I felt when I said I had a masters in Literature that I might need to tell you what schools I went to. What score I got on the SAT, etc.
The fact that K-12 students read "To Kill A Mockingbird" instead of Rousseau is a good thing, in my opinion. And I think the majority of the very well read and elite educators also agree, since what was considered great in 1952 is no longer considered the canon anymore. ________________________________________ From: Code for Libraries [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Winter [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 1:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] how 'great' are the great books Gosh, I hope not. I think it argues for better literature programs in our K-12 and universities.... -- Elizabeth L. Winter Electronic Resources Coordinator Collection Acquisitions & Management Library and Information Center Georgia Institute of Technology email: [email protected] phone: 404.385.0593 fax: 404.894.1723 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roberto Hoyle" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 4, 2010 4:03:12 PM Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] how 'great' are the great books On Nov 4, 2010, at 11:24 AM, McAulay, Elizabeth wrote: > i agree with keith's comments about having a 'what have you read?' portion > first. I had to answer "i don't know" to most of the questions because if I > hadn't read both of the works, i didn't want to choose one over the other. i > have a master's in English and i think only one out of 20 comparisons i > answered included two works i had read. If you haven't read one of the books, doesn't that argue for it's lack of 'greatness?' r.
