In 2007 a home affairs select committee produced a report about young black boys in the criminal justice system, calling for the department for education and schools to consult with black community groups to make the curriculum more relevant—and to find “content which interests and empowers young black people.” We can safely assume they were not talking about Ovid, Chaucer or Shakespeare.(Tip: usually, a blog post's title takes you to the linked article.)
"IF YOU WANT REAL DRAMA, TELL AN ACTOR THAT YOU ARE CUTTING HIS LINES."
A COURSE BLOG FOR ENGLISH 103, "Introduction to Drama," AT SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY: SURREY CAMPUS
Sunday, September 26, 2010
The Western Canon
From the indispensable Arts & Letters Daily, an article in praise of studying 'canonical' dead white writers like Aristotle & Aeschylus.
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