Date of Award:

5-1936

Document Type:

Thesis

Degree Name:

Master of Science (MS)

Department:

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

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Education

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Not specified

Abstract

This study has a primary and a secondary purpose. The primary purpose is to call attention to the question of whether or not Utah verse should be introduced for study into the elementary and secondary schools of Utah. The author does not want to imply that he will give a satisfactory answer to this question. He hopes, however, that this effort will emphasize the question and stimulate thought concerning the same. It seems reasonable to suppose that most of the Utah school officials who are concerned in any way with literary material for school curricula will agree that, if there is any Utah verse that has literary merit, it should be utilized in the Utah schools.

The secondary purpose of this study is to search out the poetry of literary quality and recommend it for use in the elementary and secondary schools of Utah. Again the author does not want to imply that he will determine, once and for all, what is literary and what is not. He will merely attempt, through his best judgment, to measure the poetry by literary standards and bring into light what he considers best for further judgment and analysis by the literary critics. The critics and the test of time must complete the work.

"A classic is a poem whose position is above dispute. It has stood the test of time, is of the class. It has endured because it has had the power to appeal to the hearts and judgment, not of one crowd or corterie of men, nor of one country or period, but of all who have known it in all climes, through successive changes of literary fashion. And it has had this power of appeal because of its intrinsic truth, worth and beauty."1

Utah may have few poems that can measure up to the universal acceptance of a classic as set forth in the above quotation. If there are any only usage through time and space can ultimately decide.

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