| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| The Crisis in Liberal Education | 第8-9页 |
| Plan of the Current Work | 第9-11页 |
| Part One The Canon Debate | 第11-31页 |
| Origin of the Word “Canon” | 第11-12页 |
| Early Canon-Teaching in English Departments | 第12-13页 |
| Early Canonical Criticism | 第13-16页 |
| The Liberal Pluralist Agenda –Paul Lauter | 第16-20页 |
| Voices from the Right – William Bennett | 第20-24页 |
| Renewed Strength of Romantic Criticism –Harold Bloom | 第24-27页 |
| The Marxist Approach to Canonicity –John Guillory | 第27-31页 |
| Part Two Dual Approach: Canon, Individual Readership and the School | 第31-42页 |
| Failure of Traditional Canon Criticism | 第31-33页 |
| A Pragmatism—Canon for Individual Readership | 第33-37页 |
| A Pluralism of Methods—Canons for the English Department | 第37-38页 |
| The Canon Debate as Part of the Curriculum | 第38-42页 |
| Conclusion | 第42-44页 |
| Works Cited | 第44-45页 |
