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⌈ Secret Post #2238 ⌋

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Comments

Re: The obsession over classic literature is kind of ridiculous, honestly

[with-rainfall.livejournal.com]

Forget classics. Most English teachers (in NSW, anyway) take deconstruction to such an extent that all meaning is lost. Every word has to mean something! The poor author can't so much as misplace a comma without a teacher's pouncing on it. The point of reading a book is not to pick it apart to within an inch of its life! Some deconstruction is all right, but use it where it'll help, for heaven's sake.

tl;dr I'm still bitter about high school English. Sorry for the rant. Carry on.

Re: The obsession over classic literature is kind of ridiculous, honestly

[(Anonymous)]

That's not deconstruction, that's just analysis.

And, yes, it is true that some people, and especially teachers, can go overboard on analysis. At the same time, though, I think there's a tendency for some people to overreact to that. And analysis is in and of itself both good and valid and something that enriches the reading experience. I mean, making points about works by close reading and thought and critical analysis is cool and totally legitimate, as long as you're not getting into scholastic hairsplitting or whatever.

Re: The obsession over classic literature is kind of ridiculous, honestly

[with-rainfall.livejournal.com]

Yes, and I'm talking about deconstruction taken to utterly stupid and unnecessary levels, when the word or phrase someone is analysing is not relevant to the author's message in any way; this is different from close reading in general, which is useful.

Re: The obsession over classic literature is kind of ridiculous, honestly

[nyxelestia]

It's okay, I'm still bitter about my English classes, too.

I remember, once, a really long time ago, letting a Very Deconstructive Type (not an actual English teacher, but close enough given the context) read some notes on a creature I'd made up for one of my fantasy novels. The actual physiology/description of the creature was mostly just to look creepy/cool and meant to be relevant in the locals' mythology and superstitions that influenced the plot. However, the friend went on and on about the different meanings and interpretations of my creature and what purposes I must've had in creating them and all the Deeper Meanings. I just sat there basically going, "Um, sure, why not?"

That's pretty much the day I became convinced at least three quarters of my English teachers' deconstruction and interpretation is bullshit.

Deconstruction has lost a lot of its meaning, if not most of it, with the way it's handled. Some books warrant that level of deconstruction, but from what I've seen most don't require nearly that kind of attention to detail. (And the way this kind of deconstruction is killing critical analysis-- *keyboardsmashrageface*)