Dr. Randolph’s class was a celebration of literature and discourse. The texts selected by Dr. Randolph helped me explore my own identity. Also, Dr. Randolph assigned a variety of classic poems and modern literary texts for the purpose of promoting discourse in small groups. By promoting discourse, students are not just reading a text. Instead, Dr. Randolph encouraged analysis of the texts on a personal and societal level through class discussion and writing assignments. Dr. Randolph repeatedly emphasized that we analyze the text through the lens of social justice, historical context, gender and racial identity, and society then and now. First, our small groups were very helpful. The small groups assigned by Dr. Randolph prompted discourse
