What a coincidence, i got your video on my newsfeed and tomorrow i am going to finish my master in English literature. I can't describe this weird feeling, i feel like i became what i read, what i have experienced through that literature is literally shaping my personality like before, but i was never much conscious about that. But studying literature gave me variations of new perspectives to look into things. And i am sure to say that if someone doesn't study literature will never know what they are going to miss in life.
Ah, I went off to uni in my early 30s as well. Such a wonderful and enriching adventure. I have no doubt that those classes and tutorials, not to mention the pastoral setting of the campus, resonated more at that relatively advanced age than had I meandered into a degree program in my late teens and early twenties. Best of luck!
Thanks for sharing your main takeaways of your first year literature studies! I'm so pleased to have found your channel some months ago, your videos truly re-energized my desire to read again (in this case you were one of the main sources of inspiration for me to gather the courage needed to take on Faust!). There's one question on my mind though after having followed your channel for quite some time now: have you ever taken up the challenge of writing a novel yourself by any chance? I would be very much interested knowing more about that process and how you approached the entire project😊
My favourite video! I was looking for something like that. My eternal longing and unfulfilled ambition to study literature has been satisfied. Thank you!
hello ma'am, I really like your channel, feels like breath air! can you please tell me which instrument do you use for your setup, its simplistic and beautiful! I am quite introvert but want to Start my own channel before this year! please help, thankyou
Thanks for this wonderful video... really great and thought provoking. FYI, the book Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf discusses how reading fiction results in increased empathy. I just subscribed to your channel and looking forward to your other videos. Best wishes, Robert
This reminds me when I was trying to share one of the greatest poets of my country to a friend of mine who is into poetry. As she doesn't speak Georgian, I was desperately trying to find an at least decent translation, just so she could get a taste of it, but this exercise proved to be beyond frustrating! Translating poetry is of course especially difficult. Then I realized what a shame it was that the absolute majority of the worlds population would be deprived of the chance to experience Vazha Pshavela (the poet I wanted to share). Georgian is spoken by almost exclusively natives. Georgian being a small language with even smaller languages related to it, not even being part of the bigger Indo-European language family and having not much global influence or reach - there are no incentives for foreigners to learn (provided they have even heard of it). But I think it is worth learning, even if it was just for the opportunity to experience Georgian poetry and especially Vazha! That and Georgian polyphonic singing of course, but music transcends spoken languages - thankfully at least that! : D edit: wording.
Found this so compelling I decided to return to an English literature degree with the Open University I'd abandoned 15 years ago, so thank you for that.
as a beginner english student, i loved how i could recognize in this video so many of the things i had previously learned in my courses. thank you so much for the quality content! 🩷
