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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter read a book last year where the plot centered on a high schooler getting sexually assaulted. [/quote]

Ugh. Was it Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson?[/quote]
yes[/quote]

Can you share how your child handled that book? What are your thoughts as a parent?[/quote]
She liked it. I don’t really care about the content, but I wish they would read actual literature and classics. [/quote]

What do you think "actual literature" is?  Are you stuck 40 years ago trying to defend a dead white guys only canon?  [b]The field has moved waaaaaay past that, both in terms of academic studies and teaching [/b]

I can tell you this, if your student takes a general critical thinking/composition/intro to lit course in college it will almost certainly be full of more (relatively) contemporary works.  The "classics" - while showing up in those general courses sometimes - will largely be found in period specific courses for majors.[/quote]

Yes, and it shows.[/quote]

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