Final Blog!

490 Final Blog

This course has been one to remember. Although there is still a foul taste in my mouth from some of the texts we have read this semester – for example, Eva Luna, yeah I know, even after this long! – they were all worth reading for the experience of understanding why literature is bad. I think it is really important to be able to critique a piece of literature well, instead of simply stating that the book was bad because it was bad, boring, or cheesy. This course reiterated to me that you must understand the bad to apreciate the good, something that is at times anoying and frustrating to do, but I think essential. Who likes to read crap? Nobody. But after doing so, I definitely have a greater appreciation for a well written piece of literature. Taking this course along with Span 365 was very interesting for this reason. In the same week Id be reading the gem “Cien Anos de Soledad” por Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Span 365 and “Corazón Salvaje” o “10 años con Mafalda” in Span 490. A contrast unlike any other in my books. Because of this, I have literally put Cien Años on a pedestal at my house. I bow down to a photo of Gabo every night.. .. wait maybe ive gone too far … anyways you catch my drift. As ive mentioned before, the blogs have been great. One thing that was a little strange was that no one ever read my blogs OR commented on them! Maybe because I could never get that *ping to work properly OR more likely they just failed to catch peoples attention. But dont worry, I only cried for 30 minutes total over the semester in regards to this issue. The classroom environment was really good too. I felt like we got to know each other fairly well thoughout the semester which makes for a much more enjoyable learning environment. The debates were a good time too. It;s always fun to argue passionately over something we do not agree with. I had to play Devils advocate in every debate, and usually I was on the side explaining how these crappy books were not so crappy! Hard to do – (think Allende) . Anyways this is my last blog, so hope u enjoyed the read as much as I enjoyed to write it. See ya later.