Posted on 05/20/2022 7:29:28 AM PDT by grundle
The form has appealed to major poets for five centuries
The University of Salford, a public university in Greater Manchester, England, removed sonnets and other “pre-established literary forms” from a creative writing course assessment, The Telegraph reported.
Course leaders of a creative writing module titled “Writing Poetry in the Twenty-First Century,” removed an exam section that required students to write the traditional forms, including sestinas and sonnets, according to the newspaper.
The sonnet, a poetic form that likely originated in Italy in the 13th century, has been taken up by writers such as Petrarch, Shakespeare and John Donne, according to Britannica.
“The sonnet is unique among poetic forms in Western literature in that it has retained its appeal for major poets for five centuries,” the encyclopedia stated.
A University of Salford slideshow shared with staff stated that teachers have “simplified the assessment offering choice to write thematically rather than to fit into pre-established literary forms…which tend to the products of white western culture,” according to documents cited by The Telegraph.
The slideshow affirmed the change as an example of best practice in “decolonising the curriculum.” The Telegraph defined “decolonising” as “a term used to describe refocusing curricula away from historically dominant Western material and viewpoints.”
Instead, the course will incorporate “inclusive criteria” that better “reflect and cater for a diverse society,” according to internal training materials review by The Telegraph. The materials also showed that the courses could be upgraded by utilizing “a choice of assessment methods” allowing students to be tested “in a way that suits them.”
British historian: assuming sonnets alienate non-white students is ‘hugely patronising’
The Telegraph quoted Oxford-trained historian Zareer Masani’s statement that the course overhaul was “outrageous.”
“It is hugely patronising to assume non-White students would be put off by Western poetic forms,” he said. “Poetic forms vary widely across the world, but good poetry is universal.”
Scott Thurston, leader of the creative writing program at Salford, said the course was “often updated to take account of new trends and development in contemporary writing,” according to The Telegraph.
Thurston said that teachers would still instruct creative writing students in traditional forms in their first year and give them exercises in writing them. However, the curriculum would also include creative experimentation with students’ “own forms.”
The Decadence of Western Civilization is a very serious disease.
So we’re replacing sonnets with eubonics now. How lovely. Shall I compare thee to a summer day where weaves get snatched off and then blow away.
I propose they just eliminate EVERYTHING that a white person ever created or invented. On your mark, get set, GO!!
Rhyme itself is a western construct developed in the Middle Ages
The left is committing suicide. They can’t be talked out if it.
They can replace sonnet courses with courses in jungle drums.
I see that as a society we are right back to book burnings. Gee we’ve come such a long way!
No, but I guess that it will soon be demanded that Whites pay a "surcharge" for the privilege!
Regards,
“Shall I compare thee to a summer day,
where I put a cap up yo ass,
and blow you away.”
We must also end
Cultural propriatin’
Of Japan’s haiku.
They want to take us back to living in caves and sitting around picking lice out of our hair
= = =
That is almost a Haiku.
Manchester.
Nuff said.
The core problem is equating “White” with “something evil to be erased”.
Willie Shakespeare was a racist.
Bookmark
But gangsta rap be jus fine.
Welfare is mostly paid by white people who work. They should outlaw welfare.
Too bad many of the Harlem Renaissance turned commies, & this guy? Was bisexual.
I was just reading about Zora Neale Hurston & Eatonville, FL. You should check it out!
They should drop electric lights while they’re at it.
Not a fan of poetry, except Limericks.
There once was a maid from Madras
who had a remarkable ass
Not rounded and pink, as you probably think
it was gray, had long ears and ate grass.
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