This is an interesting article from Phyllis Schlafly, entitled “Advice To College Students: Don’t Major in English”… It ties in very nicely with my recent posting on comparative literature. For example, she notes:
“When the classics are assigned, they are victims of the academic fad called deconstructionism. That means: pay no mind to what the author wrote or meant; deconstruct him and construct your own interpretation…
…the Western canon of what educated Americans should know – from Socrates to Shakespeare – was replaced with relativism and the goals of opposing racism, sexism and elitism. Current works promoting multiculturalism written by women and minorities replaced the classics of Western civilization…”