| 词条 | The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature |
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| name = The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature | image = File:The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature.gif | caption = Cover of the first edition | author = Elizabeth Kantor | cover_artist = | publisher = Regnery Publishing | release_date = November 2006 | media_type = Print (hardcover and paperback) | pages = 288 | size_weight = | isbn = 1-59698-011-7 | series=The Politically Incorrect Guide }} The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature is a 2006 book by Elizabeth Kantor. It is the sixth book in Regnery Publishing's Politically Incorrect Guide series. Kantor argues that the study of literature in universities today is distorted by theories - developed in the 1960s at Yale[1] and expanding through the 1970s and 1980s - that are aimed at attacking western civilization and Christianity for their alleged racism and sexism.[2] This critical theory is believed by Kantor to have caused professors to replace the well-established literary canon with politically correct literature such as Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale (1985), Toni Morrison and Dan Brown, or with theories such as Marxism and Freudianism.[3] The main body of The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature, however, is focused upon an overview of the classic canon of English literature extending from Beowulf to Evelyn Waugh. There is another chapter after this discussing American literature from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Flannery O'Connor. Each chapter has:
Along with these are a list of important themes to the classic canon of English literature, together with explanations why politically correct literature professors do not want their students to learn. In the opinion of Kantor, these politically correct professors want to make sure students learn to despise western civilization and Christianity[4] so that they are unable to reconsider the positions they acquire on classic literature after finishing their courses. Kantor believes that this is likely to help accelerate the decline of western civilization and its replacement with a very different culture which she believes will be much worse for everybody.[4] References1. ^Three Cheers for the Patriarchy {{DEFAULTSORT:Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature, The}}2. ^Friday Interview: Importance of Literature 3. ^See Kantor, Elizabeth; The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature; p. 189-198. 4. ^1 Unlearning Literature 6 : 2006 non-fiction books|Books of literary criticism|American non-fiction books|English-language books|Politically Incorrect Guides|Regnery Publishing books |
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