Abstract:European Readings beyond Europe: World Literature, Literary Canon and Education in Europe. Th e present essay discusses the concepts "literary canon", "world literature", "classic authors", and "literary masterworks". Moreover, it summarises their origins and describes the usage of these concepts. Th e aim is to update these terms to current validity and to suggest an appropriate use of them in the educational and academic realm.For this purpose, some major works of European literature are contrasted with mode… Show more
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