It's hard to understand how comedy and literature can possibly have anything in common. Well, at Trinity, they do. They're both offered as lessons in classes here at the university of the Fighting Tigers. I, a loyal Trinity student, am registered for two such classes this 2011 Fall semester. Tuesdays and Thursdays can only be described as both confusing and enlightening. A box of information wrapped in juxtaposition. British Literature: Romanticism & After is filled with high quality discussions and deep thinking over how great Romantic poets like Wordsworth and Coleridge have affected modern society today. Meanwhile, in the Humor in Modern Literature class we seem to be doing the same thing, yet at the same time, doing the exact opposite. I find myself laughing or cringing more often. There is a higher level of emotion and individual opinion about sensitive subjects with Sarah Silverman and Jon Stewart. I have yet to find exactly how these two subjects could be intertwined and possibly be spoken about in one discussion. Perhaps it takes time. Rome was not built in a day after all.
Besides, fall has only just begun. Patience is a virtue, and these classes, with such witty professors, are more than worth waiting for.
Empty Classroom by Jayel Aheram is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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