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ItispossibleforstudentstoobtainadvanceddegreesinEnglishwhileknowinglittleornothingabouttraditionalscholarlymethods. Theconsequencesofthisneglectoftraditionalscholarshipareparticularlyunfortunateforthestudyofwomenwriters. Ifthecanonthelistofauthorswhoseworksaremostwidelytaughtisevertoincludemorewomen, scholarsmustbewelltrainedinhistoricalscholarshipandtextualediting. Scholarswhodonotknowhowtoreadearlymanuscripts, locaterarebooks, establishasequenceofeditions, andsoonarebereftofcrucialtoolsforrevisingthecanon.
Toaddresssuchconcerns, anexperimentalversionofthetraditionalscholarlymethodscoursewasdesignedtoraisestudentsconsciousnessabouttheusefulnessoftraditionallearningforanymoderncriticortheorist. Tominimizetheartificialaspectsoftheconventionalcourse, theusualprocedureofassigningalargenumberofsmallproblemsdrawnfromtheentirerangeofhistoricalperiodswasabandoned, thoughthisprocedurehastheobviousadvantageofatleastsuperficiallyfamiliarizingstudentswithawiderangeofreferencesources. Insteadstudentswereengagedinacollectiveefforttodooriginalworkonaneglectedeighteenth-centurywriter, ElizabethGriffith, togivethemanauthenticexperienceofliteraryscholarshipandtoinspirethemtotakeresponsibilityforthequalityoftheirownwork.
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