End of Literatures of the World!
The past two quarter I've learned so much about intertextuality and book history. The most unexpected thing that came out of this course were all the cool opportunities to the library for an Archives and Special Collections visit. When I first started this course back in September, I thought that the class was mostly going to be centered around the assigned novels and in class discussions. While this was most certainly the case, there were also sporadic occasions when we got to add to our knowledge of book history through library trips. It was so cool to see the actual artifacts themselves and made it easier to understand the progression of book history. This course has been one of the few so far that has had interactive learning components, and the unexpected Archive and Special Collection visits were definitely crucial to this experience. Something that surprised me with this course was my improvement with conducting research as well as annotat...