ENGL120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Spurn, Materialism, Parens Patriae
22 Aug 2018
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Macbeth: language, drama and gender, gives insight into focus/themes of context. What is the canon: unquestionably and uniquely authoritative (harris 154, whatever the motivation of canon selection, it remains important to contest the constrictive tendencies of the critical and pedagogical lists. Given the forces generation the professional recirculation of texts, we risk intellectual stagnation if we do not champion new selections based on new criteria (harris 161) Perceived to have enduring value and authority. Problem: what is considered a canon is under much literary debate mostly the works of dead, white men. Do we need a notion of the canon in deciding what texts are valuable and signi cant: shakespeare has been precipice of literary canon may in uence how you read shakespeare. The impact of a text"s canonical status might have on attitude of the reader. Does tell us about what particular cultures at particular times consider texts.
