The process of establishing a literary canon is seen by some as, in part, an attempt by certain scholars to make their own labors central and to relegate the work of others to marginal status.

在某些人看来，确立文学经典的过程，在某种程度上是某些学者把自己的工作放在中心位置，而把别人的工作放在次要地位的一种尝试。