Please don't stage a pseudo-cide. You just came back!
You could name the site LAPSE. Literary ... whatever whatever.
I-I'm just taking things without paying for th... In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?
Willow ,'Showtime'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Amy - Jun 03, 2011 9:35:40 am PDT #15076 of 28282
Because books.
Scrappy - Jun 03, 2011 9:40:24 am PDT #15077 of 28282
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I was looking for a good article on the Gus thing and couldn't find one. Is there one out there?
Polter-Cow - Jun 03, 2011 9:42:07 am PDT #15078 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Atropa - Jun 03, 2011 9:56:07 am PDT #15079 of 28282
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Tonight I discovered that Community College of Vermont offers a class " The Vampire in Literature, Culture & Film". I am going to take that class.
YOU MUST. REPORT BACK. And tell me what their reading list looks like.
Speaking of vampires (shut up, there was a segue there), I am currently reading The Science of Vampires, and it's a lot of fun.
EpicTangent - Jun 03, 2011 10:10:55 am PDT #15080 of 28282
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
YOU MUST. REPORT BACK. And tell me what their reading list looks like.
And whether it's available for online auditing!
Toddson - Jun 03, 2011 10:11:34 am PDT #15081 of 28282
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I must ask - is the course given at night?
sj - Jun 03, 2011 10:48:29 am PDT #15082 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
6 out of 10 on the test, and I didn't recognize any of the passages, even though I have read several of the books.
Tonight I discovered that Community College of Vermont offers a class " The Vampire in Literature, Culture & Film". I am going to take that class.
Oh! I'm jealous.
askye - Jun 03, 2011 12:43:25 pm PDT #15083 of 28282
Thrive to spite them
I won't be able to take it until next Fall. Unless I want to start paying out of state tuition. But I think it may be the first class I take.
But it is offered as an evening class and this is the description:
Course Description:
In this course, students will examine the role of the vampire in literature, film and popular culture. More than any other archetypal figure, American popular culture is infused with images of the vampire. This course explores the origins of the vampire myth, its transformation into literary legend, its cultural and social significance, and its inception in literature, film, advertisements, television and music, as well as its broader cultural significance in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Essential Objectives:
1. Critically read, view, analyze, and evaluate selected works that employ and re-envision the vampire as an archetypal character. 2. Describe the cultural and historical context of vampire mythology and draw connections between its origins and its role in popular culture. 3. Describe the distinctive characteristics of vampire literature and film in terms of character, plot, imagery, setting, point of view, and symbolism. 4. Identify figurative uses of language such as irony, metaphor, and personification, and explain how they inform the meaning of works that feature the vampire. 5. Explore the role of individual artists, filmmakers, and writers in shaping the vampire into an iconic figure in American popular culture. 6. Write short reaction papers and analyses of selected literature and films.
askye - Jun 03, 2011 12:45:18 pm PDT #15084 of 28282
Thrive to spite them
They do have it as an online course, don't know if you can audit it.
Steph L. - Jun 03, 2011 12:45:54 pm PDT #15085 of 28282
I look more rad than Lutheranism
You're going to have to watch the sparkly vampire, you know. Brace yourself.