Can’t Read, Can’t Watch, Can’t Comprehend
Today’s post-literate students don’t read movies any better than they read books.
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Thomas Bertonneau
Thomas F. Bertonneau, who has a Ph.D. in comparative literature from U.C. L. A., has taught literature in California, Michigan, and New York. He was a visiting scholar at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in the 1990s. He is author of the study Declining Standards at Michigan Public Universities (Mackinac Center) and coauthor of The Truth Is Out There: Christian Faith and the Classics of TV Science Fiction.Articles by Thomas Bertonneau
“What, Me Read?” Is Back
Readers respond to Thomas Bertonneau’s popular critique of post-literacy at the college level.
What, Me Read? Part III
A literature professor concludes the tale of his struggle to understand students who exist in the fog of a post-literate world.
What, Me Read? Part II
A literature professor continues the tale of his struggle to understand students who exist in the fog of a post-literate world.
What, Me Read?
A literature professor discovers that his students exist in the fog of a post-literate world.