To be honest, it was pretty easy to get through the program without having much grounding in the major theories. I did it. All of my work used the same techniques applied to different texts--looking closely at the text itself, trying to make connections among the bits and pieces of that text or between it and others, or determining how it fits into its historical background. But I never really knew what schools of thought these techniques belonged to. (Still don't really have a handle on it all, actually.)
Heh, that sounds exactly like what I am doing most of the time. I sincerely hope, though, that it will be enough to get through my upcoming final exams... :)
My lecturers seem to be very well-versed in literary theory; it's just that our department lacks a mandatory introductory class for students, which makes it a bit difficult to acquire that sort of knowledge.
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Date: 2006-08-31 07:13 am (UTC)Heh, that sounds exactly like what I am doing most of the time. I sincerely hope, though, that it will be enough to get through my upcoming final exams... :)
My lecturers seem to be very well-versed in literary theory; it's just that our department lacks a mandatory introductory class for students, which makes it a bit difficult to acquire that sort of knowledge.