!!!!NO MORE WAR!!!

Hey all:

Great to see, in the two hours before class, this avalanche of posts about Black Watch. (I wish they came sooner so I would have more time to digest them and bring them into class). But it seems as if some of you are tired of (reading) war. You are raising the red flag and saying NO MORE!!! You want something different to read and discuss.

Well this certainly is something we need to address and talk about. And yes, after the midterm, we will move away from war and talk more about new media and its relation to literature. But after 9/11/2001, the U.S. has been in a constant state of war (either preparing for it, fighting in one, or discussing it). Literature, if it is indeed a reflection of its culture, must deal with it and our class must deal with it as well.

But I get you. I do. I'm tired of war as well. Both reading about it in class (and in our newspapers). But bring in WHY you are tired of talking about war into class and hopefully we can have a discussion about the issues that are most disturbing you.

Onward!