UNC Student Organization for Undergraduate Literature

Hey guys! Since you're all (or at least most of you are) English majors, you should have received an e-mail from Mark Richardson about CLOUD's meeting tonight. Just in case you didn't, though, here are the details:

Interested in Literature? Film? Delicious Free Food? Join CLOUD!

The Comparative Literature Organization for Undergraduate Discussion (CLOUD) is a group open to all students interested in the study and discussion of literature and film. CLOUD hosts a number of events throughout the school year, including the Cult Lit Classics Discussion Series and the International Film Series in the Spring.

Informational Meeting
Tuesday, January 22nd
7:30-8:30pm
Union Rm. 3408
FREE Pizza and Ice Cream!

CLOUD is like the Comp. Lit department's SOUL, and are a really cool group. Mark and I have made some contact in the past about SOUL and CLOUD, and we think it would be a great idea for the two organizations to work together on some things. We've a lot of dovetailing interests, after all.

So, if any of you can make it out to the meeting tonight, that would be awesome. I'll hopefully be there, and would love to see more SOUL members present.

So, you know how I said that I would be guiding you to a more varied English major?

Apparently, I'm a better liar than I thought.

Registration is fast approaching, and very little has been done for this project. The approach I've taken has turned out not to be as effective as I'd hoped it would, so it's time for a fairly radical revamp.

And thus I turn to you, fellow members of SOUL.

In your career as an English major, what classes have you taken that you were most excited about? Which classes were the most interesting? Which classes moved furthest beyond the standard ideas of English literature?

If you've got a class that fits the description above and would like to promote it to up-and-coming English students, please let me know! Tell me what class it is, who is teaching/taught it, and then a small blurb about it. What did you read/do in class? What were you most excited about? How do you feel the class has helped you as an English major?

And remember, these don't have to be English classes. Any literature course UNC offers is fair game here.

Please e-mail your write-ups to leeson [at] email [dot] unc [dot] edu, or leae them as comments here.

I appreciate any help you can give.

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..."

Sound familiar? If so, then this is the event for you.

On October 3rd, 2007, the Comparitive Literature Organization for Undergraduate Discussion, or CLOUD, is hosting a book discussion on Jack Kerouac's novel, "On the Road" in New West room 219 from 6-8pm.

CLOUD is an organization similar to SOUL, though you can imagine filled with more Comparitive Literature majors than English majors. Regardless, it's a group of people with a love of literature, who love to read and talk about it.

If you're interested, be sure to stop by and check it out, and tell 'em SOUL sent ya.

Our English major here at UNC is an excellent program. We offer classes on all the greats, and enough of them to make sure that no one is missing out on the fine works of William Shakespeare, James Joyce, or T.S. Eliot.

That said, there's also a lot more to the English major than that.

As Guider of SOUL, my job with the Resources and Publicity committees is largely an advising one. Helping others by sharing my experiences, and as a senior English major, I've had a lot of them. And not just the standard "English major classes."

This blog will serve as a tool to expound upon those classes. To promote and advertise classes which deviate from the norm, which challenge you to look past notions of what is and isn't literature. To spread the word about the amazing classes our school offers in its English department that don't deal with the usual fare.

Think Science Fiction or Horror novels. Think Film. Think Children's Fiction.

And then think to come back here and learn about them. Think about how you want to enrich your education. Think about the wide range we offer, and how you can benefit.

I'll be guiding you there.