tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post43324212203364443..comments2023-09-11T05:46:29.728-03:00Comments on Novel Readings: This Week in My Classes (January 6, 2009)Rohan Maitzenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-89085083465817261462009-01-14T17:52:00.000-04:002009-01-14T17:52:00.000-04:00Our own department doesn't have a core requirement...Our own department doesn't have a core requirement, so quite a number of students get through without ever having heard of Hopkins, sadly. <BR/><BR/>However, I wanted to say that I'm teaching a bit of Hopkins myself this spring, in a course I'm doing called "Texture in the Text." Following your example, I should get my act together in the next couple of days and do a "What I'm teaching" post as Amardeep Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408720639556886665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-58459273245505115562009-01-14T11:23:00.000-04:002009-01-14T11:23:00.000-04:00I have to say that I am one of those youngsters wh...I have to say that I am one of those youngsters who has not come across Hopkins. I graduated two years ago with a degree in English from a well-reputed university with a beautiful English department but somehow managed to graduate without reading Victorian poetry. Thanks to you, Professor Maitzen, I will read Hopkins now.Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09849737965959307882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-35397753879250442052009-01-11T13:21:00.000-04:002009-01-11T13:21:00.000-04:00I agree with you. In my department an English maj...I agree with you. In my department an English major has some core requirements: What we might think of as roughly equivalent to Parts I and II of the Norton Anthology. But teachers can create their own syllabi. They need not use an anthology similar to the Norton; for English Lit. 1798-today they can teach nothing but Rushdie if that gives them joy. A lot of younger faculty members don't sunt_lacrimae_rerumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05659053841051896981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-91052443495787669032009-01-07T19:20:00.000-04:002009-01-07T19:20:00.000-04:00These are all interesting remarks. I'm thinking th...These are all interesting remarks. I'm thinking that maybe it is as much our fault as theirs (us in this case being my department) as, like many English departments, in trying to be all things to all students we have watered down what were once "core" requirements in Brit Lit to the point that it is perfectly possible to get your degree without ever studying Victorian literature at all, much lessRohan Maitzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-45595656705354713062009-01-07T12:16:00.000-04:002009-01-07T12:16:00.000-04:00I first came across Hopkins in Brit Lit II, just w...I first came across Hopkins in Brit Lit II, just where I was supposed to find him. I also knew people who had been led to Hopkins by their interest in T. S. Eliot and other modernist poets. Maybe the modernists are not so hot with the youngsters anymore?Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-3877478899440375562009-01-06T23:45:00.000-04:002009-01-06T23:45:00.000-04:00Not heard of Hopkins? Wow.Do you know why honors s...Not heard of Hopkins? Wow.<BR/><BR/>Do you know why honors students might not have heard of Hopkins? Are they unfamiliar with 19th century English poetry in general, or is it just Hopkins they've somehow missed?Ludwig Richterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145442092958521609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-59412521590476187612009-01-06T22:33:00.000-04:002009-01-06T22:33:00.000-04:00I too find it shocking that they hadn't even heard...I too find it shocking that they hadn't even heard of Hopkins. I also find it irritating that no one purposefully chose to do a seminar on him precisely for not having heard of him. Where's the desire to read widely and push the boundaries? I thought that was one of the points of studying literature. Sigh.Bookphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.com