I have just read your reply to someone who posted one month ago. You said ‘ Literary theory is a thought experiment. It ought never to be taught as knowledge’. That has freed me so much and enables me to continue with my university degree. Thank you Dr Masson, your words are bringing freedom to many people all over the world.
I cannot thank you enough for making this material available free of charge. Thank you for helping us to understand our contemporary world. Commenting to thank and to help your RU-vid profile in a small way.
I just finished taking this course! (I want to be a high school English teacher) I LOVED the professor I had. It was an extremely difficult class for me. I ended this spring semester with a B+ in that class but I was aiming for an A. I was beating myself up about this. I need anyones opinion. Do you think a B+ is an okay grade considering how difficult this course can be?
The grade is fine, the question is whether you were able to question the presuppositions of contemporary theory. They certainly wouldn’t give you the tools to do that.
Thank you so much for posting these videos, Doctor! Have you tried to get into contact with Jordan Peterson? A conversation between you two would be great to listen to
Perhaps I’ve yet to stumble into a lecture mentioning Jacques Maritain? I see him offering some refuge for struggling academics amidst the onslaught of contemporary theorists during his career.
Can we leave the God stuff out please - I'm sick of every literary course coming from a religious perspective - how do you think this makes secular humanists feel? Time to grow up people and leave the nonsense behind.
@@LitProf - except the default position should not be to believe in something there is no good evidence for. We all make assumptions, but your position requires one more assumption than mine - so my position is more rational.
@@Samboyant - can you explain a bit more - I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at. If I am correct you are saying that secular humanism cannot ever be equipped to read literature - not even secular literature, written by an atheist. That sounds like bullshit to me.
Literary Theory was the biggest bunch of self important hogwash I ever had to endure. Both the professor and the vaulted authors of discussion are academic snobs all trying to one up each other with their verbose intellectualism. This fourth year level Eng Lit course was the initial motivator in my decision to not further seek a degree in education.
