literary canon
C17150
concept
A literary canon is the body of works widely recognized over time as especially important, influential, and exemplary within a particular culture, language, or tradition.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| literary canon canonical | 9 |
| Arabic literary canon | 2 |
| American short fiction canon | 1 |
| Japanese literary canon | 1 |
| literary canon grouping | 1 |
| literary ranking | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: literary canon
Generated description
A literary canon is the body of works widely recognized over time as especially important, influential, and exemplary within a particular culture, language, or tradition.
Instances (14)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Al-Muʿallaqāt | Arabic literary canon |
| Canadian literature canon | — |
| The Four Greats of Norwegian literature | literary canon grouping |
| Modern Library 100 Best Novels (reader's list) | literary ranking |
| Western canon | — |
| Mu'allaqat | Arabic literary canon |
| Siku Quanshu | — |
| Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry | Japanese literary canon |
| Norwegian literary canon | — |
| Danish national literary canon | — |
| Australian literature canon | — |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne short fiction canon | — |
| Estonian literary canon | — |
| American Depression-era literature canon | — |