... work is in the canon that it is legitimately analyzed. The purpose of the "canon", however, is to group pieces of literature into areas where they can be similarly analyzed, rather than give them a kind of accreditation. It is not possible to argue about the contents of a ... canon, when a canon for that genre does not exist in the first place. Take for instance, J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit. Many people would argue it to contain literature representational of the children's genre. But many adults, including myself, consider this something to ... a Canon that is chained to that piece of l...

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... and a period of muteness, inspired her famous work, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", which was written in 1970. She is best known for her autobiographical books: All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986), The Heart of a Woman (1981), Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like ... Award for Literature in 1999, The Presidential Medal of Arts 2000, and a Lifetime Membership to the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2002, along with a mass of other medals, awards, and achievements. Harold Bloom, the distinguished professor at Yale University, has included Angelou in his series of study...

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... of efficient learning and it is necessary to find out that method for a better learning and a successful college life. Personally, my method of studying is a little bit different compared to others. Most often I prefer to study alone and during studying alone not because of being alone helps me learn ... times if I attend class lectures attentively. In the case of subjects like biology or chemistry performing processes myself helps me learn better and for subjects like English literature or college algebra practicing it on paper definitely helps me more than just reading the formulas. Wh...

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