Technology Connects the Dots

Third blog in and I still have things to say...this could be a good thing. Props to class lectures I suppose, for if they didn't keep me awake, then I'd only have dreams to share with you. Surely some of you's agree. But really, props to class lectures; I have found much of the reading, as expected, very difficult. I found the time-line we discussed in class to be a refreshing overview of Eagleton's so high over your head in theory, "Literary Culture".But I will continue reading, highlighting main concepts, as an active student would.It is probable that I won't be breathing theory by the end of this term, applying it left and right (something that actually scares me), but I'm learning and I am definitely outside of my comfort zone.
Someone asked me the other day about the reasoning behind having to write these blogs. "To connect with classmates and share thoughts and opinions of literary theory/criticism outside the class" was something along the lines of what I said. Connecting. Connecting to classmates, connecting to the teacher; it was all about connecting; And on a wider scale,in this same technological way, people connect with friends/family, whether they see them daily or once a year at Christmas;technology connects the dots (dots being neighbors, communities,nations,etc) and creates a unified picture - our World. Pretty, isn't it? Maybe. I, personally, find this almost...pathetic, so...materialist, almost.Times before the 20th C. were surely more rewarding when exceptional literary pieces were what once united people. Now, times seem effortless, rewarding-less.And though, technology has become this connecting tool,it seems as though it does the very opposite, fragmenting everything at the same time, in the sense that today, people can be divided even more than before.But I guess this is all just a theory of mine. But surely we can all agree on one thing:In today's society, technology connects the dots, that once connected, reveals the World as one. Now that I think of it, it does sound kind of pretty...but I suppose that's based on the perspective of It from where we stand.

Making Connections...

I'm going to start my first blog by looking back on Day 1. We had been given the task to define "literature". Quite simple, right? For the task seemed so...easy. Was I ever wrong. From the moment my pen came in contact with the paper, I froze. I couldn't think of a single set of words that word accurately define literature from all perspectives, as a whole. Slightly panicked, I wrote the first thing that came to mind - defining literature as a creative piece; a sort of art in which people express themselves. This brings me to Day 2. Dr. Pound presented a lecture about the Romantic Period; a time where literature and imagination fused; an era responsible for making literature expressive. And then it clicked, remembering back to the first day. I was a "romantic-thinker" (If there is such a term). This brought me much disbelief because just one day before, coming into this course, I was sure that making connection s between who I am as a person and the study of literature, and its development , would be like squeezing water from a rock. Was I ever wrong (and glad to be!)
Developing a spark of interest for the course, and making personal connections to my studies... Glorious!

Just saying "Hello!"

Just welcoming those of you who are checking out my blog :) Not to say that I expect many of you's!

Anyways, as you've probably guessed, this is my first blog. EVER. I just don't do them. Some people are good at them and have really interesting things to say, and then there's people like me who can only pretend to know what they're doing. But I guess it's no different than a diary, really...
And now, I will walk away from this with a positive attitude, believing I am not going to be the sole individual to read my blog...

:)