Teaching English in the Two-Year College May 2000

Antigone on the Night Shift: Classics in the Contemporary Classroom

Alan Devenish

Abstract

Examines community college students’ choices of favorite works after a one-year composition and literature course. Finds “Antigone” was the favorite. Claims Greek classical works put students in contact with a distant culture that they find intriguing. Suggests juxtaposing a classical work with one from another time and culture to avoid assuming the classics into a rigid cultural hegemony.

Journal
Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Published
2000-05-01
DOI
10.58680/tetyc20001904
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Closed
Topics
two-year college

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