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Broadening the Spectrum

Mon, 09/17/2007 - 14:03 — Steven Leeson

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.

Comments

Mon, 09/17/2007 - 14:20 — Daniel Anderson

Many hands

Steven, I think your plan to showcase these classes is great. I've sent your message to the faculty. I was thinking it might be a good strategy to recruit others who would like to be involved. If people are already taking these courses or will be in the spring it seems like a natural group of reviewers are already on hand. We could create a course write-up module for the SOUL site, and then, in addition to writing reviews, you could coordinate things to really get some momentum going. Other thoughts?

Tue, 09/18/2007 - 01:36 — Steven Leeson

Re: Many Hands

A group effort on this would be great, as its greatest limitation is my increasingly dwindling free time. Having others available to meet with professors about classes, or even just provide their own experiences would be invaluable.

Even if I do most of the write-ups, I would love to have testimonials from current/previous students of these classes.