Hey Everyone,
Here are a few of the questions we’ll be discussing our next class. The reading was really intense, and a bit hard to understand so please feel free to bring some of your own questions to class as well if you like.
1) Moretti, in this literary criticism Graphs, Maps,Trees, stresses the relevance of maps in literature. he begin his arguement by asking; what are literary maps, and what can they do that can’t be done with words? What are your thoughts on that?
2) Moretti concluded his argument/criticism by giving us his answer for what he believe maps do. He states that “they are a good way to prepare a text for analysis…… you reduce the text to a few elements, and abstract them from the narrative flow, and construct a new artificial object like the maps. Does this seem to you, a good way to analyst a literary text? why or why not?
5 responses so far ↓
NZeftel // Sep 18th 2014 at 11:27 am
Great questions! I know it’s a tough read and I’m looking forward to hearing how you and others responded to it!
Jason Ye // Sep 29th 2014 at 6:39 pm
i think these are very great questions too. where i first read the text i was like what the hell is he talking about, but after the class discoussion finally i got what was he trying to say. thanks!
Karl Gregory Jean-Jeune // Sep 29th 2014 at 9:38 pm
Honestly man, I think you did a good job with your discussion as the readings are quite confusing. The discussion was engaging and I enjoyed it.
Jesette A. Marrero // Sep 30th 2014 at 5:54 pm
I’m in complete agreement with Karl and Jason! Great discussion Stephan!
STEPHAN BRAKYE // Oct 1st 2014 at 11:52 pm
Thank guys quite honestly, most of that reading went a bit over my head, but discussing it together with you guys in class really gave me a much better understanding of the piece.
Jesette I can’t wait for your discussion!… I know it’ll be really interesting