Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
9-2007
Abstract
Where is Scotland on the map of literary studies? This is a timely question for scholars to address. Recently, for example, some Scottish literature scholars have written a petition to the Modern Language Association to expand its current Scottish Literature Discussion Group into a Division on Scottish Literature at the MLA. The petition states that recent Scottish literary scholarship has “(a) recognised the wealth and distinctiveness of the Scottish literary tradition, and (b) sought to redress the anglo-centric bias of earlier treatments of Scottish writing…” (Corbett et al 1). The Discussion Group raises questions of literary scholarship that indirectly affect the entire canon; specifically, these scholars question the content of the canon and who builds that content.
Recommended Citation
Wright, Molly, "Canonicity and National Identity: Let's put Scotland on the Map" (2007). Graduate English Association New Voices Conference 2007. 9.
https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/english_conf_newvoice_2007/9
Comments
Presented at Graduate English Association New Voices Conference 2007, pp. 1-10.