Western canon

E294640

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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Western canon canonical 6
Western literature 3
Western literary canon 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artistic canon ⓘ
cultural canon ⓘ
literary canon ⓘ
musical canon ⓘ
philosophical canon ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Western cultural canon ⓘ
linked to: Western canon

Western literary canon ⓘ
linked to: Western 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 ⓘ
Western world ⓘ
linked to: the West
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 ⓘ
linked to: Great Books Program

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harold Bloom → notableConcept → Western canon ⓘ
Holy Grail → influenced → Western literature ⓘ
linked to: Western canon
Brave New World → partOf → Western canon ⓘ
In Praise of Folly → partOf → Western canon ⓘ
Western canon → alsoKnownAs → Western literary canon ⓘ
linked to: Western canon
Western canon → alsoKnownAs → Western cultural canon ⓘ
linked to: Western canon
Loose Canons → mainSubject → Western canon ⓘ
Frieze of Parnassus → depicts → Western canon of the arts ⓘ
subject linked to: frieze of Parnassus
linked to: Western canon
Lord Jim → includedIn → Western literary canon ⓘ
linked to: Western canon
Lazarus → hasCulturalImpact → Western literature ⓘ
linked to: Western canon
North American cowboys → influenced → Western literature ⓘ
linked to: Western canon
Greek literature → isPartOf → Western canon ⓘ