Moving Beyond 'Catcher' On School Reading Lists : NPR: "Weekend Edition Saturday, August 30, 2008 � The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger's beloved novel, once banned and full of frank four-letter words, will continue to be assigned to high school reading lists this year.
But Anne Trubek, a professor of English at Oberlin College, argues that it's time to update Salinger's coming-of-age tale.
'It was published in 1951 and it's not so contemporary anymore,' Trubek tells Scott Simon. 'I think that most American teenagers will find it rather tame and sort of laughable the things that were once considered so controversial.'"
2 comments:
I guess that's true of Romeo and Juliet too. Those crazy kids and their poison. No one does stuff like that now.
I feel the same way about the Bible. I mean, all those slaves, sacrifices, stonings, and concubines are tres de classe.
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