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From: James Elliott <libraryjim>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:31:20 -0400 (EDT)
Cindy,
I PM'd Ann with this comment, but think it appropriate here, too:
We have to also remember that what we call 'classics' today were the popular literature of their days. These books were not all held in high regard when they were published, let alone given the title of 'Classic' until many years, decades, etc. after the authors' deaths. Some were as panned and banned then as YA lit is challenged today! (That needs to be brought up in the classroom discussion, too.)
I like to point out to some of my staff when they complain about modern music that Strauss was preached against by the ministers of his day as being too sensual and encouraging men and women to embrace in public while dancing; and Stravinsky's 'Rites of Spring' inspired riots against the work when it was first preformed.
There's a course topic that would generate interest: Books banned over the centuries -- Classics then and now.
Jim Elliott North Georgia
----- Original Message ----- From: Cindy Dobrez <dobrez at chartermi.net> To: AAngel at aol.com, James Elliott <libraryjim at embarqmail.com> Cc: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu, Lbhcove at aol.com, JaneYolen at aol.com Sent: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 23:07:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] VAMPIRE STUDIES
Could be that some of the classics became high school curricular staples decades ago because YA Lit HADN'T BEEN WRITTEN YET? I wrote poetry in high school but didn't appreciate the "classic" poets until I was in college and older. I don't think Huck Finn is a 7th grade book, really, and I don't think that Walden Pond is a high school read. Cindy Dobrez dobrez at chartermi.net
Received on Fri 10 Jul 2009 07:31:20 AM CDT
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:31:20 -0400 (EDT)
Cindy,
I PM'd Ann with this comment, but think it appropriate here, too:
We have to also remember that what we call 'classics' today were the popular literature of their days. These books were not all held in high regard when they were published, let alone given the title of 'Classic' until many years, decades, etc. after the authors' deaths. Some were as panned and banned then as YA lit is challenged today! (That needs to be brought up in the classroom discussion, too.)
I like to point out to some of my staff when they complain about modern music that Strauss was preached against by the ministers of his day as being too sensual and encouraging men and women to embrace in public while dancing; and Stravinsky's 'Rites of Spring' inspired riots against the work when it was first preformed.
There's a course topic that would generate interest: Books banned over the centuries -- Classics then and now.
Jim Elliott North Georgia
----- Original Message ----- From: Cindy Dobrez <dobrez at chartermi.net> To: AAngel at aol.com, James Elliott <libraryjim at embarqmail.com> Cc: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu, Lbhcove at aol.com, JaneYolen at aol.com Sent: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 23:07:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] VAMPIRE STUDIES
Could be that some of the classics became high school curricular staples decades ago because YA Lit HADN'T BEEN WRITTEN YET? I wrote poetry in high school but didn't appreciate the "classic" poets until I was in college and older. I don't think Huck Finn is a 7th grade book, really, and I don't think that Walden Pond is a high school read. Cindy Dobrez dobrez at chartermi.net
Received on Fri 10 Jul 2009 07:31:20 AM CDT
