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Any tips for studying English literature?
1. Read A Lot
This seems obvious enough to understand whatâs actually happening in class, but Iâm largely referring to texts outside of the syllabus. I know covering the syllabus itself can be quite a task sometimes, but try to read up on articles, essays, research papers etc. as often as possible and make note of whatever seems important. I even recommend reading blogs like Electric Literature and Hazzlit. You never know what might end up being relevant in your exam.Â
2. Brush Up On Basics
Familiarising yourself with literary jargon, important facts and even basic grammar is useful at every stage of learning. Over the years Iâve amassed a small collection of useful and preliminary texts that I keep going back to for guidance. These include:
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr & E. B. White
A Glossary of Literary Terms by M. H. Abrams
Sin and Syntax by Constance Hale
The Kingâs English by Kingsley Amis
The Short Oxford History of English Literature by Andrew Sanders
3. Make Use Of Online Tools
Apart from your run-of-the-mill websites like SparkNotes, GradeSaver and CliffsNotes, there is an abundance of blogs on the internet dedicated to the study of Literature. These are some of my favourites:
literarism.blogspot.com
neoenglish.wordpress.com
eliterarysociety.com
freehelpstoenglishliterature.blogspot.com
ardhendude.blogspot.com
4. Make Notes
This might seem like a no brainer, but itâs especially important when it comes to studying Lit. Get into the habit of jotting down absolutely anything that seems important- plot problems, character traits, similarities and dissimilarities between texts and so on. Itâs also nice to note down important passages in texts- sometimes there might be a question specifically based on it, or else you can simply use it to analyse in papers.Â
My set up studying Cardiovascular Health, and Substance abuse/misuse a couple nights ago. Watercolours were for an end of study reward.
âIf you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.â âMarcus Tullius Cicero
By: Maddie Tsang |Â maddietsang
La vie était en rose | La Fricherie
Carved ornaments on white grey stone. 1. 2:?
self discipline tips
here are tips I discovered very recently:
something is better than nothing. 5 minutes of work are better than zero. Just because you missed something on your schedule doesnât mean you canât still work on it, even for 5 minutes. Grow and build on this.
second drafts / reviews can be done after.
Donât think you are going to do your very best work on the first try. Take the weight of perfectionism off your shoulders.
donât think about doing it. just do it as fast as you can.
build on your productivity, not your failures.
If you come from a past of procrastinating and now feel motivated to change and discipline yourself, do NOT try to do everything at once.
if you have a set of different goals to accomplish, begin with the most important one. Wait until the rotine of working for that one settles in (you feel productive and comfortable-ish), and then begin with the next. Repeat.
this way youâll be building your way up and not juggling everything at the same time, hoping everything works out.
be patient with yourself, youâll get there!
set smaller deadlines for your goals
have monthly and weekly-ish deadlines
e.g. if you are doing a project, due 22nd Feb, set personal deadlines, like have Introduction written by 2nd Feb, have Methods written by 10th Feb, have project complete by 18th Feb.
take them as seriously as you possibly can, donât miss out on yourself.
write realistic daily tasks and donât stop until you finish them. after them you can do whatever you want
on writing realistic daily tasks, the secret is knowing you can only do so much in one day, but trusting you can accomplish everything in the course of any period of time (a week, or 2 weeks or a month, etc.) because you will combine the work from all these different days.
itâs very tempting to write down all the tasks you need to accomplish in one day to just get over with it, but the real deal is you wonât accomplish half of them. Youâll feel very unproductive then, wich leads to demotivation.
spread daily tasks in the time necessary.
have a consistent sleep schedule.
if your mind isnât ready everything will fall apart.
have one rest day per week where you plan nothing, do whatever you want except studying. this can be harder than you expect!
(donât forget these are effective only if you actually put them into practice! good luck babes!!)
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Reading âDrawing Thenâ and taking note of passages that resonate with my work, or just inspirational, beautiful forms of writing. To write well one must read good writing.Â
ode to a âBâ student
You are worthy
You are smart
You are just as valuable of a student
You have the capacity to grow
Your worth is not encapsulated in a grade
You are allowed to love something and not be perfect at it
You have time
Take care to not compare yourself with those above and below you
Your future is not indicative of the place youâre in right now
You will end up at a college that is just right for you
YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY TO FACILTATE A WORLD OF KNOWLEDGE WITHIN YOU
I love, love, loveeee getting sucked into the library and leaving with a bunch of books for research. I asked the librarian if they have baskets and they said they donât, hmmm... I usually take out a selection of interesting/relevant titles, then I take them home or to the studio to go through them more in depth before deciding if I want to keep them for the whole check-out date.
Yesterdays goodies from bottom to top are:
Drawing Then: Innovation and Influence in American Drawings of the Sixties - Curated by Kate Ganz
The Language of Less (Then and Now) - Michael Darling
Robert Ryman: Used Paint - Suzanne P. Hudson
Conversations with Gary Snyder - edited by David Stephen Calonne
Zen and the Poetry of Gary Snyder - thesis paper for Doctorate of Philosophy by Roy Kazuaki Okada
Turn: The Journal of an Artist - Anne Truitt
Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems - Gary Snyder
we also want it [conceptual design] to be useful, to have a sort of social usefulness, specifically, to question, critique, and challenge the way technologies enter our lives and the limitations they place on people through their narrow definition of what it means to be humanâŠ
Speculative Everything, Chapter 3Â âDesign As Critiqueâ, page 34
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concept: itâs exam season and youâre studying morning and afternoon, taking breaks in between, eating proper meals and enjoying the fresh air when you get a chance to. youâre still hanging out with your friends and youâre still doing things outside of revision. you have bad days in which you donât revise and you know itâs okay because you know youâre not a machine and you need to take care of your health. and this is you doing your best and I am so proud of you.
 Hello helloooo. My name is Amanda-Leigh and this is my studyblr. Iâm a Fine Arts major in Montreal, QC. I draw, make, read, write, and journal. Iâll be posting snippets of all of that in this blog, trying to up my ~aesthetic~ social media game. Enjoy!!!