I think you guys are lucky just to have been exposed to theory at all. In my college English classes, the professors hardly did any talking about either theory OR the material; instead they'd ask the students to share their thoughts, so you got to listen to 75 minutes of "I hate Joseph Conrad because his sentences are too long." "Analysis" of a text meant judging the behavior of fictional characters against current mores and applauding or condemning the author accordingly.
[This message has been edited by Rose Kelleher (edited October 08, 2005).]
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