Western canon

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The Western canon is the body of literature, art, music, and ideas from Europe and the broader Western world that has been traditionally regarded as especially influential, authoritative, and foundational to Western culture and education.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Western canon canonical 5
Western literary canon 2
Western canon of the arts 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artistic canon ⓘ
cultural canon ⓘ
literary canon ⓘ
musical canon ⓘ
philosophical canon ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Western canon ⓘ
surface form: Western cultural canon

Western canon ⓘ
surface form: Western literary canon
associatedWithDebate Eurocentrism ⓘ
cultural elitism ⓘ
curriculum reform ⓘ
feminist criticism ⓘ
multiculturalism ⓘ
postcolonial criticism ⓘ
characterizedBy educational centrality ⓘ
historical influence ⓘ
perceived authority ⓘ
perceived universality ⓘ
hasDomain education ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
literature ⓘ
music ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political thought ⓘ
science ⓘ
theology ⓘ
visual arts ⓘ
hasKeyFigureInCritique Edward Said ⓘ
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak ⓘ
Toni Morrison ⓘ
bell hooks ⓘ
hasKeyFigureInDebate Allan Bloom ⓘ
Harold Bloom ⓘ
Matthew Arnold ⓘ
T. S. Eliot ⓘ
hasOrigin Europe ⓘ
the West ⓘ
surface form: Western world
includesWorkFromTradition American literature ⓘ
Ancient Greek literature ⓘ
Ancient Roman literature ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ
Enlightenment thought ⓘ
European visual arts ⓘ
Renaissance literature ⓘ
Western philosophy ⓘ
classical music ⓘ
medieval European literature ⓘ
modern European literature ⓘ
influences Western art ⓘ
Western education ⓘ
Western literature ⓘ
Western music ⓘ
Western philosophy ⓘ
Western political thought ⓘ
humanities curricula ⓘ
liberal arts education ⓘ
partOf Western culture ⓘ
relatedConcept Great Books Program ⓘ
surface form: Great Books

Western civilization ⓘ
canon formation ⓘ
classics ⓘ
cultural capital ⓘ
world literature ⓘ
selectionCriteria aesthetic value ⓘ
historical influence ⓘ
intellectual significance ⓘ
perceived timelessness ⓘ
typicalInstitutionalContext Great Books programs ⓘ
secondary school literature curricula ⓘ
university core curriculum ⓘ

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Harold Bloom → notableConcept → Western canon ⓘ
Brave New World → partOf → Western canon ⓘ
In Praise of Folly → partOf → Western canon ⓘ
Western canon → alsoKnownAs → Western canon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western literary canon
Western canon → alsoKnownAs → Western canon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western cultural canon
Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds → subject → Western canon ⓘ
Loose Canons → mainSubject → Western canon ⓘ
frieze of Parnassus → depicts → Western canon ⓘ
subject surface form: Frieze of Parnassus
this entity surface form: Western canon of the arts
Lord Jim → includedIn → Western canon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western literary canon