Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-123) and index.
Contents:
Part 1. Past. -- English on its borders / Ben Knights -- The literature study guide: Mastering the art of English? / Mildrid Bjerke -- Part 2. Present. -- The Department of English and the experience of literature / Derek Attridge -- The public sphere and worldliness: the present dialogue within English Studies / Nigel Wook -- The dilemma of cognitive literary studies / Sowon S. Park -- Part 3. Future. Employability and the English Literature degree / Stephen Longstaffe -- The future of English and institutional consciousness: threats and disengagement / Robert Eaglestone.
Summary:
English Studies: The State of the Discipline, Past, Present, and Future is an accessible and wide-ranging consideration of concerns facing English Studies and its unique position within the university and society. It intervenes in current debates about the future of English Studies, the Arts and Humanities, and the university itself. Bringing together a proposal for English to be understood as a 'boundary practice'; an exploration of the study-guide genre; an account of Derrida's 'the university without condition'; a case study of English and 'employability'; a consideration of how the subject might negotiate current technological changes and government interventions; and the dilemma of cognitive literary criticism and the relationship between English in Higher Education and Secondary Education, contributors to this volume draw out pedagogical ideals that lie at the heart of English Studies, tracing, in the face of current challenges, historical and contemporary debates surrounding English Studies in the university.--Provided by publisher
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.