Sir, - Your report on the revision of the Leaving Certificate English syllabus, in the issue of December 29th, was interesting. While it is important to include Irish writers on the syllabus, cultural diversity is also a necessity, so foreign writers should be chosen wisely.
May I suggest that Latin American writers, such as Isabel Allende and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. should be given some importance on this syllabus? In contrast, the works of British writers such as the Brontes or Virginia Woolf would also be important. It would be a pity if classics should get less preference and be forgotten in our contemporary society. - Yours, etc.,
Cahirciveen,
Co Kerry.