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[bedlamsbard]

I'm kind of alarmed by the fact that I can now pull literary analysis out of thin air. Part of this is Brown, but a large part of it is also fandom. Uh. Stay in fandom, kids, it helps you with school!

...yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm the youngest one on my flist.

I'm just finishing up my commentary on cupiscent's SW AU Some Things Are Certain.

...okay, that part's a lie. I finished it while still writing this essay; I'll try and get it formatted and up tonight, though I promise nothing.

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[scarletts-awry.livejournal.com]

Stay in fandom, kids, it helps you with school!

I'm a recovering academic (read: on indefinite hiatus from my English PhD dissertation), and, well, a solid year and a half ago I forwarded the opinion that grad students should be *required* to spend some time in fandom, that it would teach them a thing or two, and at the very least they'd come out of it being able to identify their fiction kinks.

So, yes!

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

I try not to think about it too much, but it really is true -- I mean, in fandom we've got people talking about writing and meta, which basically boils down to lit analysis one way or another and why something works or doesn't or different interpretations. You know? And you can take that whole thing and turn it back on actual schoolwork.

Unrelated sidenote: You mentioned in your LJ that you go to Emory U in Atlanta, is that right? If you don't mind me asking, would you recommend it? It's one of the schools I'm looking at applying to.