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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe this doesn’t matter to anyone, but I’m watching an episode of Law and Order SVU.  The father in the midst of a crisis just told his daughter, Cordelia, that he loves her and forgives her.  Absolutely a call back to King Lear, which I would never know if I hadn’t read it in high school.

You can’t appreciate more modern literature and fiction without knowing how brilliant and timeless Shakespeare was.  He’s not just any old dead white guy.  All schools need to teach it, ideally pairing it with more modern works.    [/quote]

This is absolutely relevant, and is described as cultural influence. Great literary works reference each other and the body of knowledge at the time of their creation and are later referenced by other works and so on.

It should be studied because it makes us understand better our own society and humanity.

Realistically throughout high school one can study about 15-20 works, so the question is what should those be.

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