I'm having trouble choosing which Lit class I should take this fall. I love both topics but which do you guys think is the better one to take?

4/16/2009 10:25:59 AM

Chaucer on the grounds that it is the course not being taught by Dr. Wall

Dr. Wall was extremely boring for 487

4/16/2009 2:06:20 PM

Meg Lamont is cool, but 451 is waitlisted right now. Or were you planning on taking the graduate-level course?

4/17/2009 4:48:32 PM

I'm currently enrolled in Chaucer but I'm thinking about switching.

4/19/2009 3:12:23 PM

oic

Well the reason that there are still seats in Dr. Wall's class is because no one likes him.

4/20/2009 1:37:25 PM

Chaucer... nothing like dick & fart jokes in middle english.

Quote :

"This Nicholas anon leet flee a fart, As greet as it had been a thonder-dent, ... Thus swyved was the carpenteres wyf, For al his keping and his Ialousye; And Absolon hath kist hir nether yë; And Nicholas is scalded in the toute"

4/22/2009 8:01:03 PM

I'm a big fan of the Miller's Tale, but I'm worried I might get tired of just one author by the end of the semester.

Has anyone taken Chaucer? The only feedback anyone has is don't take any course taught by Wall.

4/23/2009 1:59:04 AM

I've taken both the undergrad and grad class. I enjoyed it both times.

I have no idea if you would get tired of one author by the end of the semester, I think that's a personal thing. I've taken multiple one-author courses and have never had a problem.

4/24/2009 5:28:48 PM

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"Well the reason that there are still seats in Dr. Wall's class is because no one likes him."

That's weird. I loved him and had him direct my honors thesis thing.

5/4/2009 9:34:31 AM

His snobbery and douchebaggery were smothered by his whit, imo.

5/4/2009 10:37:55 AM

^^ he did nothing but state the obvious in 487

plus we spent about two months on Hamlet, then did nearly a play every class period after that

it was ridiculous

and I was bored out of my mind

he's a nice guy, but he hated our class and claimed nobody participated... which then festered more resentment throughout the class

he tried dumbing things down so that we would "understand" (since we weren't participating, it must be because we didn't get Shakespeare!)... it just sucked

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5/4/2009 12:53:03 PM

I had Dr. Hester for 487. I think he's probably one of the best to take Shakespeare with.

Unless Halpern started teaching that class. I'd even sit through Naturalism again if he taught it.

5/13/2009 2:43:18 PM

Apparently Lamont will not be here this fall, so they are trying to find someone else to teach it. Rumor has it Linda Holley is coming out of retirement to teach this one class. Was anyone around for her?

5/15/2009 7:34:21 AM

Where's Lamont going?

5/15/2009 6:48:43 PM

This is the e-mail I got, I don't know anything beyond this:

Quote :

"Unfortunately, Professor Lamont will not be here in the fall, so we're trying to make alternate arrangements for students in ENG 451. One of our retired, but still very lively, faculty members, Professor Linda Holley, has agreed to take over the class"

There's only one comment about Holley int eh School Tool and its not a good one.

5/16/2009 2:13:08 AM

I took both classes - 16th cent during the summer. You do a lot more reading in 16th but I found it was interesting b/c of all the different authors and stories, like Everyman.

Chaucer was pretty good b/c I got to really understand the stories. However, it did get kinda boring and makes you wanna skip b/c of the "I learned this crap in high school" mentality you get around early October.

5/16/2009 12:52:45 PM

I had Linda Holley as an advisor for a semester and she guest taught a lot of classes as I was going through the English curriculum. My experience with her is unfortunately limited but overwhelmingly excellent.

5/27/2009 8:04:33 PM