Battle time: Humanisn vs. Structuralism

The last couple classes have been rather dry in my opinion focusing on what literature is. Because really, literature is what you as your own self belief it to be, or how you apply it in your everyday life. However, I really enjoyed our new discussions between Humanism vs. Structuralism. Personally, I consider myself a humanist. I believe the humanistic view has been present throughout most of my literary student as a student, whereas structuralism only arose in my studies last year when I started deconstructing pieces of literature. In my Women and Gender Studies class last year we actually took a part pieces of literature, in a way that disconnected them from the author. It is taking me a while to get the grip of this theory, but I feel as though this class will help, not update my views exactly, but widen them. Maybe I prefer the humanistic view because it unfies idea's and gives meaning to literature rather than leaving it open ended. Well, the journey of my literary discoveries will continue!!!