ENGL 1F95 Lecture Notes - Terry Eagleton, New Criticism, Dialectic
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What is the study of literature: in the 5th century, medieval writer. Mercurii, in which he describes the seven pillars of learning: grammar, dialectic, rhetoric, geometry, arithmatic, astronomy, and musical harmony. What is the study of english literature: in his essay, the rise of english, terry eagleton discusses how the formal study of english literature began, not in the universities, but in the mechanics". Institutes as the poor man"s classics. : a 1930s critic named f. r. Things said by students on the bus, overheard by professor gordon: I wrote the paper in about 2 hours at the last minute, but i only got a 62%. T. a. /instructor is such an %#@hole : perhaps you should have started the paper earlier if you wanted a better grade, in fact, 62% is an astonishingly high grade for such a poor effort. Grades of 60 are considered average grades in university: no, you are the %#@hole. I can"t believe i have to write a.
