tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151523058877729861.post670354054182858356..comments2023-04-25T19:06:56.413-07:00Comments on Into Thy Calm: Wriggling in the Crushing Grip of Reaason (an aside by Bill Watterson)Halcyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264274336322086961noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151523058877729861.post-53505237606086181862011-02-28T12:23:03.791-08:002011-02-28T12:23:03.791-08:00I've taken literary theory classes thrice:
(1...I've taken literary theory classes thrice:<br /><br />(1) With Dr. Callis (absolutely AWESOME, especially when he ended the whole class with a reading from <i>Perelandra</i>)<br /><br />(2) My first fall semester at U of M (head pounding frustration, but it made my mind work and I took great notes).<br /><br />(3) My final spring semester at U of M (somewhat head-pounding, but our professor was more skeptical of "post-structuralism" and its bastard children, and thus set the whole class as an engagement with the various theories rather than simply knowing what they were).<br /><br />I swear (and make this vow) that however high I get into academia, and no matter what class I am teaching, I will <i>always</i> condemn and mock such nonsense whenever I can.Halcyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264274336322086961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151523058877729861.post-29737431300801496802011-02-25T12:15:13.946-08:002011-02-25T12:15:13.946-08:00Been there, done that. Ain't never going' ...Been there, done that. Ain't never going' back. Buh bye!<br /><br />I really worked hard to keep my head down and mouth shut through grad school. Not everyone was quite insane from critical theory, thank goodness. But I dutifully wrote my critical theory analyses all the while imbing straight up Christian orthodoxy on the side. I sort of dug my two-faced existence as long as I knew it wasn't permanent.Bill Jenkinsnoreply@blogger.com