C A N O N

The literary canon and academic curriculum in schools has traditionally been male and stagnant. In choosing what books to study and teach, the academic community has constructed a hierarchy, which has all but exiled women.

The canonical work acts as the center, (Landow p. 154) while works that do not belong are marginalized, uncharted and unknown, analogous to lands yet to be colonized.

With hypertext, we can expand the canon, since more works can be read, albeit in partial form.