{"id":166,"date":"2020-07-15T18:25:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T18:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/etiennerutkowski\/?page_id=166"},"modified":"2021-01-22T18:05:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T18:05:37","slug":"engl-103-capilano-university-fall-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/etiennerutkowski\/engl-103-capilano-university-fall-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"ENGL 103 (Capilano University: Fall 2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Introduction to Literature<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paper #1: Personal Response <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/etiennerutkowski\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11115\/2021\/01\/Paper-1-Personal-Response-copy.pdf\">Naivet\u00e9 and the Pain of Hindsight<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/etiennerutkowski\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11115\/2021\/01\/Paper-1-Personal-Response-copy.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paper #2: Close Reading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/etiennerutkowski\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11115\/2021\/01\/Paper-2-Close-Reading-copy.pdf\">Judging a Book by its Cover<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/etiennerutkowski\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11115\/2021\/01\/Paper-2-Close-Reading-copy.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paper #3: Research Paper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/etiennerutkowski\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11115\/2020\/11\/ENGL-103-Paper-3.pdf\">The Indigenous Experience of the Current Era<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/etiennerutkowski\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11115\/2020\/11\/ENGL-103-Paper-3.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paper #4: Creative Writing <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I have chosen to make this paper password-protected, as it includes mature themes that I do not feel comfortable putting out publicly for anyone to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-etienne-rutkowski-he-him wp-block-embed-etienne-rutkowski-he-him\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2qJWtMtlZ5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/etiennerutkowski\/paper-4-creative-writing\/\">Protected: Paper #4: Creative Writing<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Protected: Paper #4: Creative Writing&#8221; &#8212; Etienne Rutkowski (he, him) \" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/etiennerutkowski\/paper-4-creative-writing\/embed\/#?secret=spGpS7TxEW#?secret=2qJWtMtlZ5\" data-secret=\"2qJWtMtlZ5\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weekly Written Responses <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-heading\">Week 2 Written Response: Hanif Abdurraqib<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In Hanif Abdurraqib\u2019s poem, \u201cSeptember,&nbsp;Just East of the Johnson Park Courts,\u201d a boy\/teenager (likely Abdurraqib) grapples with the realities of \u201cwhat it is to grow up poor\u201d (19). This poem paints a bleak picture of adolescence, as the narrator describes a being robbed of his shoes; the narrator anticipating the subsequent reality being a proud father that will want to teach a lesson in fighting, about \u201cwhat it is to suffocate \/ someone with their own gold\u201d (Abdurraqib 31, 32). Images that stuck most with me are Abdurraqib\u2019s description of people \u201cstained with the stink \/ of desolation\u201d (12, 13), \u201cthe husk of your boyhood\u201d (24), and the analogical juxtaposition of \u201canother bloody bar mitzvah\u201d (30). I was affected most by the image of \u201canother\u2019s fist beating the cries for a buried decaying \/ mother from your tongue\u201d (25, 26). For me, it encapsulates the vulnerability of loss. As someone who grew up a sensitive ballet dancer, I resonate with feelings of parents or societal structures influencing me to \u201cleave a man\u201d (23). My experiences are more around not fitting into the traditional German mould of what a teenager should like, and yet the <em>feeling <\/em>that Abdurraqib so eloquently elaborates is familiar to me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 3 Written Response: Sachiko Murakami Workshop<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It was an honour to be in such an intimate setting (a Zoom meeting) with such a talented and recognized poet as Sachiko Murakami. The process of workshopping my own poetry, in such an intimate meeting, was a daunting suggestion. Initially, I was wanting to turn my camera off, or even leave the meeting, before I or anyone got put on the spot. The first round of writing went as well as I would expect; I chose a dramatic dream that I remembered being intense and did my best to write the most eloquent, dramatic, and symbolic poem I could. At the end of the first round of writing I read what I had and instantly hated it; I was worried sick that everyone would have to share. The second round of writing could not have gone more differently. Sachiko\u2019s second strategy for writing poems was so accessible to me; I was instantly inspired to write more poetry. So inspired, in fact, that I considered for a split second changing my degree altogether. While the intense inspiration is not nearly as overwhelming as I sit here now, I still reflect on how inspired I was, and am, to write more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 4 Written Response: Aimee Bender Workshop<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It feels challenging for me to access writing from a creative, expressive, and personal space (as opposed to an academic one). Most often, I find myself looking to any sort of formula, and searching for inspiration from other writers. Aimee Bender did so much in terms of changing my perception around writing, suggesting that \u201cthe point\u201d is not always where material is found (or where material finds a writer). I very much enjoyed the beautiful simplicity and the grounding authenticity of Aimee\u2019s exercises; it is so inspirational to be in the presence of a master of her craft. I felt Aimee tapping into the artistry of writing, and not the theory or academic practice of it. In terms of my own writing, I am inspired to express my experience, wherever that takes me, regardless of what my intention and desire is going in to writing. I can see how this idea could apply (in different ways) to my academic writing (this term and moving forward), my creative writing (not that I do much; I am setting the intention to do more), and the casual writing that I encounter on a daily basis (text messages, reminders, emails, and searches).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 6 Written Response: Alexander Chee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In Alexander Chee\u2019s essay, &#8220;Mr. &amp; Mrs B&#8221;, I was intrigued by the various opinions that Chee brings to the table through his perceptions, his experience, and his relationship with \u201cMr. and Mrs. B\u201d. There is a broader lens that William F. Buckley is often viewed through, specifically that of the queer community, which sometimes comes into conflict with what Chee experiences in being close to him. Chee grapples with how his judgements of William affect his interactions with and opinions towards \u201cBill\u201d and his wife Pat. I was drawn to the nuances of Chee\u2019s essay; his identifying as a queer man, his identifying as an aspiring writer, and his identifying as a struggling New Yorker (a cater-waiter pandering to an upper-class New York elite as \u201chuman furniture\u201d) overlap with and inform his other self-identities. I also appreciated the evolution of his judgements of Mr. and Mrs. B; both individuals begin in Chee\u2019s perception as polar opposites (Bill Buckley being considered \u201can enemy\u201d, and Pat being so admired that Chee \u201cloved <em>her<\/em>\u201d). However, as Chee\u2019s essay and experience with the Buckleys progress, he finds both to be more varied and nuanced in their lives and his judgement of their quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 12 Written Response: <em>Severance <\/em>by Ling Ma<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a few predictions for how Severance will end. Bob\u2019s character has made me uneasy from his introduction, and my guess would be that the cult-of-personality-like dynamic between Bob and the others will sour more than it already has. There have already been themes of abandonment, separation, and \u201cseverance\u201d throughout the novel; I do not believe that the group Candace is currently with will \u201clive happily ever after.\u201d Having read a few dystopian, post-apocalyptic novels that are laden with symbolism and metaphor surrounding society and the human experience, I find myself expecting that there will be a significant plot twist at the end of this novel. With <em>Severance <\/em>already bursting with themes surrounding connection and relationship, I find it hard to believe that the novel will end without more substance than the at-face-value situation of Shen Fever. That being said, I would be pleasantly surprised if there is no grand revelation about the nature of the fever. I am most curious about how the intersecting plotlines of pre- and post-Shen Fever Candace will connect. The two stories are being read simultaneously, with each reflecting and informing the other, and there is an inevitable sense that the end of the post-fever plot will coincide significantly with the pre-fever plot catching up to where the novel begins (post-fever).&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to Literature Paper #1: Personal Response Paper #2: Close Reading Paper #3: Research Paper Paper #4: Creative Writing I have chosen to make this paper password-protected, as it includes mature themes that I do not feel comfortable putting out publicly for anyone to see. 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