The role of the literary canon in the teaching of literature /
"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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2020.
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| Series: | Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature.
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| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Item Description: | Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Columbia University. |
| Physical Description: | 159 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780367432621 0367432625 |