Reflection on my literacy journey
Four years in an English class at Dunham college entails eight semesters. As I sit down to answer the question of what the six semesters translates into my writing development, the sequence of the natural progression is revived. My prior writing styles dodged around topics that I could fully comprehend. The experiences in Dunham however majorly involved ideas upon which I didn’t have a hint. I could barely sit down and write upon an idea without taking a break off my mind. Progressively, I would get on an idea and formulate a rough draft. Ideas would eventually catch up on my nerves far from the assignment desk. Disclosures would ensue in momentum between slip and rise, between stitches and cleave, between stick and lacerate. Several of the astounding thoughts would get out hand even before I note them down; others would underpin my piece work. Conclusively Dunham English department has not only been a notional source of embarrassment but more profoundly a source of vital nourishment for the growth and development as a writer.
It would be diminishing not to state that professor Milners first writing encounter was the most intriguing moment of my first-year studies. During the first quarter of the semester, Milner called upon his students to create an attack on him. He required us to criticize him from a personal perspective in a thorough composition. I was exasperated since I was not used to this kind of writing. Initially, the writing was hard to fathom, not due to a lack of content. The situation however enticed my thinking far beyond the obstinacy boundaries. The essay was eventually on the move, a journey that was not ending any soon.
Reading forms of desire by Edward stein was an entirely different take to professor Milner. I was sensitized on the fact that feminism as a subject forms a concrete basis for controversy in human sexuality. The greatest collection of articles by the likes of Steven Epstein and Michel Foucault expounding on the issue of social constructionists played a great deal in an expansive thinking. It also nurtured polite argumentation in upholding a controversial subject with my peers. My entire course culminated in the paper “feminism” with particular attention to Mary Shelley’s publication. Reading the entire outline has never been interesting without a crack on the series of episodes revealing the masculine dominance of men upon women. The book illustrates a society where the position of women was downtrodden. Elizabeth is introduced as the first female character and wife to victor. Her husband views her as a submissive object of sex and aspect that replicates in Felix’s view of Safie. Perhaps the most remarkable instance is at the closure where Victors’ attempt to create a female monster is barred by the negative notion against the female gender. The final paper was the most exemplary piece that won me a chance to create a presentation at the inter-colleges literature symposium. I attribute the journey towards getting out of creativity cocoon to success.
Inclusively, the eight semesters have been a journey in a variety of ways. I have developed as a writer, a thinker as well as an academician. Dunham has been my inspiration to a life-long adventure in learning. It has come to my realization that being an English major, studies would be irrelevant without cultivating the skills of reading and writing. Reading creates an avenue for sourcing new ideas while writing enhances participation, expression, and recreation from a personal perspective.