Textual Poaching Assignment: King of Cats
King of Cats: An Origin Story This assignment caused me to think deeply about what it means to identify as an English major. I don’t share a passion for reading that many of my classmates enjoy. I have always been more drawn to the conversations sparked by literature. I love talking about literature much more than actually reading it. When I think about the dissonance between societal depictions and treatment of those that love literature and my own self-image, I don’t see an egregious misunderstanding, rather I see dislocation. For this assignment, rather than reconcile my own misrepresentation in society, I needed to reconcile my own displacement from my English literature community. If I don’t have a lifelong passion for literature, then what about me can be identified as an English major? Shakespeare is synonymous with the idea of English literature, and therefore seemed like an obvious choice as a representative text. Shakespeare exists in two spheres. On ...