How to keep young readers from ditching Dickens and chucking Chaucer
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Breaking up with Shakespeare? Done with Dickens? Between misrepresentations, boring language, and distracting covers, reading classical literature can seem like a chore. Join RadioActivians Soraya Marashi and Zuheera Ali as they explore youth’s broken relationship with classical literature and how we can help mend the ties.
In this podcast…
- Learn how one woman uses classical literature as decoration around her house rather than reading material.
- Discover the importance of minorities’ perspective and representation in literature.
- Discover places other than books where we can be exposed to quality literature.
- Learn why the classics are still important to us today.
This podcast was produced in RadioActive's Intro to Journalism Workshop for 16-18-year-olds. Listen to RadioActive stories, subscribe to the RadioActive podcast and stay in touch on Facebook and Twitter.
