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Thou shall debate about Shakespeare
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Bruno Shapiro: Reading Shakespeare’s works is, as he described life in “King John,” “as tedious as a twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,” or, plainly, repetitive and boring. The California Department of Education requires that public high school students learn to study and analyze a variety of Shakespeare’s works as…
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Dystopian literature should be your wake up call
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I have spent many mornings drifting away into faraway lands of audiobook narrations in my English classes, occasionally getting lost in my winter fatigue as I cling to a coffee and try to stay awake. But there are moments within these stories that revive my attention as I remember the power of keeping literature…
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Women lead larger gothic roles
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Upon typing “gothic literature themes” into Google’s search bar, a list of topics can be spotted. Among them, you can catch the not-so-surprising theme of “women in distress.” Of course, considering the gothic genre peaked in the late 18th century, the concept of emotional insight in women was yet to be seen just as…
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Read to be socially aware
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Throughout history, books and novels have remained a constant and efficient method of recording monumental events, and should remain so in present times. With the social climate constantly changing, people tend to become more and more unaware of world events. Providing students and adults alike with first hand accounts of a major historical event,…