My first quote comes from Seelye’s Mourning Picture: “Who held onto her girlhood until Death stopped For her.” In the painting accompanying the poem, we can see two grieving parents. My first quote shapes the unseen child they were grieving for into a more tangible entity for readers. The second quote I will explore in this QCQ is: “I am Effie, visible and invisible, remembering and remembered,” from Rich’s Mourning Picture. In this quote, the poem is giving the child…
Generally, I don’t see assessments made about my area of study in the media because, as an English and Communications double major, we often are the ones creating media and thus exclude ourselves from the narrative. That being said, fake news spreading through social media often tends to be associated with professional communications staff. That notion is partly due to the rise in AI usage over the past four years. Many claim that written information likely comes from AI and…
Project One: Something I like about this project is that the student decided to meld history and English with philosophy. It’s easy to be inclined toward doing the least amount of work necessary, so this student deciding to take that extra step stands out. It also demonstrates the interconnected nature of the humanities and provides a well-rounded “cap” to the student’s liberal arts studies, as they state in their essay. One thing I feel they could develop more is how…
The most memorable works I encountered were 1,000 Pieces of Gold, “The Author to Her Book” by Anne Bradstreet, and multiple poems by Harjo, Whitman, and Hall. A question I still think about comes from a philosophy class I took with Professor Rotondo: “What does it mean to live a good life?” A sample of work I’m most proud of is the poetry artist book I did in Jesse Miller’s poetry class. Despite that book being the work I’m most…
I have gained the opportunity to reflect on myself and the various aspects of human existence while studying the humanities. The philosophy classes I have taken are a great example of this. Professionally, I’ve gained quite a lot. Ignoring the numerous soft skills I have developed, I feel my writing has gotten better in a grammatical sense and in the sense that I can better connect with readers on various levels (ethos, pathos, logos). Through my studies, I have become…
I would describe the humanities as studies and practices relating to the human experience, past and present, where the work is done through studying and understanding human interest. It is not black and white and disregards structures such as formulas and binaries. During’s article makes me feel as though I have no idea what the humanities are. To put it bluntly, I found his writing to be inaccessible and pretentious. Even after reading the text multiple times, I took very…
