A list of things currently in my head.

[ichinichinemasu]

1) Today was a day that would have been better spent in bed. No, really. It was crappy.

2) Recently I've been hypothesizing that categorizing books by time period...is bull. After all, Lawrence Stern was writing literature that could have been termed "modernist" in 1740. If we say that all literature is following some direct path to excellence, then is Joyce's Ulysses the culmination of all good literature? It's a matter of opinion. And as an aside, how would we characterize current literature? Is there really one standard we can fit it into, like the 16th c. Romance, the 18th c. novel of morals, the 20th c. novel of breaking boundaries? I've been wondering.

3) How can I waste time with that and still have no good paper topics for my four papers due starting next week?

4) I think I actually love my job. It makes me feel happier to go and play with the kids. They're all such good kids, in their own way.

5) Vacation is in one day!!!!! I want to sleeeeeeep.

Comments

[merisunshine36.livejournal.com]

no, I don't think there is one standard, especially when you take into account non-western/european literature, or even literature by indigenous/minority peoples in western countries. For example, where would Japanese 'confused national identity' literature from post Sarin-gas attacks in the 90s go? Or Native American folklore? And who determines what literature is, anyway? The New York Times? Old British People? And back when all this "literature" was being created, the printing presses were mostly controlled by the upper-class regardless of country, so any works written by brilliant paupers aren't nearly as widely circulated. so, yeah. that's my two cents.

joyce was just a man who lived on a permanent acid trip fueled by catholicism.