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2014-05-25 Europe

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Posted by 3dc 2014-05-25 10:09|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 70-80% of the books are from the English canon.

So what are the other 20% to 30%, that the Muslim canon tailored for the mid-lands? Maybe the socialist canon for the EU?

Posted by AlanC 2014-05-25 10:22|| 2014-05-25 10:22|| Front Page Top

#2 The tribalization of the world continues apace.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-05-25 12:01|| 2014-05-25 12:01|| Front Page Top

#3 OS, that would be the re-tribalization of the world. Much of the world, EXCEPT AMERICA, is based on the remains of ancient tribes - the Franks, the Celts, the Persians, the Han Chinese, and so on.

Only in America, at least when we were a melting pot, were we getting away from tribes

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2014-05-25 12:42|| 2014-05-25 12:42|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't have a problem with emphasizing British literature in British classrooms.

I just find it bitterly amusing that those who condemn 'multiculturalism' in education here in the US, are treating this like it's some sort of '1984'.

Posted by Pappy 2014-05-25 13:09|| 2014-05-25 13:09|| Front Page Top

#5 emphasizing? Absolutely no problem.

Posted by Frank G 2014-05-25 13:15|| 2014-05-25 13:15|| Front Page Top

#6 HS here was American Lit and British Lit, never the Twain they met.

I love British non-fiction, but loathe most British fiction. That Chaucer d00d was the last good story-teller, I suspect his decedents ended up in Mississippi.

Posted by Shipman 2014-05-25 13:43|| 2014-05-25 13:43|| Front Page Top

#7 and most are pre-20th century

OK.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-05-25 14:08|| 2014-05-25 14:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Ship, I love British mysteries.

Posted by AlanC 2014-05-25 16:13|| 2014-05-25 16:13|| Front Page Top

#9 Not literature but we get most of our DVDs from Amazon.UK. The difference between UK and US DVD entertainment is remarkable. Plots are better, Directing is better, Acting is better, in most cases.

Posted by irishrageboy 2014-05-25 16:27|| 2014-05-25 16:27|| Front Page Top

#10 ..now that you've piped up, it does raise a question - does 'English' literature in their canon include Irish authors?

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-05-25 17:48|| 2014-05-25 17:48|| Front Page Top

#11 I could see dumping Of Mice and Men, and anything by Arthur Miller... but I'd keep Chandler on the reading list by any means necessary.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-05-25 19:35|| 2014-05-25 19:35|| Front Page Top

#12 Besides, Chandler had been to Britian, right?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-05-25 19:35|| 2014-05-25 19:35|| Front Page Top

#13 I love British non-fiction, but loathe most British fiction.

I can see how Austen and Hardy might not be your style, but, c'mon -- Scott and Haggard and Doyle and Kipling??

Posted by Angie Schultz 2014-05-25 19:59|| 2014-05-25 19:59|| Front Page Top

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