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    question. Does the Western Literary Canon share significance and relevance to everyone? But before that, one simple question. What is literature? Isn’t it just a bunch of words gathered on paper? One of the unbroken problems focused from this topic is that there has never been a stable predetermined definition of what exactly literature is. Yet it can be argued that the ‘Western Literary Canon’ was the first attempt of literary criteria. The criteria - the ‘Western Literary Canon’-of which we judge or

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    1305-05 Dr. Boone March 2, 2016 The Literary Canon How did the Black Arts Movement change the white supremacist of the Literary Canon? Before one can go on to answer this question, students must understand exactly what a literary canon is. “Literary canon” is a term used widely to refer to a group of literary works that are considered the most important of a particular time period or place. Before the 1960’s the canon was widely referred to as the “Western Canon.” However after the Black Arts Movement

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    relations in society are reinforced by literary depictions of men and women. The American literary canon is a collection of books that are widely accepted as influential in shaping Western culture. Stereotypes are evident throughout these texts, and often serve to justify the continuance of traditional roles. More specifically, women seem to be the target of cataloguing and other negative depictions. Classic books that are identified as part of the American literary canon tend to portray female characters

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    incorporating his experiences and observations from his everyday life in his unique stories. In November 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded king its medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters despite protest from the old guard of the literary community. “Stephen and Tabitha provide scholarships for local high school students and contribute too many other local and national charities.” (stephenking.com/the_author.html) Stephen King has won many awards including the medal of Distinguished

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    The Literary Canon Essay The literary canon is a group of literary works regarded as some of the most educational and imperative of a particular time or period. Of all the books in the literary canon, about 21.3% are female authors and about 13.5% are non-white authors and the rest are white, male authors (Applebee, 31). Almost every school uses books that are apart of the literary canon. Some people believe that the literary canon should change due to the lack of diversity in the authors. Others

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    Banned Literature and Literary Canon Voltaire’s work “Essay on tolerance” quotes “I disapprove of what you say, but will defend unto death your right to say it.” This makes me to think about banned literature and censoring various texts by government due to multiple reasons embedded in text such as political, sexual, religious, language, violence, criminal matter, social grounds etc. Simon During in his essay “ Literature- Nationalism's other? The Case for revision" is propagating state sponsorship

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    Literary Canon The literary canon is a classification of literature that is used widely to refer to a group of literary works that are most important of specific time period or place. A literary canon can establish a collection of similar or related literary works. In order for literature work to enter the canon it has to be decided by influential literacy critics, scholars, teachers, and other opinions who are highly respected. There are no rigid qualifications for canonization, whether work will

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    Canon Inc. is the world largest camera manufacturer and it is the #73 Most Valuable Brand in the world according to Forbes World’s Top 100 Most Valuable Brands. Canon Inc. is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Canon specialized in manufacturing imaging and optical products, which includes cameras, photocopiers, steppers, camcorders, computer printers and medical equipment. The Canon group now employs over 190,000 people globally and is made up of 256 subsidiaries

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