Not just literature, history is going that same route. Drives me nuts, you are getting a history degree, why don't you, I don't know, do some research. According the the article Film Studies students at UCSB take 14 units of theory versus 4 units of production, cart before the horse, that is just wrong. I'm not saying Theory is wrong or should not be taught, but man oh man that is just out of whack, and they don't think it is wrong. Stuff like this has to be what will eventually destroy the American University.
stepping down from the soapbox regards and happy wookiee life day jhs John H. Streepy Library-Government Publications James E. Brooks Library Central Washington University 400 East University Way Ellensburg, WA 98926-7548 (509) 963-2861 http://www.lib.cwu.edu/Documents "Hand to hand combat just goes with the territory. All part of being a librarian" -- James Turner "Rex Libris" Transitus profusum est nocens! >>> "Shoaf,Judith P" <jsh...@ufl.edu> 12/16/2011 12:15 PM >>> The sad thing is that you can feed a Shakespeare sonnet or a Hemingway novel into the same claptrap machine and it will reach exactly the same conclusions as if you feed it any film from Godard to John Hughes. The machine was originally designed to chew up anything branded as literature and spit it out as garbage, and it works the same for film. *Judy Shoaf, who really did forget her medication this morning. From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Randal Baier Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 1:15 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Film studies inc. Lights, Camera, Action. Marxism, Semiotics, Narratology. http://m.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.latimes.com%2Fprint%2F2003%2Fjul%2F13%2Fmagazine%2Ftm-filmschool28&h=1AQH3jmEf&refid=28&_ft_qid=5686604991856487627&_ft_mf_story_key=501493669265&_ft_filter=live&_ft_interface=m_touch&_ft_c=m&cb=5 ( http://m.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.latimes.com%2Fprint%2F2003%2Fjul%2F13%2Fmagazine%2Ftm-filmschool28&h=1AQH3jmEf&refid=28&_ft_qid=5686604991856487627&_ft_mf_story_key=501493669265&_ft_filter=live&_ft_interface=m_touch&_ft_c=m&cb=5 )
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