If Chaucer makes a comeback in the proposed English curriculum rewrite, we shouldn’t dismiss what his work tells us about human nature – and contemporary New Zealand.
Zadie Smith’s first play delivers on what women want.
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Lisa Bitel, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Valentine’s Day originated as a feast to celebrate the decapitation of a third-century Christian martyr, or perhaps two. It took a gruesome path to becoming a romantic holiday.
The Refugee Tales is a modern reconstruction of Chaucer’s classic pilgrimage – this time, telling the largely unspoken realities of immigration detention.
From “Ha!” to “LOL,” laughter in text can take on a number of forms and meanings.
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Do English texts stay the same over the decades because there are no good modern books? Or because the process of selecting new books is just too hard?