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Another outrageous chapter in the destruction of Western Civilization
DJDuck
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British University Dropping Study of Chaucer as it ‘Decolonises’ Curriculum
“would end all teaching on texts central to the development of the English language, including the Dark Age epic poem Beowulf, as well as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
“ Foundational texts such asThe Canterbury Tales and the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf would no longer be taught, under proposals to scrap medieval literature. Instead, the English faculty will be refocused to drop centuries of the literary canon and deliver a “decolonised” curriculum devoted to diversity.”
“ Professors were told that, to facilitate change, management planned to stop all English language courses, cease medieval literature, and reduce early modern literature offerings.
Despite Chaucer’s position as “the father of English literature”, he will no longer be taught if plans currently under consultation go ahead.
They would end all teaching on texts central to the development of the English language, including the Dark Age epic poem Beowulf, as well as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur, the Viking sagas, and all works written earlier than 1500 would also be removed from the syllabus.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/01/british-university-dropping-study-of-chaucer-as-it-decolonises-curriculum/
“would end all teaching on texts central to the development of the English language, including the Dark Age epic poem Beowulf, as well as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
“ Foundational texts such asThe Canterbury Tales and the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf would no longer be taught, under proposals to scrap medieval literature. Instead, the English faculty will be refocused to drop centuries of the literary canon and deliver a “decolonised” curriculum devoted to diversity.”
“ Professors were told that, to facilitate change, management planned to stop all English language courses, cease medieval literature, and reduce early modern literature offerings.
Despite Chaucer’s position as “the father of English literature”, he will no longer be taught if plans currently under consultation go ahead.
They would end all teaching on texts central to the development of the English language, including the Dark Age epic poem Beowulf, as well as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur, the Viking sagas, and all works written earlier than 1500 would also be removed from the syllabus.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/01/british-university-dropping-study-of-chaucer-as-it-decolonises-curriculum/
Comments
1. Get involved with the school bored where these decisions are made and effect direct local change
2. Find another (private?) school for your kids
3. Suck it up buttercup, nothing stays the same.
Can you read you fucking moron?
COLLEGES DON’T HAVE SCHOOL BOARDS YOU DIPSHIT😂😂😂😂😂
THIS IS IN ENGLAND YOU IMBECILE 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Other than that hey.......😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
But now I will.
Attending any college is a choice. Don’t like the offering? Pick a different restaurant. I know, it’s hard for ducks
Have you thought of moving to “England” (lol)?
Those voices in your head telling you things? That’s what you need to get checked out.
Ts and Ps
BTW I never thought of college as just a way to get a job. That is a pretty ignorant view.
You don't follow the bored too good, Deej.
Wow ya got me this time. Wow you really have an obsession. I’m glad to take so much of a moron’s time. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
“In spite of being a scientist, I strongly believe an education that fails to place a heavy emphasis on the humanities is a missed opportunity. Without a base in humanities, both the students — and the democratic society these students must enter as informed citizens — are denied a full view of the heritage and critical habits of mind that make civilization worth the effort.
There is, of course, another way to view the question of whether a liberal arts education has value. It can be seen as posing the question as to whether college should be seen as some kind of higher vocational training, instead: a place to go to for a specific certification for a specific job.
Here, too, I would push back strongly.
For those who go to college, the four years spent there are often the sole chance we give ourselves to think deeply and broadly about our place in the world. To turn college into nothing more than job training (emphasizing only those jobs that pay well), represents another missed opportunity for students and the society that needs them.
So, these are my traditional answers to the traditional questions about the value of humanities and arts education vs. science and engineering. From my standpoint as a scholar, I'll stand by them and defend what they represent to the last breath.-Opinion, Adam Frank
And can you feel the unity tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far