> same goes for the literary canon that college professors claim as a requirement for real literacy. It's all despair at the perceived loss of status in society
Strongly disagree. I say this as someone who went to a state school and didn’t start reading literature until well after college.
The classics are classics for good reason. Even if one can’t learn to appreciate them, they’re critical for understanding entire epochs of political thought and history. It would be like trying to navigate modern retail politics while ignoring memes.
Strongly disagree. I say this as someone who went to a state school and didn’t start reading literature until well after college.
The classics are classics for good reason. Even if one can’t learn to appreciate them, they’re critical for understanding entire epochs of political thought and history. It would be like trying to navigate modern retail politics while ignoring memes.