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 ** What is the Western Literary Canon? **

The Western canon is a term used to denote a [|canon] of [|books], and, more widely, [|music] and [|art] , that has been the most [|influential] in shaping [|Western culture]. It asserts a compendium of the " [|greatest] works of [|artistic merit] ." Such a canon is important to the theory of [|educational perennialism] and the development of " [|high culture] ". Although previously held in high regard, it has been the subject of increasing contention through the latter half of the 20th century. In practice, debates and attempts to actually define the canon in lists are essentially restricted to books of various sorts: [|literature], including [|poetry] , [|fiction] and [|drama] , autobiographical writings and letters, [|philosophy] and history. A few accessible books on the [|sciences] are usually included.

Source: Wikipedia

Image obtained via Flickr Creative Commons After a thriving group discussion as we clustered around the library tables of Toorak College, we have devised a list of criteria that, in our opinion’s, will apply to our choosing of the ‘Literature Canon of Summer 2011’! The Literature included in the canon must: - Be thought provoking - Be open to interpretation - Be written for the English Language - Be justified for inclusion - Be comprised of a narrative style - Communicate through pages - Have been read before by one of us!