[etni] Fw: re: All My Sons query
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- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:11:24 +0200
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From: "Jeanette" <rapmor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: All My Sons query
It isn't the grammar we look at when we teach literature.
It is the content. I love All My Sons and think it is very
relevant to our times and life here in this country. There is
so much to be learned. Forget the grammar. It is part of
the way he talks and there is a reason why he talks that way.
That is Joe Keller and if he spoke like an English professor
it wouldn't be the same man.
Jeanette
Judy wrote:
I totally disagree (if you forgive me) with the premise that
says we teach/don't teach a piece of literature on the basis
of the grammar that is used in it. (That's an ungrammatical
sentence!) If that premise were right, nobody would ever have
taught Pygmalion! While teaching the aforementioned play,
I often point out some of Joe's grammatical practices (some
other characters are guilty as well) and ask students what
he/they should have said. However, apart from all that, the
issues the play raises makes it very relevant to this day and age.
To name only two smallish points: Ron Arad's mother might
well have understood Kate Keller and don't forget the phone
call Keller denied making. This can easily be compared to the
phone call made to Shamir warning him about a possible
massacre in Sabra and Shatilla which he "didn't recall"
when summoned for questioning.. Comradeship in the
army is another point raised by the play (Chris K.)
I think what the play lacks in grammatical accuracy pales
into comparative insignificance when the points above
become the focus.
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I totally disagree (if you forgive me) with the premise that says we teach/don't teach a piece of literature on the basis of the grammar that is used in it. (That's an ungrammatical sentence!) If that premise were right, nobody would ever have taught Pygmalion! While teaching the aforementioned play, I often point out some of Joe's grammatical practices (some other characters are guilty as well) and ask students what he/they should have said. However, apart from all that, the issues the play raises makes it very relevant to this day and age. To name only two smallish points: Ron Arad's mother might well have understood Kate Keller and don't forget the phone call Keller denied making. This can easily be compared to the phone call made to Shamir warning him about a possible massacre in Sabra and Shatilla which he "didn't recall" when summoned for questioning.. Comradeship in the army is another point raised by the play (Chris K.) I think what the play lacks in grammatical accuracy pales into comparative insignificance when the points above become the focus.