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<\/p>\nWhen I read chapters five through seven of Herland, I found it to be beneficial to use the annotation studio. I have used Google Docs in the past for group annotations of passages. For me I gain a fuller reading experience in reading other people’s observations. For example, reading others’ comments on the cats’ section made me think more thoroughly about it. And the comment about Eleanor Abernathy from the Simpsons made me smile.<\/p>\n
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Also we all made annotations about Terry being annoying and close-minded.<\/p>\n
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Another thing I found interesting was the annotations concerning what may happen as the story progresses. As I read, I noticed hints of darkness within the utopia of Herland. Specifically, there is the strange aspect of some women being allowed to have children and others being forced to suppress this urge and focus on others’ children. Also the way the women of Herland keep such a close watch on the three men seems strange. Colleen was noticing some of these things as well.<\/p>\n
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When it comes to this type of communal reading, I find this format to be very helpful. With a limited amount of time in class discussion, only so many passages and subjects can be covered. So using annotations helps me to follow other students’ thoughts beyond discussion comments. Also I struggle with having the courage to make comments about the reading. Then by the time I go to say something the moment is over. While speaking up in class is important and beneficial, I find that writing annotations helps me to think through what I am reading and articulate my thoughts. The one downside of reading on annotation studio is that I love the feel of a physical book over scrolling through a document. There is something so satisfying about turning pages and seeing how far I have progressed with one glance.<\/p>\n
Now that we have started reading, I have a better grasp on the context of this book. With Voyant I could figure out key terms and correlations, but I was missing context. Now I know about the personalities of Terry, Jeff, and the narrator within the novel. Also I have a better understanding of the women of Herland and what their personalities are like. In reading I have been able to understand the plot of the story as well as the historical context of when this book was written and published. In beginning research on making a timeline I have a better understanding of the suffragist movement and how that impacted what Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote. With all of these additions to my knowledge my reading experience has been rich.<\/p>\n
Voyant provided textual evidence that I would not have gained as a reader. For example I realize how much Terry is mentioned throughout the story, but I would not have known that his name is the most used word within the text. Also I have found it beneficial to read the text and look back at the trend tool. This way I can see the increase and decrease of the most popular words and relate that to the context of the story. I feel that both Voyant and annotation studio have enhanced my reading experience and provided tools of analysis that I did not know about before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When I read chapters five through seven of Herland, I found it to be beneficial to use the annotation studio. I have used Google Docs in the past for group annotations of passages. For me I gain a fuller reading experience in reading other people’s observations. For example, reading others’ comments on the cats’ section made me think more thoroughly about it. And the comment about Eleanor Abernathy from the Simpsons made me smile. Also we all made annotations about Terry being annoying and close-minded. Another thing I found interesting was the annotations concerning what may happen as the story progresses. As I read, I noticed hints of darkness within the utopia of Herland. Specifically, there is the strange aspect of some women being allowed to have children and others being forced to suppress this urge and focus on others’ children. Also the way the women of Herland keep such a close watch on the three men seems strange. Colleen was noticing some of these things as well. When it comes to this type of communal reading, I find this format to be very helpful. With a limited amount of time in class discussion, only so many passages and subjects can be covered. So using annotations helps me to follow other students’ thoughts beyond discussion comments. Also I struggle with having the courage to make comments about the reading. Then by the time I go to say something the moment is over. While speaking up in class is important and beneficial, I find that writing annotations helps me to think through what I am reading and articulate my thoughts. The one downside of reading on annotation studio is that I love the feel of a physical book over scrolling through a document. There is something so satisfying about turning pages and seeing how far I have progressed with one glance. Now that we have started reading, I have a better grasp on the context of this book. With Voyant I could figure out key terms and correlations, but I was missing context. Now I know about the personalities of Terry, Jeff, and the narrator within the novel. Also I have a better understanding of the women of Herland and what their personalities are like. In reading I have been able to understand the plot of the story as well as the historical context of when this book was written and published. In beginning research on making a timeline I have a better understanding of the suffragist movement and how that impacted what Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote. With all of these additions to my knowledge my reading experience has been rich. Voyant provided textual evidence that I would not have gained as a reader. For example I realize how much Terry is mentioned throughout the story, but I would not have known that his name is the most used word within the text. Also I have found it beneficial to read the text and look back at the trend tool. This way I can see the increase and decrease of the most popular words and relate that to the context of the story. I feel that both Voyant and annotation studio have enhanced my reading experience and provided tools of analysis that I did not know about before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3081"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3087,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3081\/revisions\/3087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}