Postmodern literature in higher education: canon debates and curriculum changes (1970–2000)

1. Johns Hopkins hosts structuralism-to-theory turning point

   Oct 18, 1966Labels: Johns Hopkins, Languages of

   • JHU Library
   • OUP Academic

2. Multicultural textbook conflict signals broader canon tensions

   Jan 1, 1974Labels: Kanawha County, Textbook Protests

   • Wikipedia

3. Fish’s interpretive communities enter mainstream literary teaching

   Jan 1, 1980Labels: Stanley Fish, Is There

   • Wikipedia
   • Critical Inquiry

4. “Against Theory” debate challenges what literary theory can do

   Jun 1, 1982Labels: Steven Knapp, Walter Benn

   • Critical Inquiry

5. NEH report calls for renewed attention to major humanities works

   Jan 1, 1984Labels: National Endowment, To Reclaim

   • NEH PDF

6. Bloom’s best-seller amplifies “canon” and curriculum anxieties

   Feb 1, 1987Labels: Allan Bloom, The Closing

   • Wikipedia

7. Hirsch’s “cultural literacy” proposal reshapes canon talk

   Apr 1, 1987Labels: E D, Cultural Literacy

   • Education Week

8. Stanford votes to replace “Western Culture” with CIV requirement

   Apr 1, 1988Labels: Stanford University, CIV requirement

   • LA Times
   • CSMonitor

9. Heath Anthology expands American literature survey course materials

   Jan 1, 1990Labels: Heath Anthology, Paul Lauter

   • UTA Archive
   • LA Times

10. Theory-and-canon conflicts consolidate into widely recognized “culture wars”

    Jan 1, 1991Labels: Culture Wars, Higher Education

    • OUP Academic

11. Fish’s “Professional Correctness” marks late-1990s reassessment

    Jan 1, 1995Labels: Stanley Fish, Professional Correctness

    • Wikipedia

12. Sokal affair fuels backlash against postmodern academic style

    May 1, 1996Labels: Sokal Affair, Social Text

    • Wikipedia
    • NYRB reprint

13. Canon debates leave lasting curriculum shift by 2000

    Jan 1, 2000Labels: Curriculum Shift, Literature Departments

    • CSMonitor
    • LA Times