Canon vs. Culture

Reflections on the Current Debate
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8153-0889-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 581 g

Reihe: Wellesley Studies in Critical Theory, Literary History and Culture

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gorak, Jan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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;

Über Autor(innen)

Jan Gorak