I'm bri. Just bri. I've never done this before, so i must say that i'm a little nervous. Excited.. but nervous. I suppose all i can hope for is that i get over my initial feelings of doubt in my ability to actually maintain some sort of intelligent conversation through this blog.. and that the feedback and conversations i start help me to further understand exactly what we're taking on in class. i want to be read, i want to be understand and i want to understand... so i'm going to rest easy knowing this is the first step.
i do not like capital letters very much.
my initial thoughts on "theory" as a tool to study literature are, well, few. in thinking about theory and whether or not i view myself as subscribing to a certain school (or, knowing me, schools), i can't help but be a little overwhelmed at the fact that engaging in a text is no longer what it used to be. reading something, putting it into some sort of context, and understanding it as more than what it appears to be is something that i've been been doing for awhile. however, there's a name for it now. there's a sort of science behind it. this is no longer me just reading and understanding on my own terms. i suppose this is what i signed up for..
again.. i'm nervous. but excited.
