Canons and Their Discontents Credit Hours: 3 hrs. Canons in all dimensions, a field with unbroken ground. Case studies involve canon formation and institutionalization; canon's social effects, among them bonding and stratification; its impact on intellectual development, and hermeneutics. Redefining and engaging so multivalent a subject invites kaleidoscopic conversation from literature and religion to history and sociology. Level: Graduate
