Masters in Pieces: The English Canon for the Twenty-First Century

Michael Parker & Fiona Morrison
ISBN: 9780521671316
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What can the canon do for you?

Masters in Pieces introduces students to the ideas and people surrounding a selection of the most significant English literature of the past thousand years. Taking a contemporary critical literacy approach to major literary works, students completing units in this text will be prepared for their senior year.

Includes the Medieval, Renaissance, Romantic, Victorian, and Modern periods, as well as the last two hundred years of Australian literature.
Encourages students to think about these texts in new ways by considering them in light of modern literary theories and in relation to popular culture.
Discusses and questions the existence and formation of the English literary canon.
Asks students to respond to the texts in a variety of ways, from essay-writing and role-plays to creative writing and mock trials.

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