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Western Canon

Books, music, and art that are generally accepted by scholars to be highly influential, important, and of great artistic and societal merit in the Western world are known as the Western canon. These works are usually taught in schools and universities throughout the Western world and beyond.

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Today it is common to think of the Western canon as it stood in the 19th and early 20th centuries as narrow because most of the works?

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Asked by CheyannaRose

in the canon were written by white, male authors. This limited perspective excluded the voices and experiences of women, people of color, and other marginalized groups. This narrow view of the canon has been challenged and expanded in recent years to include a more diverse range of voices and perspectives in literature and art.

What reasons the western canon in the 20th century began to expand to include more perspectives?

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The spread of political movements supporting racial and gender equality

The increased availability of literature from outside Europe


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the increased availability of literature from outside Europe

The increased availability of literature from outside Europe

The spread of political movements supporting racial and gender equality

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Which is an example of a perspective that might be outside the scope of the 19th-century Western canon?

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A Native American professor .
An African farmer .
An East Indian servant .

What is and example of a perspective that might be outside the scope of the 19th-century western canon?

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In the 19th century the Western Canon would be a Native American professor. He was also a African farmer.

What is the reason why some might argue that hamlet should be included in the western canon?

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There are a few reasons why some might fuss over hamlet should be in the western canon. The main reason would be the work had appeal across cultures.

Why should hamlet be in western canon?

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Asked by Wiki User

It is already.

Why the Western canon in the 20th century began to expand to include more perspectives?

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  • The increased availability of literature from outside Europe
  • The spread of political movements supporting racial and gender equality
  • Increased popular support for race and gender equality

The Western canon of the 19th and early 20th centuries is now thought of as what because it consisted of works written by?

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Narrow in scope, because it was written almost exclusively by white European males.

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narrow, white european males

What defines a classic text?

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A classic is a book that is a part of a canon. The composition of a canon is a retrospective activity that includes inclusion and exclusion of some texts. This is an ongoing process, although some books seemingly will always remain in the canon (Dante's Inferno, for example).

The Western canon of the 19th and early 20th centuries is now thought of as because it consisted of works written by .?

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Narrow in scope, because it was written almost exclusively by white European males.

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narrow, white european males

Which is a reason why some might argue that Hamlet should be included in the Western canon?

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It has had broad appeal across many cultures for more than 400 years.

Is The Western canon contains only works originally written in English?

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The Western canon is a group of works that has influenced western culture. Not all of them are originally written in English. The Bible, for example, was originally written in Aramaic; "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" were originally in Greek.

Does the Western canon contain only works originally written in English?

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No. The Bible was written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. The ancient Greek philosophers like Aristotle are there too. Some people include the great Hindu epics as well. Dante's Divine Comedy was written in Italian. Don Quixote was written in Spanish. Shakespeare makes the cut, that's in English. Grimm's Fairy Tales were written in German. Huckleberry Fin, though, is in English, so is James Joyce's Ulysses. I've made no effort to list all the works that people put in the canon, but the ones I listed certainly make it clear that it's not all English!