Feature and Follow #55 – Literature Class v1.1

Posted 9 August, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Feature and Follow, Memes / 0 Comments

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Feature and Follow #55 – Literature Class v1.1

YAY it’s Friday! Gain new followers and make new friends with the Book Blogger Feature and Follow! If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers — but you have to know — the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me.The Feature and Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Rachel of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to meet more new bloggers!

What sets this Hop apart from others, is that our hosts feature two blogs. Every week they will each showcase a Featured Blogger, from all different genres and areas. Just remember it is required, if you participate, to follow both their featured as well as our lovely hosts as a courtesy. How do you follow someone? Well, if you have a preference, state it in your Feature and follow post. I prefer being followed via e-mail, RSS / Bloglovin’ or Google+; or you can like my facebook page, or even follow me on Twitter.Back to School time!

Create a reading list for the imaginary English Lit class you’ll be teaching this semester.

I am going to take some inspiration from an actual English Lit class I couldn’t take a couple of years back, but that I really wanted to take. It’s in contemporary lit, and the teacher who taught this class always – and I really mean always! – has the coolest classes, but at the worst possible time. This one class was called Vampires in Modern Media and the reading list was including Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, Coppola’s movie Dracula and one book chosen by the students. This last semester, the same teacher had a class called Rewriting Fairy Tales and part of the curriculum was the HBP series Grimm, and the Dreamworks movie Shrek…

I would love to be a cool teacher like that, and I think it would be possible to do something fancy no matter what the period one is teaching. I’m very fond of Shakespeare, but I don’t think I’d have the guts to teach his plays or sonnets yet 😉 So, in contemporary literature, here is the reading list I’d give to my students in the class called
Vampires vs vegetarians

 
The Historian
Interview with the Vampire
Twilight
Halfway to the Grave

I would have loved to leave links, but that’s just not possible because of my Internet connection here in Spain 🙁

Thanks for stopping by today, have a fantastic Friday and a wonderful weekend.

Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms

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Linda is an English as foreign language teacher and has a Master's degree in English Language and Literature. She's an avid reader, blogger, compulsive one-clicker and a genre omnivore. Ever since she learnt how to read she has been seen with a book or two in her hands everywhere she goes.

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0 responses to “Feature and Follow #55 – Literature Class v1.1

    • Oh, how I hope I won’t ever need any skills I might learn from my favorite paranormal reads!
      Thanks for stopping by, Naomi 🙂

      • I completely agree. So far the skills I have learned have contributed to yelling at TV characters when they aren’t taking care of the “problem” properly. “Cut his head off! Cut his head off! It’s no use if he isn’t beheaded!” 😀

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  1. Jessica@a GREAT read

    Oooh nice!! I did take a History of Vampires and Witches–or some such title–in college! It was pretty cool! We watched some Charm and Buffy/Angel! For a day or two!

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    Have a GREAT weekend!

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    • That does sound like a fun class, Jessica 🙂 I love it when teachers / professors are original!

      Thanks for stopping by.

  2. Oh, happy Spain. Since reading your “iffy internet connection because I’m in Spain” post, I’ve been thinking about how that was my number one dream destination when I was a kid. I would love the lit class you described. I just started Halfway to the Grave. All those Sidekick Saturday posts forced my hand! Can’t wait for a “I loved Spain so much” post.

    • Spain is totally one of my favorite destinations, Robyn, and I’m lucky because it only takes us about seven hours to drive down here.
      I might one day teach a class with those books, how neat would that be?
      I’m happy you have started reading about Cat and Bones! They are my favorite couple ever!
      Thanks for stopping by 🙂

  3. I’d sign up for these classes in a minute. 🙂
    I’m really enjoying The Historian. In chatting with Jackie yesterday I realized we don’t know The Historian’s name…the point of view of the narration keeps it hidden. Perhaps I just missed that one small detail among all the others. 🙂

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    • I don’t think we know the Historian’s name, Xyra, I’m not 100% sure, though, it’s been a while since I rad it.

      There are some really fun classes out there for sure, I’m so happy to be a student again!

      Thanks for stopping by 🙂

  4. Well, Lexxie, I’d definitely sign up for your class. All the books on your list are fantastic!! That professor sounds like one I’d have liked to study with as well. Hopefully you’ll get to take one of his classes. And as for you teaching Shakespeare…DO IT!! I know, I know, he’s a bit daunting. But I also know that you, like me, often offer a different take on literature and wouldn’t that be fabulous?!? You could make Shakespeare relevant to a new generation!!! Too much??? LOL

    I’m going to have to take a day and spend it here so I can catch up on all I missed while I was gone. 😉 Enjoy your time on the beach in Spain! Missed you!! *hugs*

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