English Canon

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Humanities

Write a brief personal essay of 500-1,000 words on your favorite literary example from the traditional English canon. In essay form, answer the following questions with clarity and precision:

1. What is your favorite literary piece in the English canon?
2. Why is it your favorite?
3. What, specifically, do you think this piece adds to the canon?
4. How might this piece have been limited by the canon?

Writing can include Poetry, Drama, Science, Philosophy, and literature. You then need to discuss how the writing fits into the English Literary Canon. A Canon is a list of things deemed highly influential.