[bksvol-discuss] Re: Nobel Prize winners in Literature from 1901 was Special COllections
- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:21:35 -0400
Hi all,
<smiling with twinkle> Ah, the relevancy argument again. Roger, my
friend, you date yourself. Relevancy was the popular cry in the 60s
and 70s. All literature taught in English classes had to be relevant.
The problem is that like those old, crabby English teachers you estue,
relevancy is determined by the reader. I think that Harry Potter is
relevant. I also think that Macbeth and Hamlet are relevant. Granted,
they are relevant for different reasons, but they are, indeed,
relevant. Now, the only reason I consider Thomas Wolfe and Somerset
Maughan relevant is because they typify a certain era in literature. I
personally do not enjoy reading these authors, but I do consider them
relevant when in the context of a literature class. You have to know
where you've come from in order to know where you're going. That's why
history is relevant. Understanding one's culture is related closely to
understanding its literature, but again, relevancy is in the eye of the reader.
Ann P.
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