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John M. formulated on Saturday :
> "Wilford Dumont" wrote in message
> news:j11n7f$8t6$1@dont-email.me...
>> On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:48:24 -0400, Sirius Black wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:47:54 -0400, Wilford Dumont wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:46:54 -0400, John M. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "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.
It used to be the Bible but I don't know of but a few who have read it
end to end these days.
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