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For more than a hundred years, schooling has been compulsory in this country, and throughout this time, and to date, English has always been one of the main subjects of study, and English includes ...English Literature. What then is the value of this subject? And what kind of process are children involved in once they are exposed to literary works? The programme provides various answers to these questions, ranging from the child-centred approach of teachers such as Sybil Marshall, author of "An Experiment In Education" (Cambridge University Press,1963) and John Richmond, a London Secondary school teacher, to a Marxist interpretation of literature as an agent of class distinction. This is discussed by Terry Eagleton, an Oxford don. Alison Lurie, the American novelist and academic, makes several interesting points about the kind of books that children themselves show a preference for.
For more than a hundred years, schooling has been compulsory in this country, and throughout this time, and to date, English has always been one of the main subjects of study, and English includes ...English Literature. What then is the value of this subject? And what kind of process are children involved in once they are exposed to literary works? The programme provides various answers to these questions, ranging from the child-centred approach of teachers such as Sybil Marshall, author of "An Experiment In Education" (Cambridge University Press,1963) and John Richmond, a London Secondary school teacher, to a Marxist interpretation of literature as an agent of class distinction. This is discussed by Terry Eagleton, an Oxford don. Alison Lurie, the American novelist and academic, makes several interesting points about the kind of books that children themselves show a preference for.
| Module code and title: | E263, Language in use |
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| Item code: | E263; 09 |
| Recording date: | 1980-08-06 |
| First transmission date: | 16-08-1981 |
| Published: | 1981 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:17:58 |
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| Producer: | Meg Sheffield |
| Contributors: | Peter Griffith; John Richmond; Sybil Marshall; Alison Lurie; Terry Eagleton |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Alice in Wonderland; CSE; Huckleberry Finn; Imagination; Leavis; Literature; Marxist Ideology; Rene Balibar; Tom Sawyer |
| Master spool number: | TLN23950H969 |
| Production number: | TLN23950H969 |
| Available to public: | no |
