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Western Literary Canon Journal _________/30 (TI)

In a 1 – 2 page long analytical journal respond to the following questions formatted in a series of interrelated paragraphs.

What does your novel add to the world that makes it important as a work of literature and a unique reflection of humanity?

Is the Western Literary Canon important or necessary at this time in history – consider technologies now available and changes in the way people approach literature.

Is it accurate to say that censorship of literature still functionally exists?

Is it fair/ right / just to consider the Western Literary Canon the academic benchmark against which all literary works should be measured by (versus some other means of measurement, like the New York Times Best Sellers book list) in order that they to be deemed worthy of recognition or literary repute or academic study?

Would you agree that the Western literary Canon serves the primary purpose of being a corporate tool used to generate sales / revenue?

What does a reader lose if they never read works from the WLC?

Why do people write?

Do you think people would still write quality literature if there was no money in the venture to be gained?

(Use information from your novel and what you know from works that are part of the WLC – this may be movies based on WLC books to support your responses).

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