Sonnet Form Nixed from Exams: “Product of White Western Culture”
University of Salford has removed sonnets from its creative writing program exams in a bid to “decolonise the curriculum,” since they “tend to be products of white western culture.”
University of Salford has removed sonnets from its creative writing program exams in a bid to “decolonise the curriculum,” since they “tend to be products of white western culture.”
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