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   "Wilford Dumont"  wrote in message   
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   > On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:48:24 -0400, Sirius Black wrote:   
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   >> On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:47:54 -0400, Wilford Dumont wrote:   
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   >>> On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:46:54 -0400, John M. wrote:   
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   >>>> "Chan Welbourne"  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:j11mn1$60c$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>>>> John M. submitted this idea :   
   >>>>>> "Sirius Black"  wrote in   
   >>>>>> message   
   >>>>>> news:j11mh6$4jt$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>>>>>> On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:34:56 -0400, John M. wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Depends on what school you choose and what options to the   
   >>>>>>>> curriculum, I   
   >>>>>>>> received my English literary background in undergraduate school.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Tennessee grad here. And you?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Virginia, Univ of Chicago, graduated with a B.S.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> You will have to talk to Victor Dix about Allen Bloom at UC, I hear he   
   >>>>> was   
   >>>>> a terror. :o)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Dr. Bloom was a superior educator, a Great Text advocate. Funny enough,   
   >>>> it   
   >>>> was one of his ideas which drew me to Harry Potter and that was the   
   >>>> idea of   
   >>>> the shared text. As far as I can see, Harry Potter is the shared text   
   >>>> universally.   
   >>>   
   >>> Universally and unilaterally regardless of educational background.   
   >>   
   >> No way. What about English majors?   
   >   
   > I see "unilaterally" challenges you.   
      
   Story goes that Dr. Bloom almost always asked his English literature majors   
   what was their shared text. They rarely had one in the post modern era.   
      
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