[bksvol-discuss] Re: Nobel Prize winners in Literature from 1901 was Special COllections
- From: "Ixchel, Jackie" <starsandhearts2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:57:58 -0400
Hi Anne,
I agree with you, you need to know where you've come from in order to
determine where you want to go.
Jackie
On 3/11/12, Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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