ASSIGNMENT
Canon
Read a text from group 1 critically, fitting it into one of the schools of thought from group 2. Identify clearly in the first paragraph of your text what your choices are.
1. choose one of the texts:
Bloom 1994
Feijó 2020
Klobucka 2020
Tamen 2020
Furtado 2022
2. Choose one of the schools of thought on culture:
“Culture and civilization” Arnold1869 Leavis1933
Frankfurt School Adorno1944, Adorno1991
Structuralism Barthes1973, Foucault1981
Culturalism Williams1962 Hall1992
Feminism Nochlin2003, hooks2003
All the texts in group 1 defend a position on the role of the canon in culture. The schools in group 2 have different positions on the canon, scholarly vs. popular culture, and the relationship of the canon to social structures. You are expected to be able to articulate different views and positions by giving your opinion critically. You have to choose one and only one text from group
1. And choose one school from group 2, for group 2 you can choose one or two texts from the same school. The texts indicated are suggestions, you can choose other texts by the same authors or other authors that identify with the same school. In any case and to have a good overview of the perspectives of the various schools and the potential problems of each one I suggest reading Bennett1986.
Correction criteria:
Interpretation text 1 in discussion (60 points)
Ability to summarise the main arguments
Theoretical framework 2 (70 points)
Choice of a theoretical framework relevant to the analysis of the text and explanation of the relevant arguments.
Critical Reading (40 points)
Presenting your position critically in relation to text 1 and framework 2.
Presentation (20 points)
Use of secondary bibliography / construction of arguments / construction of the text.
