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Originally Posted by shalym
I guess since you think that the whole purpose of a literature class is to teach cultural history, this makes sense. To me, the purpose of a literature class is to teach/discuss literature. Literature isn't confined to books that were written over 100 years ago, is it?
Shari
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Certainly not. Literature is being written today, but I think that time is the only factor which will tell us which literature is sufficiently culturally important to be worthy of being taught in schools. Doesn't need to be 100 years, but a few decades, certainly.