LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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It includes too few works by non-European writers.
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It includes too few works by non-white writers.
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It includes too few works by women.
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All of the above answers are correct.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Arguably, the canon creates a problematic hierarchy of literature – where the voices of some writers are more important than others. While authors have equal rights to free speech and creative outlets, some texts receive unequal promotion and distribution due to their canon status.
Detailed explanation-2: -Secular and literary applications of the term “canon” refer to a constellation of highly valued, high-cultural texts that have traditionally acted as arbiters of literary value, determining the discipline of literary studies as well as influencing the critical and cultural reception of literature.
Detailed explanation-3: -Formalism and New Criticism “Formalism” is, as the name implies, an interpretive approach that emphasizes literary form and the study of literary devices within the text.
Detailed explanation-4: -The traditional criteria for forming the canon have primarily been associated with notions of quality, selection of those texts or authors which are considered ‘the best’.