decades ago is important to read in some aspects in order to know how our language has evolved and to understand how our culture has changed. Language helps us understand our history and helps us understand what mistakes have been made in the past in order to change and make a better future for ourselves and those around us. Without literature from the past we would be repeating history in so many ways and would be blind to what our culture used to look like which would only have a negative impact on us. Literary analyses are sometimes difficult if the language is hard to understand but if you truly read and try to understand what is being said you can make out what the words are trying to convey or at least try to. With the old English language, being that it is not what we are accustomed to, you must practice reading this type of language and once you do you get more used to it and more inclined to understand it. That is with anything, practice makes perfect.
ReplyDeleteSo you suck ass at reading
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