April 12, 2005 11:49AM
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Sue,
I"m not sure I subscribe to a touchstone theory of literary criticism a la Arnold, but otherwise I feel immense sympathy for this point of view. Literature and other arts are not pointless, nor should we be giving children or older staudents for that matter least-commmon-denominator entertainment rather than serious works. "Isn't the purpose of scholarly investigations into literature to expose our students to the best?" Yes. Why does it so rarely happen?
Lee
P.S. I think
The Hobbit (and others of its ilk
could be useful in a class on literary analysis and structure precisely because there are so many things wrong with it as a structure. But merely to force children to read it without analysis serves no useful purpose I can think of. It's dreary and time consuming and hasn't the slightest chance of teaching them anything.
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teacup |
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teacup |
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teacup |
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Lee |
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Sue |
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