Leslie Schenk

Bio: Leslie Schenk is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Western canon. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 5 publications receiving 241 citations.

Memoirs: From Scribblings into High Art

Abstract: tle imagination to write fiction and too bad a memory to write the truth."1 I would suggest this clever bit of claptrap represents a complete misunderstanding of the genre itself, from its earliest beginnings to its current extraordinary flowering. Did Xenophon or anyone else take down the exact wording of his speeches to his armies? Almost certainly not, and yet when his hoplites shouted, "Thalassa, thalassa!" we readers are more thrilled than if we were reading an adventure novel. Why? Because we know the event was both true and artfully re-created to Xenophon's satisfaction. Sei Shonagon's and Sarashina's memoirs, written over a thousand years ago, are still today among the greatest achievements of Japanese literature. In Saint-Simon's Memoires Louis XTV and his court become as real or realer to

The Challenge of Cultural Diversity: Harnessing a Diversity of Views to Understand Multiculturalism

Abstract: Formal diversity-training programs have been growing rapidly, but anecdotal literature suggests that many such programs garner negative reactions from participants. Charges of “political correctness” and “white-male bashing” may typify such responses. This article theorizes that fundamental beliefs and multiple sources of influence must be taken into account to predict a participant's reaction. Burrell and Morgan's (1979) work on paradigmatic differences is used to identify polar opposite beliefs about multiculturalism. Ideal states of multiculturalism are then defined and predicted from these fundamental beliefs. These belief systems are compared to sources of influence to predict reaction to a formal diversity-training program. We conclude with some cautionary dialogue about realistic expectations of diversity and the polarizing effects of Balkanizing rhetoric.

The Winter of Our Discontent: The Design Challenge for Business Schools

Abstract: Adler's (2006) defense of the arts in management education is the starting point for our consideration of debates about the nature of art and design and where they might lead business schools. We a...

The Parotid Gland as a Metastatic Basin for Cutaneous Cancer

Abstract: I T IS A GREAT HONOR TO HAVE BEEN invited to give the Hayes Martin Lecture at this, the 6th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer. I am particularly grateful to Dr Jonas Johnson, president of the American Head and Neck Society, for this invitation. It is my plan to address the issue of involvement of the parotid gland and cervical lymph nodes by metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck. In doing so, I hope I can speak to you on behalf of my many colleagues in Australia and New Zealand because this disease, although it is not unique to the Australasian region, occurs with such frequency in Australia and New Zealand that one may be forgiven for thinking that this form of cancer is geographically unique. Before presenting data on this issue, I would like first to mention my own relationship with the great Hayes Martin and to address some themes from some outstanding literary figures that are relevant to today’s discussion.

Critical Explorations of Young Adult Literature : Identifying and Critiquing the Canon

Abstract: and debate, which helps us to better understand the concept of meaningful and important literature, this edited collection turns a critical spotlight on young adult literature (YAL) to explore some of the most read, taught, and discussed books of our time. By considering the unique criteria which might underpin the classification of a YAL canon, this text raises critical questions of what it means to define canonicity and designate certain books as belonging to the YAL canon. Moving beyond ideas of what is taught or featured in textbooks, the volume emphasizes the role of adolescents’ choice, the influence of popular culture, and above all the multiplicity of ways in which literature might be interpreted and reflected in the lives of young readers. Chapters examine an array of texts through varied critical lenses, offer detailed literary analyses and divergent interpretations, and consider how themes might be explored in pedagogical contexts. By articulating the ways in which teachers and young readers may have traditionally interpreted YAL, this volume will extend debate on canonicity and counter dominant narratives that posit YAL texts as undeserving of canonical status. This text will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate students, academics, professionals, and libraries in the field of young adult literature, fiction literacy, children’s literacy, and feminist studies.