I used to do this a lot, but I had to train myself out of it when I started reading theory/nonfiction because I would get to the end of a page and have no fucking idea what I just "read".
I'm sure it doesn't help that I got through honors english and AP Lit in high school without reading a single required book and just glancing over the sparknotes for them instead.
American theory is usually written like that. Europeans don't use that format. Obviously there's exceptions, but it's a regional rather than generational standard.
I used to do this a lot, but I had to train myself out of it when I started reading theory/nonfiction because I would get to the end of a page and have no fucking idea what I just "read".
I'm sure it doesn't help that I got through honors english and AP Lit in high school without reading a single required book and just glancing over the sparknotes for them instead.
but like, that WAS something we were taught to do right?
it's like a generation of people taught how to write wrong.
American theory is usually written like that. Europeans don't use that format. Obviously there's exceptions, but it's a regional rather than generational standard.