Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Reading Literature (HS 305)

Reading Literature is a good, fun course if you are interested in those sort of things. The course is(at least was) divided into four parts - poetry, essays, short stories and drama. The course will typically involve reading up a piece or two at home and then analyzing it in detail in class. It is kind of like what English used to be in school, but I thought it involved more thinking and analysis. The course is enjoyable, and attending clasees is fun. The exam questions involve analysis of seen or unseen pieces of literature. Occassionally, the instructor would expect the analysis to be of a certain kind or pertain to a certain thing that was discussed in class, hence attending classes is more advisable.
In summary, this course is a lot more fun than the other HS courses if you like reading in general. However, it also requires slightly more effort towards the course (reading the passages etc). Take it only if you are interested.

(post credits - Ravi Bhoraskar)

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