The Construction And Acceptance Of Canon

As the essence of traditional culture, canon was undoubtedly emerged in some time andspace, and its existence and evolution as well.The word "canon" always means criterion, regulation, apotheosis, principle andparadigm and so on. As the characters of traditional canon, origination in content,magnificence of the subject and the openness in expatiation are the foundation andprerequisite of the construction of canon.The development of canon in history was a constructive process. It was a repeated circleof canonization, de-canonization and re-canonization. The first step was the canonization ofordinary text, which was always composed of these stages: verification of practice,habituésformation,paradigm choice,renaming,common identification,gestation in education andceremony recognition;The second step was the de-canonization when the link of operation ofcanonization is broken under the influence of various complicated factors;The third step wasthe re-canonization of the leftover of the de-canonizationed canon once there wastransformation of society or paradigm, which was benefit to the construction of canon.As a "Historical Tradition", canon existed in the form of language. The meaninggeneration and worth actualization of canon were the combination of the transformation fromthe trace of the letters to meaning and the influence of intention of the accepter in theatmosphere of his age. Consequently, the process and results would form sound effects viamultiple horizon fusions brought about by the dialogues between text and readers. Therealization of its value was determined by the prevision and intention of the accepter and therational interpretation of its meaning.The construction and acceptance are the common cynosures in history as well as inmodern times. In the context of the Post-modern society, canon was deconstructed. But itwasn't withered away: the fragments of traditional canon has infiltrated into our popularculture and become the main value of our modern culture. As the living source of culture inmodern times, canon has shouldered the duty of leading contemporary cultural to Rome. Atthe same time, canon fragments will re-shape itself in the washing of culture industries.