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And it does cover more forms. But, until now, it focused on (not excluded all others, just focused on) traditional English forms. I.e. teaching young writers th

And it does cover more forms. But, until now, it focused on (not excluded all others, just focused on) traditional English forms. I.e. teaching young writers the styles of their culture, just as a university in Japan might require of their students proficiency in haikus. That does not mean they are not taught anything other than haikus, and I'm not sure where you got that impression.

lern_too_spel 4y ago
From the article: "Students of poetry no longer have to write traditional forms as part of their assessment.... Examples of such traditional forms given in the slideshow include sonnets and “sestinas” - a complex verse form used by figures like the Elizabethan poet Sir Philip Sindey." I don't care enough about creative writing to have read a lot of modern creative writing, but I have never seen a sestina. I have seen plenty of haikus. Again, the change itself seems perfectly reasonable. The "products of white western culture" wording of the slideshow seems suspiciously flame-baity (or taken out of context), triggering the War on Christmas outrage culture fanatics.
- cuteboy19 4y ago
  I swear, modern day white people who have nothing to do with colonialism seem to be far more obsessed with it than those who experienced it (it's 70 years in the past and we can no longer blame our problems on it). I don't think this nonsense behaviour should be tolerated. A white person should not be any more ashamed of their culture than an Indian or Chinese person.
  - sergiomattei 4y ago
    I don’t understand — having the option to write a sestina or a haiku is nonsense behavior? You’re just looking for something to be mad at.
  - bt0pher 4y ago
    We should be more vocal about this messaging. It's gotten too far and we need to push back that colonisation is a part of life. If you are in a western country, you should not have to be indoctrinated and debased into caring about the cultures that lost.

lern_too_spel 4y ago

From the article: "Students of poetry no longer have to write traditional forms as part of their assessment.... Examples of such traditional forms given in the slideshow include sonnets and “sestinas” - a complex verse form used by figures like the Elizabethan poet Sir Philip Sindey." I don't care enough about creative writing to have read a lot of modern creative writing, but I have never seen a sestina. I have seen plenty of haikus. Again, the change itself seems perfectly reasonable. The "products of white western culture" wording of the slideshow seems suspiciously flame-baity (or taken out of context), triggering the War on Christmas outrage culture fanatics.

cuteboy19 4y ago
I swear, modern day white people who have nothing to do with colonialism seem to be far more obsessed with it than those who experienced it (it's 70 years in the past and we can no longer blame our problems on it). I don't think this nonsense behaviour should be tolerated. A white person should not be any more ashamed of their culture than an Indian or Chinese person.
- sergiomattei 4y ago
  I don’t understand — having the option to write a sestina or a haiku is nonsense behavior? You’re just looking for something to be mad at.
- bt0pher 4y ago
  We should be more vocal about this messaging. It's gotten too far and we need to push back that colonisation is a part of life. If you are in a western country, you should not have to be indoctrinated and debased into caring about the cultures that lost.