Monday, January 30, 2012
Blog Post 5
I think the problem with teaching literary fiction is that there is already a preconceived notion of the book and the "right" opinion about the book already exists. In English, you're supposed to have your own opinion about a book, but "classics" don't allow this to happen. The people who teach the books already know what the "right" answer is. This is not the case with genre fiction. For example, people can have different opinions about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and not be wrong. But if someone questions the greatness of The Great Gatsby, then you are shunned from the discussion. Basically, I feel like with classics the ideas are already there. I think it's important to form your own opinions about what you read and not simply buy in to what people have said for 50+ years.
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I completely agree with what you said about a proconvinced notion about the book. Like, when we read certain things we read them in a unit we are doing, so I am looking for the common themes and ideas about what we are learning in class instead of reading the book. So in the end I dont actually learn anything because I am trying to form my teachers opinion.
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