Canonicity

3 credits · Graduate

This course considers the nature of literary value and the role of the “canon” in literary studies. Among the questions that may be addressed are the following: is aesthetic value enduring or relative to specific social formations? What do we mean when we say a work is good or a classic? IIs value something that inheres in a text or something assigned to it? How are literary canons formed and for what purpose? FORMATS: Seminar