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Canon

Over the past thirty years, the western canon of literature has given way to a broader canon, a canon that is more inclusive of women and minorities.

Canon refers to all of the collective texts of humanity as well as the most important texts on any given topic/subject.

Related Concepts: Citation; Scholarship as a Conversation; Text; Textual Research Methods

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