AWP: In Praise of Legacy: Writers of Color and the Challenge of the Canon
AWP: In Praise of Legacy: Writers of Color and the Challenge of the Canon
The word “canon” in literary studies was intended to refer to humanity’s greatest writings—those which all "educated" people should know. Thanks to the work of critics and scholars of color, however, we are now able to recognize the exclusions, the silences, and the gaps that exist in the traditional concept of the canon. The four […]