Sunday, April 12, 2009
1st meeting with Dr. Arshad
I’m so lucky that I got Dr. Arshad for supervisor, as told by the seniors; he was not fussy and easy to work with. In our first meeting, he told us the guidelines of preparing the research paper, and to my surprise, he only wants us to write 3 points. Yes! Then, he asked us, what we want to write. Honestly, I just simply said, because I didn’t have idea. So, I just said to Dr. Arshad that I want to write on feminism using MLIE texts. Dr. Arshad approves on my topic.
The Passionate Shepherd to his love Vs The Nymph’s Reply
I think these poems are very interesting in terms of the way of it was presented. I love the way Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Raleigh using the archaic language. The usage of ‘thee’ and ‘thy’ make the poem sound classic for me.
Besides, I think the way these two poems are presented is very creative, realistic and humorous. This poem is different from others poem in the way where Christopher Marlowe did not use natural element to compare with his love. Instead, he mentioned things he really can do for his love. He tried to use concrete things to persuade his love. And he managed to beautify every simple thing with fantastic descriptions and words.
However, Sir Walter Raleigh managed to reject the shepherd’s love in a very poetic manner. It is very enjoyable and humorous to read the way the girl criticize the materials from the shepherd. I love the way he described how those things could not last. Moreover, I think the girl from “The Nymph” is more sincere and true towards the matter of love. I think one of the reasons she rejected the shepherd maybe was due to the shepherd strong emphasis towards material fulfillment.
Finally, I love the way these poems are presented. The only weird feeling I got from reading these poems is where “The Nymph’s Reply” was written by a male author. It is just a bit weird to read the rejection of a girl from the point of view of a male author.
Besides, I think the way these two poems are presented is very creative, realistic and humorous. This poem is different from others poem in the way where Christopher Marlowe did not use natural element to compare with his love. Instead, he mentioned things he really can do for his love. He tried to use concrete things to persuade his love. And he managed to beautify every simple thing with fantastic descriptions and words.
However, Sir Walter Raleigh managed to reject the shepherd’s love in a very poetic manner. It is very enjoyable and humorous to read the way the girl criticize the materials from the shepherd. I love the way he described how those things could not last. Moreover, I think the girl from “The Nymph” is more sincere and true towards the matter of love. I think one of the reasons she rejected the shepherd maybe was due to the shepherd strong emphasis towards material fulfillment.
Finally, I love the way these poems are presented. The only weird feeling I got from reading these poems is where “The Nymph’s Reply” was written by a male author. It is just a bit weird to read the rejection of a girl from the point of view of a male author.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Presenting my position paper..grrr..
I present my position paper and what’s more I’m the last person for today’s tutorial (4th March 2009). I feel happy that it is finally my turn to present even though I’m deadly nervous during the presentation. Actually, I'm not really prepared to present on that day, but friends advice me, to just present it, and get over it. So, I just stand there, and present it. I felt so relieved.
Process of writing the position paper..
Ok...approving my thesis statement stage is over and now its the writing part...
As i chose to work on MLIE texts, thus its so little that I can get from the internet about this story, which can help me. So, i need to work it on all by myself.
As this assignment requires me to be critical with my stand and supporting arguments, I had to read the text several times. At a certain point, I think I’d already mastered the story hehe…it seems to me creating a good statement was already hard, supporting the statement requires me to triple the effort. It was even harder. It might be easy to just talk about it but when it’s written, I have to make my arguments as strong as possible to make sure the people reading my paper will also agree with what I’m saying...i wonder how hard it will be doing my research paper then??
As i chose to work on MLIE texts, thus its so little that I can get from the internet about this story, which can help me. So, i need to work it on all by myself.
As this assignment requires me to be critical with my stand and supporting arguments, I had to read the text several times. At a certain point, I think I’d already mastered the story hehe…it seems to me creating a good statement was already hard, supporting the statement requires me to triple the effort. It was even harder. It might be easy to just talk about it but when it’s written, I have to make my arguments as strong as possible to make sure the people reading my paper will also agree with what I’m saying...i wonder how hard it will be doing my research paper then??
Sunday, February 15, 2009
thesis statement is hard!
Basically in my understanding, position paper is a paper worth debating a topic on...thus, to make it debatable, a good topic is essential. Since i've learned MLIE in IPTI, i'm so into the MLIE texts, because i think, our Malaysian English writers are damn talented. Therefore, i've decided to work on MLIE text, plus, Dr.Edwin recommend us to choose MLIE texs because there are more familiar to us.
So, as i flipped through my MLIE file, I decided to work on "Sara and the wedding" by Karim Raslan. I chose this story because I'm so interested on how the author has artfully interwoven believable characters, settings, and situations in the short story.
Sara and the Wedding. Sara and the Wedding delves on how unmarried women are portrayed in a typical traditional Malay community.
Now,choosing a story is one thing, and to create a thesis statement is another difficult. After scratching my head tons of times, i've come out with one thesis statement, which is; Sara’s self worth is measured by physical beauty, age, marital status and sexual attraction. I hope Mr.Omid will approve it.
So, as i flipped through my MLIE file, I decided to work on "Sara and the wedding" by Karim Raslan. I chose this story because I'm so interested on how the author has artfully interwoven believable characters, settings, and situations in the short story.
Sara and the Wedding. Sara and the Wedding delves on how unmarried women are portrayed in a typical traditional Malay community.
Now,choosing a story is one thing, and to create a thesis statement is another difficult. After scratching my head tons of times, i've come out with one thesis statement, which is; Sara’s self worth is measured by physical beauty, age, marital status and sexual attraction. I hope Mr.Omid will approve it.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Mr Omid Akhbari
Finally.. All of our questions on how Mr. Omid looks like have been answered. I’ve never seen him before, and my thoughts that he might be exciting like Miss Sima, was totally flawed! I had to give my full attention to listen on him, because he is so slow motion. I’m still in puzzle about my position paper, and I don’t know how to write a thesis statement. Besides, according to Mr. Omid, we have to choose the story based on the list that he’ll be giving to us next week. Damn!
Saturday, January 10, 2009
plums anyone??
An interesting poem I would say this poem by William Carlos Williams “This is Just to Say”. In Now Read On, the poem was written in a paragraph and Dr Edwin had us reorganizing it according to our liking and we need to justify why we chose to have it that way. I think this is an interesting way in teaching poem and I will definitely use it in my future teaching. It lets the students be creative and not just wait for answers.
As for the poem itself, it can be literally and metaphorically connotated. I did get the other meaning behind this poem since the first time I read it. However, when Dr Edwin reveals the ‘other’ meaning, there were many ohhs and ahhs which signals the shock many of my classmates had as most were still stuck at the literal meaning of the poem- a plum thief…plum as a plum…not more not less. Maybe because the poem was put into a paragraph thus we didn’t thought of interpreting it as we automatically do when we see a poem. As a paragraph, the lines were just merely words probably found on the fridge door.
I like the way Williams describe virginity as plums. Why plums? Is it because of the squishy texture or the ripeness of the fruit that made him create such comparison? Hehe…the issue of taking away one’s possession as written in this poem is so witty… It’s like a petty crime if you want to compare it with the real issue of running away with one’s boyfriend or even daughter without permission.
It seems by using different kind of imagery, it will create different kind of mood and interpretation of the poem. If we replace the word plum or refrigerator with something else, it might have a different impact all together. In this case, even a serious issue of eloping or even rape (if you want to assume it’s written from a rapist point of view) can look so plain and funny with the image of stealing plums.
As for the poem itself, it can be literally and metaphorically connotated. I did get the other meaning behind this poem since the first time I read it. However, when Dr Edwin reveals the ‘other’ meaning, there were many ohhs and ahhs which signals the shock many of my classmates had as most were still stuck at the literal meaning of the poem- a plum thief…plum as a plum…not more not less. Maybe because the poem was put into a paragraph thus we didn’t thought of interpreting it as we automatically do when we see a poem. As a paragraph, the lines were just merely words probably found on the fridge door.
I like the way Williams describe virginity as plums. Why plums? Is it because of the squishy texture or the ripeness of the fruit that made him create such comparison? Hehe…the issue of taking away one’s possession as written in this poem is so witty… It’s like a petty crime if you want to compare it with the real issue of running away with one’s boyfriend or even daughter without permission.
It seems by using different kind of imagery, it will create different kind of mood and interpretation of the poem. If we replace the word plum or refrigerator with something else, it might have a different impact all together. In this case, even a serious issue of eloping or even rape (if you want to assume it’s written from a rapist point of view) can look so plain and funny with the image of stealing plums.
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