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Blog Thread III : Look Who's Blogging Now
Eris:
Elizzybeth:
I would venture a guess that between 60 and 90% of critical work published in the field of English today (in literature, pedagogy, and composition) is in the first person. That is, Stephen Greenblatt, Harold Bloom, Adrienne Rich, etc. etc., all pretty consistently write in the first person. It's a part of establishing ethos, a part of distinguishing yourself in the field, a part of setting your voice apart from those that came before, a part of intelligently and consciously engaging in a critical conversation about writing. Rarely anymore in English does a writer pretend he or she is not the voice behind a piece, or that the claims he or she makes are fact. Even coauthored works are frequently self-conscious: "we believe," etc.
However, those are purely the conventions of my discipline, and any English teacher who doesn't inform you that the first person is only appropriate in particular contexts (and frequently is inappropriate in academic contexts outside of English) isn't worth her salt.
Lunchbox:
Hannah we are so on the level
I wanted to get one of the hot water bottles that we have at work today and curl up around it but I don't really want to advertise to my office of 50 dudes that it is Shark Week
Also:
My kitty does not yet reside at Nick's, instead she is going to live at my boyfriend's house whilst my apartment is being shown to people.
I am taking it as a measure of how much his parents like me that they are willing to keep a cat at their house. My boy's dad is an active feral cat trapper (He has a slogan that goes 'If it's Feral, it's in Peril' which is pretty funny) and they actually have a cat trap in their backyard. (Yes it is a noble thing and hurrah I love wildlife too but I cannot stand to see kitties trapped even when I know it is for the good of other smaller furrier native things.)
Patrick:
--- Quote from: Zingoleb on 01 Feb 2010, 16:23 ---So, uh, in the loss of internet I've been calling Patrick and being whiny at him. Sorry, dude.
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Dogg Idunno how many times I gotta tell you, it's totally fine. How is the situation with the arrangement you've got to move out of your current place and position yourself for a better lease on life? I was hoping that the next time you posted I'd see something about you finding your dog.
Dear blag,
I learned to drive stick today. It was in Logan's '88 BMW M5. Holy fucking shit, that car is fucking fast. I got it from 0 to 80 in like 8 seconds and it was only that slow 'cause I am a fucking n00b at shifting.
Also it was my stepbrother's birthday today, and we all went out to Japanese. Sashimi is the Best Thing.
Love,
Me!
DarkAvenger:
--- Quote from: Tom on 01 Feb 2010, 23:42 ---The NSW Board of Studies tries to get people to give personal essay responses in English.
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The way we write our Diploma essays is that during that written portion of the exam we write a personal response essay and a critical/analytical essay over the course of the three hours or so. Traditionally the personal response was taught to be written in the first person and the critical/analytical in third person. The main issue is that my teacher is telling us that all essays, critical/analytical or not, must be written in first person.
EDIT: Mixed up my words.
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