Blog Posts
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Blog Post #1
In the section titled “Conventions of Literature” (p26) from Jonathan Culler’s chapter, he describes the idea that both the speakers and the listener work to create the meaning of something that is said. Read the poems by Emily Dickinson listed for this week and describe two instances where her writing requires that you complete the thought, that requires you interpreting what you see. How did you go about interpreting these parts of the poems? How did you draw conclusions? What evidence did you think of to support your interpretation?
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Prompt: Introductions
Please create a blog post introducing yourself. You can include things about your work, home, hobbies, what you want to do in the future, what you do for vacation, etc.–really anything you want us to know about you. Feel free to add pictures. Follow these instructions for how to post, and/or watch this short tutorial video.
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Hello
Hi all, My name is Paul Fess, and I’m an associate professor in the English department at LaGuardia. I’ve been at the college since 2018 and I’ve been teaching at CUNY since I began my masters degree at Hunter in 2005. I also got a PhD in American literature from the Graduate Center, so I’m CUNY through and through. At home, my 6-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter keep me busy, but in my spare time I play music. Here I am with my kids in New Orleans, where we went to see family over the break. Notice my daughter’s resistance to taking pictures!
