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Dynamics of American literary canons: from Classical Antiquity to "revolution of plurality"
2017
Accents and paradoxes of modern philology
The paper addresses transformations of American literary canons from diachronic perspective. It is argued that the following principal stages in this process may be identified: transition from ancient Greek and Roman legacy to previous and contemporary British writings (18th c.); "Americanization" of the canon marked by fierce polemics (19th – early 20th c.); functioning of "protocanon" based on genteel tradition (turn of the 19th – 20th cc.); building of democratic-individualistic canon around
doi:10.26565/2521-6481-2017-1-9
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