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Aug 30, 2020 · From Wang’s and Gao’s perspectives, the classics still need to be taught and read because of their content, even though their authors are not a very diverse group.
Apr 7, 2022 · Eisha Banwait examines why classic literature remains important to a younger audience, even if it seems outdated and irrelevant.
1 day ago · Legendary country singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson, who penned classic songs like "Me and Bobby McGee" and "Sunday Morning Comin' Down," has died.
Aug 20, 2024 · Today Johann Sebastian Bach is often regarded as the master of classical music. But after his death in 1750 Bach’s contrapuntal compositions fell out of fashion until Felix Mendelssohn, a...
- The High School Canon
- Efforts to Diversify
- The End of An Era?
- Why Teach Literature?
The set of books that is taught again and again, broadly across the country, is referred to by literature scholars and English teachers as “the canon.” The high school canon has been shaped by many factors. Shakespeare’s plays, especially “Macbeth” and “Julius Caesar,” have been taught consistently since the beginning of the 20th century, when the ...
English education professor Arthur Applebee observed in 1989that, since the 1960s, “leaders in the profession of English teaching have tried to broaden the curriculum to include more selections by women and minority authors.” But in the late 1980s, according to his findings, the high school “top ten” still included only one book by a woman – Lee’s ...
Esau McCauley, the author of “Reading While Black,” describes the list of classics by white authors as the “pre-integration canon.” At least two factors suggest that its dominance over the curriculum is coming to an end. First, the battles over which books should be taught have become more intense than ever. On the one hand, progressives like the t...
Over generations, English teachers have voiced many reasons to teach books, and the canon in particular: to instill a common culture, foster citizenship, build empathy and cultivate lifelong readers. These goals have little to do with the skills emphasized by contemporary academic standards. But if literature is going to continue to be an important...
Jun 14, 2021 · Numerous classics programs have been or are slated to be closed or reduced (most recently, at Howard University, the University of Vermont, Canisius College and Whitman College). Classics programs are literally being “canceled” on college campuses, often with flimsy or nonsensical justifications.
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May 23, 2024 · Although it's harder to tell a story now that's not "socially aware" and PC, it's not impossible. Thought leaders in cinema are still cranking them out, like Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer),...
