The Concept of Canonicity in Polysystem Theory
Rakefet Sheffy · Poetics Today · 1990
Polysystem Theory has not shown much interest in dealing with canons; concept canon, as such, is not in its stock current concepts. Instead, theory discusses notion canonicity. Technically, is derived from (canonicity: the quality or state being canonical; canonical: of or relating to a canon [Webster's 1981]). Yet, in stemming from a very specific tradition Russian Formalism (hence referring to very specific theoretical problems), canonicity is, in fact, only loosely associated with existence canons in common sense term. In context current