Sunday, October 23, 2011
Response to Course Material
Over the past weeks, I feel as if I have made progress in my analysis. When we wrote the second Eros essay, I was able to make a valid point instead of misinterpreting the poems as I did the first time. I was also able to distance my essay structure from the AP history style, which does not work in literature. Our discussions of The American Dream have also helped me analyze better. Listening to other people's interpretations has helped me draw more more broad and accurate conclusions from the text since I tend to get fixated on specific things, ignoring general patterns.
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Analysis is definately a necessary skill for the AP test. Also, I think it is worth noting that analysis has its roots in DIDLS and that form follows function. The skills we started with should always be at the heart of your analysis.
ReplyDeleteUgh, the APUSH essay structure haunts me too... Accustomed to that format, I find myself struggling to maintain structure without limiting discussion.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that outside interpretations can enrich individual analyses. Through our discussions, we bounce around ideas with one another and also raise questions that might have gone unquestioned in an individual setting. I definitely feel that these discussions are one of our most valuable tools in improving our abilities in literary analysis.
I screwed up the first Eros as well. Poems are usually tricky for me.
ReplyDeleteOther's interpretations are good for me, but I can't help but wonder how far we're getting as floundering teenagers when there are so many other views that have years of literary mastery behind them.
Cassidy Murphy