Examining and expandin the so-called Great Tradition

In the wake of reading (some of) FR Leavis's The Great Tradition, in which he narrowly finds greatness in literature (novels, actually) as works "of a consistent and clear form that express a view of the world and a dedication to humanity" (quoting my previous post on Leavis). As I noted these values are unassailable but they omit so many other kinds of greatness in literature and force him to such a narrow scope of appreciation and such an Olympian stance as to reduce rather than expand our appreciation for and enjoyment of literature. There are so many other types of great literature, or novels if you prefer - not just his anointed few of Austen, Eliot, James, Conrad, maybe a Bronte or 2 and the then-emerging Lawrence. (He was writing of English literature only - although he makes some condescending references to Proust, Joyce, and Flaubert, none of whom meet his exalted criteria). Here are some:

Beauty of style: Woolf
Access to another's consciousness: Proust, Knausgaard
Access to a time and place: Joyce, Tolstoy, Jones (Known World)
Drama: Dostoyevsky
Ideas: Mann, Camus
Unique and groundbreaking style: Hemingway, Faulkner 
View of society: Wharton, Sillitoe
Humor: Svevo, Naipaul, Toole
Pathos: Dickens
Advocacy and engagement: Steinbeck, Ellison
World Cultures: Achebe,
Imagination: Rushdie

And this is just a start...