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Originally Posted by HarryT
I don't disagree with you, but why do we choose authors like Dickens or Shakespeare for this exercise? Is it not because the characters and themes in the works of these authors have become a part of our culture?
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I don't know why, to tell you the truth--I guess I never thought of that. I always assumed that some administrator somewhere thought that it would be "good for" the students to be exposed to those authors, and added them to the curriculum. I didn't ever consider *why* they might be "good for" students.
Shari