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The Role of the Literary Canon in the Teaching of Literature (Hardcover)
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The Role of the Literary Canon in the Teaching of Literature (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
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This book investigates the role of the idea of the literary canon
in the teaching of literature, especially in colleges and secondary
schools in the United States. Before the term "canon" was widely
used in literary studies, which occurred in the second half of 20th
century when the canon was first seriously viewed as politically
and culturally problematic, the idea that some literary texts were
more worthy of being studied than others existed since the
beginning of the discipline of the teaching of literature in the
1800s. The concept of the canon, however, extends as far back as to
Ancient Greece and its meaning has evolved over time. Thus, this
book charts the changing meaning of the idea of the literary canon,
examining its influence specifically in the teaching of literature
from the beginning of the field to the 21st century. To explain how
the literary canon and the teaching of literature have changed over
time and continue to change, this book constructs a theory of canon
formation based on the ideas of Michel Foucault and the assemblage
theory of Manuel DeLanda, illustrating that the literary canon,
while frequently contested, is integral to the teaching of
literature yet changes as the teaching of literature changes.
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