Intro Post ~ Meghan McClelland

 

Shalom! My name is Meghan McClelland and I am from Rochester, NY. I transfered to this school after obtaining my Associates degree at a Community College. I'm an English major and am minoring in Visual arts & New Media. I enjoy literature of all kinds but primarily have a serious love for poetry. As I am an arts minor, art plays a huge role in my life. I came to this school as the English and Arts department are phenomenal. I am very excited for this class as I enjoy the theme of bodies, and the role it plays within literature. I am also very excited for a lot of what we will be reading. One memory that always sticks in my mind when it comes to my relationship with reading and my love for it are my memories related to the author Chuck Palahniuk. He is famous for his novel "Fight Club" but as I got older my taste for blunt, shocking, in your face literature grew. This author is all about that, he has been labeled as a "shock writer". Many of his novels, including my favorites "Haunted", "Survivor", "Rant" and "Snuff" stick in my brain. I still remember the words on the page, the feeling of the book in my hand. This author and his work 'caused me to more deeply analyze literature, to feel the atmosphere of it's aesthetics and to enjoy it all more. This love for reading that I found through this author is one of the reasons why I became an English major when I came to this college.
If anyone is interested in seeing more of my artwork, check it out here.