Re: not playing so nice

--- James Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> wrote:

> There's no comparison between a literature course that teaches a little
> theory, and studying the theorists directly in a course of their own --
> and neither of those give you any real philosophy. Anyway, it's quite
> possible to go through a Ph.D. and get only tangentially infected with
> theory.

Interesting. I'm finishing up an MA at CUNY-Brooklyn right now, and I was
required to take one strictly theory course, and every literature course
is required to focus on theory. Every paper I've written as a graduate
student has had to adhere to the tenets of one theory or another.

And, in my undergrad (split between Illinois and Wisconsin), I was also
required to take a theory class by both institutions.

> I wasn't talking about anyone's "ability to understand," of course, just
> about interests -- based upon class attendance I've seen in the last
> three colleges I attended. In most of my literature classes, women
> outnumbered men about 2 to 1. In most of my philosophy classes, men
> have outnumbered women by about the same ratio. In the school overall,
> women outnumber men about 60/40.

I'm trying to remember the demographics in my philosophy classes, but I'd
say that I remember a relatively even split. Literature, yes. More
women. However, the majority of my professors have been men.

Let's blame it on theory.

Best,
Cecilia.

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Received on Tue Aug 12 13:05:42 2003