Paradise Lost
Right, I might also say something about the quote above:
As some of you know, I am still lingering at university - well, my degree takes 5 years anyway, but if I had not travelled the world all the time, I might have finished earlier - and at the moment I am writing on my final thesis, which is kind of connected to Paradise Lost.
I am working on a teaching degree for Secondary Schools (English/History) and on a degree which is comparable to a Master in English Literature, English Linguistics and Early Modern/Modern History. So I have to write my final thesis in my major - English Literature. I took me some time to find something to write about, but I finally made it and even my professor was kind of excited. And here it is:
The narrative creation of fantasy worlds in the novels of J.K. Rowling, P. Pullman and C.S. Lewis
Fancy, isn't it? Well, I guess I never grow up and I just LOVE children's books and I especially love Harry Potter or at beter, I love the books. I am not very fond of the films, though. There is still quite a lot of work to do, but I do not have to hand in the thesis till the beginning of March. I will write about the concept of Secondary Worlds (this term goes back to Tolkien's "On Fairy Tales" and I have already proved that in Harry Potter there is only ONE secondary world with two parallel societies - Muggle/Wizard World - not two independent worlds! If anyone is interested, I can send you the first part of the thesis (The Secondary Worlds of the Harry Potter Series). But I have oral exams coming up at the end of October (pedagogics/psychology) and I guess I won't be able to do anything for my thesis till then.
But back to Paradise Lost: Did any of you read His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman? Fantastic books, aren't they? Well, the quote above is part of the introduction to Northern Lights and I really like it, even though I was never able to convince myself to read Paradise Lost. I have to admit, that I have not finished the Chronicles of Narnia yet, but I managed 5 out of 7, which is not too bad so far!
Did any of you study Psychology? I had my final exams (for the teaching degree) only three weeks ago in this stupid subject. Okay, it is not really stupid, but it is definitely not my favourite. There are a lot of things that are very interesting and helpful for a teacher, but I am not good at learning things off by heart and I don't know why I had to learn all these stupid results of various scientific studies... I survived, but I have never in my life studied so hard for one single exam - I started in April!!!!
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posted by Nadja @ 12:29 pm
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6 Comments:
I could definitely expect something like this from you! I can't wait to read some, so do send me stuff when you can. I do regret not going more into literature studies, but hey, you can't have everything.
But I did come across the psychology part, and no, it is not enjoyable. I did more social phychology and sociology and they were as you said, probably the only things I actually had to learn by heart. I totally hate that. Why bother studying that sort of things if you can always google if you need anything :-)
and never regret travelling my dear, that is the only thing I regret not being able to do now!
Hi,
I'm studding a Bachelor of education in earl;y childhood education (teaching 0-8) and i know exactly how you feel. i have done 3 sociology subjects and 3 child phychology and 3 child development subjects.
i'm in my last few months of uni now but they are all just as boring as each others. Too many theroies and studies to memorise. freud, skinner and all!
well i'm glad to here your exam went ok and that you are well.
keep traveling and enjoying yourself. i'm hoping to go back to england to work for two years mid next year if i don't find a really good job here as i want to travel some more.
stay safe and all the best.
I am a bit at a loss, for I am not sure who wrote this last comment - sorry, please let me know who you are! I have a supicion, but I was never really good at guesswork!
By the way, I might spent Trinity term next year back at RMS as a final practical experience (and improving my English [oral] skills) before sitting my final exams and hopefully entering a decent teaching job!
oh, my God, you can never have enough of that place!!
let me know and I really come visit! hmmm, Ricky pub crawling, pasta cooking, tennis? :-)
Hey, it is easy to get a internship there, it is cheap (okay, don't mention going to London once a week) and very convenient!
It would be great if you could pop round and we can visit our favourite places in the city - I still remember our first trip to the city centre, right after 9/11 - "good" old times!
sorry it was me.
all my posts seem to be anonymous.
i was thinking of re applying to teach at rms too but worried i will be disapointed as it won't be the same and none of the cool people will be there!!!
do you know that there is no longer a conaught boarding house? sad isn't it!
hope you are all well
love jess
did you know it was me? bad spelling should have given it away!
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