Word: canonly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There has been no loss of respect for what youcall the traditional Western canon, nor any sensethat we should degrade it in any way," saysProfessor of Education Richard Light...
Although professors say they regret students'lack of familiarity with many classical texts,they say that in college, students should beintroduced to different perspectives.Incorporating contemporary views into coursesyllabi, for example, can only enrich thetraditional canon, they...
...would like to think that I'm both able togive them the standard interpretation and thestandard textual analysis and that I'm also ableto call attention to different issues, "Benhabibsays. "I have often called it the canon with atwist...
Reflections on the Canon's Decline
...majority of professors say the loss of theold western canon as an essential part of theundergraduate academic experience is more thancompensated for by the increased diversity ofperspectives and analysis...