- Curtis Swope, my German Cinema professor.
I think what my professor said today is quite beautiful and it got me to thinking. How wonderful would it be if every time we sat down to write a paper, a poem, a facebook message, or a blogpost, we used words to express the beauty and volatility of our language. What if we study words not just as a means to state facts or our ideas, but as elements or tools of creating art that can only be understood by certain groups of people? Hmm.
Food for thought.
Also, in case you were wondering why a German Cinema professor was talking about writing techniques, it's because 1. the methods and skills used in writing are similar to those we use to critically analyze films (not sure how, but I guess I'll find out) and 2. we'll have to write papers that include such analyses and the tips he gave are supposed to help us express our arguments.
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Exactly. It's for reasons like this that I'm an English major, and that I'm absolutely IN LOVE with the concentration.
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ReplyDeleteVery interesting! Sounds like a fun class, too. Let me know how it all turns out!
ReplyDeleteyou have a class titled German Cinema? Trinity has such interesting subjects. :)
ReplyDeleteThat British infiltrator in Inglorious Basterds was an expert of German Cinema. You've gotta start somewhere.
ReplyDeletehaha. shh! You'll ruin my plans ;)
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