Gender and the contemporary educational canon in the UK

This paper presents an analysis of the gender of the authors and the main characters of the set texts for English examinations taken at age 16 in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It presents an argument for why representation within the canon is important and places this within the con...

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Autor: Elliott, Victoria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Murcia
Repositorio:DIGITUM. Depósito Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Murcia
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10201/56329
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Palabra clave:Set texts
Examinations
Gender
Canonical literature
CDU::8- Lingüística y literatura
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title Gender and the contemporary educational canon in the UK
spellingShingle Gender and the contemporary educational canon in the UK
Elliott, Victoria
Set texts
Examinations
Gender
Canonical literature
CDU::8- Lingüística y literatura
title_short Gender and the contemporary educational canon in the UK
title_full Gender and the contemporary educational canon in the UK
title_fullStr Gender and the contemporary educational canon in the UK
title_full_unstemmed Gender and the contemporary educational canon in the UK
title_sort Gender and the contemporary educational canon in the UK
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Elliott, Victoria
author Elliott, Victoria
author_facet Elliott, Victoria
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Set texts
Examinations
Gender
Canonical literature
CDU::8- Lingüística y literatura
topic Set texts
Examinations
Gender
Canonical literature
CDU::8- Lingüística y literatura
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