*whimpers* fairy tales or slavery, guys?
Nov. 13th, 2009 08:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedlamsbardSomeone tell me I can't major in Tulane's new Medieval and Early Modern Studies program. Because my interest is not medieval, I just keep taking classes that fit their standards! And I don't even take that many! I think I only have two on my proposed schedule for next semester! ...wait, no three, Spenser is ENLS 449.
...oh my God, I totally did not know Tulane was offering a class in FAIRY TALES. It was hiding in the German department! (Grimm Reckonings: The Development of the German Fairy Tale.) I may have to reconsider my whole schedule. I could end up one step closer to an accidental Medieval and Early Modern Studies major. And I did think the Spain: 1369-1716 class sounded interesting...
I mean, the fairy tale class is at the same time as Ancient Slavery and Society, though. Which was going to be my honors class for next semester, but I could take Milton (also a Medieval and Early Modern studies class!) or Art and Mythology of Ancient Greece instead, they're both honors classes, but neither one's a history...but FAIRY TALES.
Reminder: History and English double major, planning on a classical studies minor, my major is BRITAIN -- British lit and British history -- but -- but -- it's so shiny! And it would be multi-disciplinary! I could have English AND history AND some classical studies classes count towards it! Except my main interests in history happen to be ANCIENT history and MODERN ENGLAND. Which do not fall under the medieval and early modern studies headline. Well, some of them do, actually. *whimpers*
My schedule used to be SO PERFECT. And the fairy tale class has thrown everything into disarray. Milton will conflict with Early Medieval and Byzantine Civilization! Also, I don't actually want to read Paradise Lost five times in five years! But the fairy tale class is at the same time as Ancient Slavery and Society! And I don't really want to take Art and Mythology of Ancient Greece, but then the only other honors class in one of the fields I'm interested in is Intro to American Literature or Joyce in the English Department, but I'm not interested in either one.
*eyes the fairy tale class* I want it, but I need an honors class, damn it. I don't want to take Milton and have three English classes, though, because I really want Victorian Studies and Spenser, but neither of them are honors classes. (I need to take one honors class a year, and I dropped the one I had this semester. Actually, I dropped BOTH the ones I had this semester.) If I don't want to take another English class, I could take Art and Mythology in Ancient Greece or -- possibly that's it. There's World Prehistory over in the anthro department, but it's a two and a half hour lecture and we've already figured out I can't actually handle that without going mad.
But just listen to this description of the fairy tale class: "This course will examine the Brothers Grimm and the classic fairy tales: their origins, development and later adaptations (and will include tales from other cultures and traditions as well). Questions to be discussed include: the relationship between author and audience; the construction of childhood; theories of education; oral culture vs. print culture; the development of national identity through folklore." GUYS GUYS OH MY GOD THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL IDENTITY THROUGH FOLKLORE.
It's not as if I was really set on Ancient Slavery and Society, but it was the only honors class in the entire history department, and as a bonus, it was cross-registered as a classical studies class. Okay, what if I do Art and Mythology in Ancient Greece -- then my schedule for next semester will look like this:
Which isn't too bad. Except I just realized that then I get rid of my two history classes! Because Ancient Slavery and Society was a history. I could take Spain -- no, that conflicts with Victorian Studies (English. Not to be confused Victorianism, which I took last semester, which was a history). And this is eighteen credits, so I'd have to drop something if I wanted to take one more. (See what's not being around, the EBIO and the public service? Apparently I have to, you know, meet my school's core requirements. What kind of nonsense is this, huh?)
The really funny thing is that I'd hoped, going into this, that I could have ALL MORNING CLASSES. This is not working out. This was my schedule before Medieval and Early Modern Studies and the fairy tale class came into my life:
The really funny thing is that this is totally the kind of program that I would accidentally major in.
ETA: GUYS GUYS IF I DO THIS I CAN WRITE MY SENIOR HONORS THESIS ON THE ENGLISH LONGBOW AS WEAPON OF WAR AND CULTURAL ICON. Agincourt! Crecy! Robin Hood! (Or...my dates may be completely off, but even so, this is a great period for military history, because gunpowder came around! GUNPOWDER IS COOL. Uh. I think this is the right period, anyway.)
...oh my God, I totally did not know Tulane was offering a class in FAIRY TALES. It was hiding in the German department! (Grimm Reckonings: The Development of the German Fairy Tale.) I may have to reconsider my whole schedule. I could end up one step closer to an accidental Medieval and Early Modern Studies major. And I did think the Spain: 1369-1716 class sounded interesting...
I mean, the fairy tale class is at the same time as Ancient Slavery and Society, though. Which was going to be my honors class for next semester, but I could take Milton (also a Medieval and Early Modern studies class!) or Art and Mythology of Ancient Greece instead, they're both honors classes, but neither one's a history...but FAIRY TALES.
Reminder: History and English double major, planning on a classical studies minor, my major is BRITAIN -- British lit and British history -- but -- but -- it's so shiny! And it would be multi-disciplinary! I could have English AND history AND some classical studies classes count towards it! Except my main interests in history happen to be ANCIENT history and MODERN ENGLAND. Which do not fall under the medieval and early modern studies headline. Well, some of them do, actually. *whimpers*
My schedule used to be SO PERFECT. And the fairy tale class has thrown everything into disarray. Milton will conflict with Early Medieval and Byzantine Civilization! Also, I don't actually want to read Paradise Lost five times in five years! But the fairy tale class is at the same time as Ancient Slavery and Society! And I don't really want to take Art and Mythology of Ancient Greece, but then the only other honors class in one of the fields I'm interested in is Intro to American Literature or Joyce in the English Department, but I'm not interested in either one.
*eyes the fairy tale class* I want it, but I need an honors class, damn it. I don't want to take Milton and have three English classes, though, because I really want Victorian Studies and Spenser, but neither of them are honors classes. (I need to take one honors class a year, and I dropped the one I had this semester. Actually, I dropped BOTH the ones I had this semester.) If I don't want to take another English class, I could take Art and Mythology in Ancient Greece or -- possibly that's it. There's World Prehistory over in the anthro department, but it's a two and a half hour lecture and we've already figured out I can't actually handle that without going mad.
But just listen to this description of the fairy tale class: "This course will examine the Brothers Grimm and the classic fairy tales: their origins, development and later adaptations (and will include tales from other cultures and traditions as well). Questions to be discussed include: the relationship between author and audience; the construction of childhood; theories of education; oral culture vs. print culture; the development of national identity through folklore." GUYS GUYS OH MY GOD THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL IDENTITY THROUGH FOLKLORE.
It's not as if I was really set on Ancient Slavery and Society, but it was the only honors class in the entire history department, and as a bonus, it was cross-registered as a classical studies class. Okay, what if I do Art and Mythology in Ancient Greece -- then my schedule for next semester will look like this:
Which isn't too bad. Except I just realized that then I get rid of my two history classes! Because Ancient Slavery and Society was a history. I could take Spain -- no, that conflicts with Victorian Studies (English. Not to be confused Victorianism, which I took last semester, which was a history). And this is eighteen credits, so I'd have to drop something if I wanted to take one more. (See what's not being around, the EBIO and the public service? Apparently I have to, you know, meet my school's core requirements. What kind of nonsense is this, huh?)
The really funny thing is that I'd hoped, going into this, that I could have ALL MORNING CLASSES. This is not working out. This was my schedule before Medieval and Early Modern Studies and the fairy tale class came into my life:
The really funny thing is that this is totally the kind of program that I would accidentally major in.
ETA: GUYS GUYS IF I DO THIS I CAN WRITE MY SENIOR HONORS THESIS ON THE ENGLISH LONGBOW AS WEAPON OF WAR AND CULTURAL ICON. Agincourt! Crecy! Robin Hood! (Or...my dates may be completely off, but even so, this is a great period for military history, because gunpowder came around! GUNPOWDER IS COOL. Uh. I think this is the right period, anyway.)
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Date: 2009-11-14 06:20 pm (UTC)Any way, I am a history/theater major who would totally major in English and or Medieval and Renaissance studies, if they'd let me quadruple major (which they won't, I asked). So a) I totally feel your pain and b)You seem really interesting, may I subscribe?
Feel free to add me if you like, I write mostly personal stuff, essays about life, etc. (not as often as I'd like being a college students and all).
Oh...and I love C.S. Lewis.
~Georgie
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Date: 2009-11-15 04:18 am (UTC)