{"id":578,"date":"2012-06-21T11:43:09","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T17:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/?p=578"},"modified":"2012-06-25T08:48:19","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T14:48:19","slug":"gs-554-reimagining-the-gendered-classics-the-catcher-in-the-rye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/2012\/06\/21\/gs-554-reimagining-the-gendered-classics-the-catcher-in-the-rye\/","title":{"rendered":"GS 554 &#8212; Reimagining the Gendered Classics: The Catcher in the Rye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our discussion of J.D. Salinger&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/The_Catcher_in_the_Rye.html?id=hXvoQwAACAAJ\">The Catcher in the Rye<\/a><\/em> <em><\/em>spawned the following<em>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Themes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The call and answer (or lack of answer) in Holden&#8217;s experiences.<\/li>\n<li>Holden&#8217;s preoccupation with protecting innocence.<\/li>\n<li>Authenticity versus phoniness.<\/li>\n<li>Grief.<\/li>\n<li>The importance of human relationships.<\/li>\n<li>The commodification of elements of universal human experience.<\/li>\n<li>Desperation.<\/li>\n<li>Alienation.<\/li>\n<li>Connection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As children\/teenagers form identities, which relationships are most important in their lives?<\/li>\n<li>What can we learn from Holden about truly listening to children?<\/li>\n<li>How can we find existential truth in fiction?<\/li>\n<li>How can we as human beings ourselves, acknowledge the humanity of our students and their own existential struggles?<\/li>\n<li>What narrow expectations and frameworks do we take for granted in public education? (Schedules, measurements for achievement, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>How is Holden&#8217;s struggle a result of mainstream American values?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Food for thought:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidpbrown.co.uk\/poetry\/oriah-mountain-dreamer.html\">&#8220;The Invitation&#8221; by Oriah Mountain Dreamer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our discussion of J.D. Salinger&#8217;s The Catcher in the Rye spawned the following: Themes: The call and answer (or lack of answer) in Holden&#8217;s experiences. Holden&#8217;s preoccupation with protecting innocence. Authenticity versus phoniness. Grief. The importance of human relationships. The commodification of elements of universal human experience. Desperation. Alienation. Connection. Questions: As children\/teenagers form identities, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/2012\/06\/21\/gs-554-reimagining-the-gendered-classics-the-catcher-in-the-rye\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GS 554 &#8212; Reimagining the Gendered Classics: The Catcher in the Rye&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-block-a","category-gs554","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1RtXj-9k","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}