When the list of 4th grade students of secondary schools in the school year 1985/1986 hit the web, many were shocked to see the names on the list. With whom did the high school graduates have to get acquainted?
These readings were obligatory for students almost four decades ago. Whose work is on the list?
It turns out that the core curriculum has been shocking for a long time. The list of obligatory reading in 1985-1986 included such items as “Trains Under Special Watch” by Bohumil Hrabal, a classic of American literature, i.e. “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Márquez or “Return from the Stars” by Stanisław Lem.
The list also includes the titles of such writers who should be known to contemporary youth, e.g. “Farewell to Maria” by Tadeusz Borowski or “Medallions” by Zofia Nałkowska. The photo also shows a fragment of additional reading, this time for the third grade of secondary schools. The list includes authors such as Franz Kafka, Jan Parandowski, Erich Maria Remarque, Marcel Proust and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Internet users shocked by the reading list in the school year 1985/1986. There were numerous comments under the post
Under the photo, which was posted on Facebook, a discussion flared up. The items on the must-read list caused a great stir among Internet users.
For the generations that boast on social media that they manage to read two of the latest crime novels in a year – such a huge amount of reading is simply unimaginable
These titles were depressing
It used to be
Today, it’s more of a reading list for college
Today’s student is not taught to count so much on his own, let alone read it
– netizens wrote under the entry. Many were also surprised by the fact that the works of such authors as Czesław Miłosz or Zbigniew Herbert were already known at that time.
Source: Gazeta
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