Who Is Literature For ?

This essay asks you to take on the second unit question: To whom does literature matter? Your goal is to write about literature as an institution: who gets included, who gets excluded, and how literary value gets decided (in schools, publishing, canon formation, social media, etc.).

Requirements: 9001100 words, MLA citations,

my claim is:

I’ll examine literature as an instructional resource. My argument will be how the education system favors certain authors over others labeling them as necessary rather than authors from minority backgrounds forcing students to choose who tales matter and that the mandatory reading lists serve as gate keeping mechanisms that boost some cultural traditions over others.