The Literature Assemblage: Power and the Role of the Literary Canon in the Teaching of Literature

This dissertation focuses on understanding and investigating the role of the idea of the literary canon in the teaching of literature—especially at the secondary level. This role, in the form of “standard authors” of literary works, is as old as the field itself in U.S. schools (Applebee, 1974). Whi...

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Main Author: Aston, Robert Johnathan
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7916/D82R58PD