tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post3116313048821635975..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: "Literature is what is taught, period."Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-45769153910195571332011-02-07T11:46:42.629-06:002011-02-07T11:46:42.629-06:00I suppose a corollary is that literature in Englis...I suppose a corollary is that literature in English began to exist in the 19th century?Zedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10623092831367861959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-2966265770750249532011-02-07T11:25:53.715-06:002011-02-07T11:25:53.715-06:00I don't like Roland Barthes too much but this ...I don't like Roland Barthes too much but this statement is priceless. It was only after I started taking literature courses that I realized that what I had been doing before wan't really reading. Deciphering words and sentences does not translate into understanding literature. <br /><br />I loved literature courses that I took as an undergrad because every class was like witnessing a miracle that would happen before my eyes. A professor would take a work of literature that I thought I understood and would reveal so many more hidden meanings, issues, questions. <br /><br />So I think Barthes is right. Literature is taught.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.com