Now that the semester is coming to a close, with all of my classes finished (holy shit!) and only three final projects to turn in--I'm left feeling pretty satisfied. While I was technically only in two classroom setting classes this semester, I feel like I learned more this semester than I did in any other. Specifically, this class has taught me to open my eyes towards places I would have never believed I was blind to. After being able to read the variety of texts that we did, I definitely have a lot of theories that I'll be able to carry with me and hopefully apply in any context that I can.

I think using this class in the context of Jane Eyre was the means for grounding us in theory. While we could have just read through De Beauvoir, hooks, Lorde, Mohanty, Spivak, etc. we instead used Jane Eyre as the common ground between all--complicating our understanding of both the story and the theories through the use of a grounded example. I really liked this method of learning, because I know I definitely learned.

Another method that genuinely helped my ability to grasp certain concepts was the Zine projects that we worked on. Being able to talk about theory in class is one thing, but to convey it with far less words and perhaps more images is something else entirely. You have to be very economical with your choices if you want your point to get across. I definitely learned a lot just from looking through the various zines we made.

Overall I'm crazy satisfied with how this class went--I wish I had taken more like it throughout my MSU career, or at least had more access to theory.