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Barbara Herrnstein Smith
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Contingencies of Value
Argues that cononical texts are not the result of objective conspiracy or appreciation of timeless value. Rather of fulfilling needs, preforming functions. If it does it well it is reproduced. Texts that survive, do so because they continue to fill various needs. More protected once canonical Therefore, more complex and information rich texts survive better. Similar to Jane Tompkins |
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Jane Tompkins
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Masterpiece Theater
Classic works are mutable Success are based on power politics Critics value different things over time Not productions of genius. Similar to Barbara Herrnstein Smith |
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Lilian S. Robinson
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Treason Our Text
No real change occurs within the canon, texts are merely sorted. Gentleman's agreement Women are excluded and male authors reflect and contribute to sexism with female characters. Canon is never defended, only introduced, rarely challenged. Feminist critics have tried only to gain admittance for female authored works, not challenged the canon's practices and norms. To do so - etc, is the agony of feminist criticism. Need for all culture to be represented, not just ruling class. "Either a women author is good enough to replace a male author, or she is not." Women have not had as many opportunities to write high literature. Need to make the female tradition coherent and hence stronger, but cannot let it become a ghetto. Relates to Eve Sedgwick and Henry Louis Gates Jr. |
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Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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Canon-Formation, Literary History, and the Afro-American Tradition
Previously, Western Critical thought was imitated to develop indigenous theories Each criticism has a specificity of value and ideology Blacks need to speak their own black language to develop criticism that is not a derivative of white theory. White canon is not universal THEORY moderates the private, cognitive work, "the seen" and makes it told An anthology can create a tradition. Changes anthology but still subscribes to it. Relates to Lilian S. Robinson and Eve Sedgwick. |
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Eve Sedgwick
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From Epistemology of the Closet
Bill Budd and Dorian Gray are essential texts for modern homosexual identity but were previously used to forward homophobic ideology. Must prodcutive resent work has been between master canon's and mini-canons. Challenged centrality of master canon. Removed the anonymity of the master canon, identified who it was authored by. Argues there have been great gay authors and they were..them...ex. Shakespeare Proust In making a minority group, setting up a dichotomy, each fuels each other. The canon may posses the texts to challenge the foundation of culture..and it is passed on from generation to generation. Relates to Lilian S. Robinson and Henry Louis Gates Jr and Edward W. Said. |
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Edward W. Said
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The Politics of Knowledge
Culture and imperialism offer support of each other Critics often want to remain ideologically correct and little else. Intellectuals cannot be without the intellectual process. Politics of Identity are at the heart of imperial cultural enterprise Politics of National identity are a result of imperial experience Two groups are separate, fueled by each other Groups are are separated and deemed inferior attempt to make that grouping a Good thing Define themselves against master Nationalism is good for overthrow, demands attention, but then needs to shift to consciousness of self. Tendency by critics to name names of oppressed people are caricatures rather than examples of what these groups strive for, essentially one dogma for another. Need to link books together. Recognize wordliness of books, scholarly work. Who wrote something is not important, but rather how it is written and how it is read. Relates to Radway |
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Janice A. Radway
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Introduction to a Feeling for Books
Middlebrow culture vs. Academics Influenced by middlebrow raising Criticizes middlebrow culture early on for wanted to being a poor mimic of true cultures Contrasts stuff with true. Stuff provokes a real experience with her though Book-of-the-Month editors were just as passionate. Defined themselves against academics which they see as too technical, too focused. Middlebrow culture was created to address the needs of a new class Connects to Edward W. Said and Alan Purves |
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Alan Purves
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Telling Our Story about Teaching Literature
Criticizes new researchers and teachers, pits them against teachers Critical of jargon Purpose of teaching is to get students to think, write and speak about works they wouldn't otherwise read. How a story is consumed is unimportant Believes experiences like Radway's are unimportant in intellectual pursuit. Things there is a set of norms and questions that are age old for examining literature Believes literature needs to expand its media Wants students to know what is literature Relates to Janice A. Radway and Harold Bloom |
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Harold Bloom
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Elegiac Conclusion
Critical of new media and entertainment Literary education is dying, likely to go way of classics Believes literature does not need to be identified Against all theories Western Literature is Shakespeare and Dante Denies that reading the oppressed benefits them Encourages immersion in great authors What should I not read? If canons were the result of culture, class, etc, then why are not all arts that way? Relates to Alan Purves, Barbara Herrnstein Smith and Jane Tompkins and somewhat to all others minority writers |
