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in fact, English majors ranked second, right behind Psychology majors, on my list of undergraduate people to avoid.
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Oh my! Thanks for that, Bill Ferny... as a philosophy major who rooms with a psych major this gave me a
much needed few minutes of rolling on the floor humor.
I have to agree with Sleeping Beauty though, on this subject (and I admit, I'm opinionated [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]). While I think Tolkien is a legitimate subject for serious academic study, I'd hate to have a survey of lit class that covered him. I can't even begin to bring to mind all the classic literature that has been ruined for me by its treatment in lit classes. (Jane Eyre anyone?)
Tolkien's great to read, and while not a "guilty pleasure", I think I want to keep that out-of-class feeling when I read Tolkien. Studying LOTR or Silm in class would make it feel like work.
Serious academic study I'm all for, in fact, I may someday do it, who knows? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] But Tolkien in undergrad lit classes? God Forbid! he deserves much more respect than butchering by tired bored lit professors who have some vague degree for an audience of yawning uninterested students.