Good Tuesday Morning! I have been reading Samuel Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner in my Literary Criticism class and lately we have been going through some of the critics of Coleridge's poem. It's not my usual cheery post, but I thought I would put it out there since I can voice my opinion too *whiny middle-school voice* (Bah ahahahaha!), and I felt like sharing my thoughts over Susan's analysis of a classic poem. Enjoy!
Susan's thesis for "Rime of the
Ancient Mariner" is both critical, insulting, as well as
ignorant in understanding of the text she is analyzing. Her thesis is
that there is no meaning, that the poem makes no sense. Susan tears
down "Rime," most accurately portrayed when she writes, "
It depends upon a false bottom, an illusion of sourcelessness."
We are given a well written piece that ends up being more confusing
than the comprehensive poem being addressed. She is giving a
"critical analysis" with a view saturated with uneducated
opinions, is influenced heavily by the tunnel-visioned biases of her
deconstructive educators, and poor comprehension of reality and
intelligence of the readers in comparison to the literature she is
analyzing.
Till another day!
Random Act of the Day: crispy waffles for breakfast XD
Current Contemplation: Would my boyfriend kill me if I got one of those temporary tattoos (henna?) on my arm . . . ? ;P
