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hypercanonize

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  • MaryW commented on the word hypercanonize

    In contrast, Jonathan Arac, a modem scholar and critic, characterizes the heightened praise given to the novel as hypercanonicity, meaning the book's lofty place in the canon reflects
    an exaggerated statement about its literary value. He states, "hypercanonization involved teaching students to appreciate Huckleberry Finn in ways that it had never been appreciated before."
    Sharon E. Rush, Emotional Segregation: Huckleberry Finn in the Modern Classroom, 36 U. Mich. J.L. Reform 305, 341 (2003) (citing Jonathan Arac, Huckleberry Finn as Tool and Target: The Functions of Criticism in Our Time</i> at 6 (1997))

    November 23, 2016