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May. 8th, 2006 09:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
polutropeThree authors I currently cannot stand:
1. Blake. Partly because he's against the Age of Reason (and the 18th is the century I'd pick to live in) and partly because of "The Clod and the Pebble", and mainly because I hate his style. (And we had to read him in English, where we have dumb conversations, like "square is a hard, unflexible shape, while circle is more forgiving." Also I sang the first verse of "Jerusalem" out loud.)
2. Sallust. No, antique constructions are not cool. Neither are long strings of infinitives. Also, don't use words in your own special way. The notes said that he was the only one who used "adepta" (I think) as active or something like that. The point is, you are not special enough to screw with Latin grammar. (Although Vergil evidently is. Latin doesn't have a middle. No, really. Nor are you writing in Greek.) Please lose your "Oh no our generation is degenerate!" attitude. Everyone thinks so; you'll live.
3. Rousseau. Emile is godawfully boring and circular. Also, I disagree with about 2/3 of what he says. Talking to children is essential, even if they don't understand what's going on. Are you just going to wait until they can speak on their own?
I ran a mile and a half yesterday. Now I am walking around like Rigoletto. I don't think I'll run anymore; my knees will thank me.
1. Blake. Partly because he's against the Age of Reason (and the 18th is the century I'd pick to live in) and partly because of "The Clod and the Pebble", and mainly because I hate his style. (And we had to read him in English, where we have dumb conversations, like "square is a hard, unflexible shape, while circle is more forgiving." Also I sang the first verse of "Jerusalem" out loud.)
2. Sallust. No, antique constructions are not cool. Neither are long strings of infinitives. Also, don't use words in your own special way. The notes said that he was the only one who used "adepta" (I think) as active or something like that. The point is, you are not special enough to screw with Latin grammar. (Although Vergil evidently is. Latin doesn't have a middle. No, really. Nor are you writing in Greek.) Please lose your "Oh no our generation is degenerate!" attitude. Everyone thinks so; you'll live.
3. Rousseau. Emile is godawfully boring and circular. Also, I disagree with about 2/3 of what he says. Talking to children is essential, even if they don't understand what's going on. Are you just going to wait until they can speak on their own?
I ran a mile and a half yesterday. Now I am walking around like Rigoletto. I don't think I'll run anymore; my knees will thank me.
