Teaching English in the Two-Year College Sep 2000

Sappho and Aphrodite

Bob Blaisdell

Abstract

Describes a class discussion in the author’s first-year composition class at a New York City community college, after students read a volume of Sappho’s poetry. Discusses issues of reading comprehension, poetry, gender-preference prejudice, and how they were all set straight by one student from Brooklyn.

Journal
Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Published
2000-09-01
DOI
10.58680/tetyc20001925
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Closed
Topics
first-year composition two-year college

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