Irrelevant Nick KP 0 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 How do you think English literature should be taught in schools? Should Shakespeare maintain his throne? Should rap and hip hop be included? Should Old English be taught? Should we put it in a historical context? Which writers would you put at the forefront? To get the ball rolling, I'll say that Shakespeare should be taught as the great one in English literature. Rap and hip hop should be taught, as long as they don't encourage criminatl behaviour, and the teacher is able to convey their message to the pupils. Old English should be an option, together with other foreign languages, but it should be compulsary to learn one language that isn't modern English. Literature should be taught in a historical context. Shakespeare's life and times would be an excellent accompaniment of Shakespeare. Well, Shakespeare needs to be at the forefront, along with Ecclesiastical history of English people byBede (I know he was a Mackem, so it pains me to say it), Beowulf, Chaucer, Swift, Pope, Blake, Bronte sisters, Dickens, Thackeray, Wilde, Konrad, Woolf, Wodehouse, Joyce, Owen, Heaney, Beckett, Pinter and Hornby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irrelevant Nick KP 0 Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 rap and hip-hop are literature? Honestly what sort of accident did you have that makes you think "I know what thread to start with insane contents!" Do you like strawberry cake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveTheBobby 1 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Mr Macbeth was a nastier piece of work than the Sugarhill Gang too . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15179 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 He's no Mr. Bronson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveTheBobby 1 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 He's no Mr. Bronson. I imagine him resembling Bullet Baxter . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3163 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 What a cunny of a thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 31813 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 How do you think English literature should be taught in schools? Definitely in English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 31813 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I'll say that Shakespeare should be taught as the great one in English literature. I think you may have been beaten to the punch there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6853 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Should we put it in a historical context? And here too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Hornby btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14002 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Another shocking thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irrelevant Nick KP 0 Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 Another shocking thread. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 If you have to ask, you'll never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irrelevant Nick KP 0 Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 I wonder why people are behaving in such a moronic way. Oh well, better then than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohn 0 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I wonder why people are behaving in such a moronic way. Oh well, better then than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I wonder why people are behaving in such a moronic way. Start a thread on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irrelevant Nick KP 0 Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 I wonder why people are behaving in such a moronic way. Start a thread on it Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 'Insane in the Tempest, insane in the brain Insane in the King Lear, insane in the brain' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41395 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 'Insane in the Tempest, insane in the brainInsane in the King Lear, insane in the brain' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21364 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 another spectacular fail of a thread from nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneColdStephenIreland 74 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 (edited) It shouldn't be taught. I hated the lesson, the teachers thought more of the Poem's than the poet's Edited June 16, 2011 by StoneColdStephenIreland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6853 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I did a degree in English and still hate poetry to this day. I thought I'd be writing stories and shit but hellllll no!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I did a degree in English and still hate poetry to this day. I thought I'd be writing stories and shit but hellllll no!!! Stevie Smith's alright. I know what you mean though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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