The fact that the recognized heads of literature in the Homeric age were the nine muses throws back the suggestion of female authorship to a very remote period. If the truth were known, we might very likely find it was man rather than woman who has been the interloper in the domain of literature. When asked to do this by a room full of high school teachers, you can bet my mind jumped into gear, even if it was first thing on a Saturday morning. As I explained my take on the craft of playwriting generally and radio adaptation specifically, it occurred to me what an excellent learning opportunity radio drama provides. The urge to spin narrative is, after all, a universal human compulsion.
Students have their own stories to tell.
T eachers grapple with how to make their subjects appear relevant to students, and literature is no exception. The literature of yesterday and tomorrow are not divided by a great, non-traversable chasm. There is no chasm. All there is is the need to tell and the desire to hear.