Today in class we did this reading activity, called Lectio Divina, with the story we had read for homework. Many people seemed to think it was a strange activity and some really liked it and there were a couple who didn’t. One guy in the class mentioned that he felt like it was almost wrong that we were meditating over this passage, because, if I understand correctly, he felt that this activity should be used only for scripture reading. I however have never done this activity before with the Bible or with any other form of literature. So to me this exercise has no past spiritual significance. At the beginning of the exercise I did find it a little strange but as we continued and dug deeper into the text I feel that this exercise was helpful due to the fact that it really made you slow down a lot and dig into the text for all it is worth.
Another thing that was interesting in class today was that when Professor Corrigan was reading the passage it contained the “d-word” and one kid asked him why he read it aloud or if he was allowed to at school. Honestly I don’t really care either way what he reads out loud but if it were me I probably would have skipped over it or used a replacement word just to avoid anyone saying anything. But it interested me because I’m curious if other people see curse words in literature as just a part of the literature and don’t have any problem saying them. But I am interested to see next class period how this conversation turns out, because Professor Corrigan said we would talk about this topic in class at a later date. What does everyone else think about curse words in literature?
I don't see anything wrong with curse words in Literature. In my opinion there are a flurry of different words that can be used and saying them just to say them makes people look ignorant.
ReplyDeleteI like what you said about having to "dig into the text for all it is worth."
ReplyDeleteAnd the subject of cursing is an interesting one. I wonder would the passage have meant anything less had, like you said, a replacement word been used...
I want to say no, but (as we've been learning in this class) questions deserve to be sat with in silence. Answering right away would only be dismissing it and I hope to never do that.
I'm a context person. Would I have read it in the story? Sure. The particular word isn't that bad (in my opinion). Now when Prof. Huett read the monologue from Pulp Fiction at the school, that... was a bit much. But all in all I think people get too bent out of shape over it. There is a fine line between people needing to try and not offend and people trying to not get offended.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why Professor Huett's instance isn't "okay".
ReplyDeleteAren't you saying that as to whether or not cursing is wrong is relative and left up to the individual?
I have to agree with you, I have never done this type of exercise either, so it had no significance for me. I don't mind curse words in literature. It's part of expression. I am not at all offended by it.
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