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ERIC Number: EJ468426
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0994
Impasse of Tension? Pedagogy and the Canon Controversy.
Bacon, Jacqueline
College English, v55 n5 p501-14 Sep 1993
Examines four factors contributing to the polarization in the current debates concerning the literary canon. Investigates how two groups of teachers approach the study of literature not as an impasse but as a dialectical interchange. Argues that the four factors informing canon debates need not be resolved. (HB)
Descriptors: Conflict, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Literary Canon; Literary Theory