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MaryW commented on the word hypercanonization
<blockquote>In contrast, Jonathan Arac, a modem scholar and critic, characterizes the heightened praise given to the novel as <b>hypercanonicity</b>, meaning the book's lofty place in the canon reflects an exaggerated statement about its literary value. He states, "<b>hypercanonization</b> involved teaching students to appreciate Huckleberry Finn in ways that it had never been appreciated before."</blockquote>
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 at 6 (1997))
November 23, 2016