Word: subjection
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fagles made special effort in his translation to avoid the old-fashioned type of stilted, impenetrable rendering that forces the reader into saccadic conniptions in the search for a sentence's subject. With a smile he recognizes such age-old traps of translation in his book's postscript: "Not a line-by-line translation, my version of The Odyssey is, I hope, neither so literal in rendering Homer's language...
...love to read their work and ask them questions, but is taking a class taught by a superstar on his or her bread-and-butter subject as rewarding as it sounds...
...addition to chairing the African-American studies department, he is also the editor of Transition and writes prolifically for The New Yorker. How could he have the time to juggle all of these projects and simultaneously devote a lot of energy and hours of preparation to a class whose subject he knows inside out? Better yet, should...
...seminar with Professor Gates would be marvelous because interacting closely with a man of his intelligence would no doubt be extremely rewarding. But larger lecture courses with superstar professors on the subjects they know best are, paradoxically, often a disappointment. Not always, and not to everyone--many students enjoy simply listening to a superstar professor and being in his or her presence. And some superstars, especially those who teach Core courses, make a point of devoting a substantial amount of time to their classes, either to raise interest in the subject matter or simply because they love teaching...
...irresponsible of undergraduates to assume that classes taught by household names are going to be the most rewarding. For one, great scholarship does not necessarily imply great teaching ability. Second, subject matter and reading lists, among other factors, should always take precedence over the cache of a big name. Many superstars are just too busy to give loads of time to their courses--and considering the temptations offered by fame at Harvard, we cannot put the blame only on them. If Harvard valued teaching more--and increased the size of the faculty to increase the faculty-student ratio...