"Trivial Pursuit" and the Common Culture; or, Hoping for Tenure in the Year 2000.

Showalter, English

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ERIC Number: EJ313892

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Publication Date: 1985

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"Trivial Pursuit" and the Common Culture; or, Hoping for Tenure in the Year 2000.

Showalter, English

ADFL Bulletin, v16 n2 p5-8 Jan 1985

Warns that the worst danger in emphasizing a body of knowledge is that it encourages the superficial form of knowledge currently popular in the game "Trivial Pursuit." Analyzes the game's questions covered in the category on literature. Lists recommendations for humanities professors trying to prepare for the future. (SED)

Descriptors: College Curriculum, Futures (of Society), Guidelines, Higher Education, Humanities, Humanities Instruction

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