I read your initial post about it. I'm so sorry to hear what happened.
Quite frankly, I don't care if she's your professor or how many degrees she may hold. It was completely unnecessary of her to disregard your hard work and dismiss your point just because she held a different opinion than you. One quote from some academic alone doesn't mean anything if you've completely taken it out of context to serve your point. If that ultimately affected your grade on your paper, then she's the one who's in the wrong for it. She should've at least tried to see where you were coming from, or try to avoid hurting your feelings.
(Besides, I have to say I agree with you, even without reading your paper, and your professor's stance makes no sense. Since when does any narrative or genre lack any social commentary? Seriously. Give me one book, television show, or video game that doesn't reflect society in the time it was released. Magic or not, a fantasy author picks and chooses its elements, characters, plot, theme, etc., for a reason. It's completely possible for the entire genre to have social implications tied to certain conventions.)
If I were you, I would approach her privately and express your concerns to her, unless you're afraid she's not going to take you seriously. Who knows? Maybe she just an off day, and professors are people, too; even they could make mistakes. I'm sure she's a reasonable person, and if you explain to her how you felt dismissed, she may look your paper over again. If not, well, you tried.
*Hugs* I really hope you feel better. I've been there with uni crap, trust me. College is stressful enough without getting an attitude like that coming from a teacher, of all people. If it helps any, it sounds like your paper was really awesome.
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Quite frankly, I don't care if she's your professor or how many degrees she may hold. It was completely unnecessary of her to disregard your hard work and dismiss your point just because she held a different opinion than you. One quote from some academic alone doesn't mean anything if you've completely taken it out of context to serve your point. If that ultimately affected your grade on your paper, then she's the one who's in the wrong for it. She should've at least tried to see where you were coming from, or try to avoid hurting your feelings.
(Besides, I have to say I agree with you, even without reading your paper, and your professor's stance makes no sense. Since when does any narrative or genre lack any social commentary? Seriously. Give me one book, television show, or video game that doesn't reflect society in the time it was released. Magic or not, a fantasy author picks and chooses its elements, characters, plot, theme, etc., for a reason. It's completely possible for the entire genre to have social implications tied to certain conventions.)
If I were you, I would approach her privately and express your concerns to her, unless you're afraid she's not going to take you seriously. Who knows? Maybe she just an off day, and professors are people, too; even they could make mistakes. I'm sure she's a reasonable person, and if you explain to her how you felt dismissed, she may look your paper over again. If not, well, you tried.
*Hugs* I really hope you feel better. I've been there with uni crap, trust me. College is stressful enough without getting an attitude like that coming from a teacher, of all people. If it helps any, it sounds like your paper was really awesome.