Canon Vs. Culture - Reflections on the Current Debate

Canon Vs. Culture explores the consequences of one of the main educational shifts of the last quarter century-- the changes from academic inquiry conducted through a selected list of accepted authorities to an investigation of the cultural operations of an entire society.

List of contents

Part 1 Why the Revolution Happened; Chapter 1 Opening the American Mind, William E. Cain; Chapter 2 Canon Fodder, Jessica Munns; Chapter 3 Curricular Shifts in the Study and Teaching of French, Philip Thody; Part 2 Old Canons/New Disciplines; Chapter 4 No Contest, No History, Geoffrey Hawthorn; Chapter 5 Accounting for Differences, Bernth Lindfors; Chapter 6 The Politics of Poetics, Sandra Lea Meek; Part 3 The Canon as Historical Phenomenon; Chapter 7 The Origin of the Concept of a Canon and Its Application to the Greek and Latin Classics, George A. Kennedy; Chapter 8 The Land Where the Canon B(l)ooms:, Jeffrey L. Sammons; Chapter 9 Canon and the Traditions of Musical Culture, William Weber; Part 4 Old Canons / New Readings; Chapter 10 Dances with Daffodils, J. Edward Chamberlin; Chapter 11 Intertextuality and Dialogue, James A. Sanders; Chapter 12 Reflections on the Eighteenth-Century Canon, Jan Gorak;

About the author

Jan Gorak

Summary

Canon Vs. Culture explores the consequences of one of the main educational shifts of the last quarter century.

Product details

• Assisted by: Jan Gorak (Editor), Gorak Jan (Editor), Jan Groak (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.01.2001
• EAN: 9780815308898
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-0889-8
• No. of pages: 244
• Weight: 610 g
• Series: Wellesley Studies in Critical Theory, Literary History and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Literary studies: general, Philosophy & theory of education, History: specific events and topics, Philosophy and theory of education