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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141342303321

Autore

English James F. <1958->

Titolo

The global future of English studies [[electronic resource] /] / James F. English

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, 2012

ISBN

1-119-94465-1

1-280-58606-0

9786613615893

1-119-94467-8

1-119-94464-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Blackwell manifestos

Disciplina

420.7

Soggetti

English language - Study and teaching

Globalization - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Global Future of English Studies; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: The Future of English Enrollments: Massification and Global Demand; Beyond Crisis; Let's Do the Numbers; Not a Bust but a Boom; Part II: The Future of English Professors: Efficiency versus Prestige in the Age of Global Rankings; The Economics of Massification; Doing More with Less; Demand for the Doctorate; Credentials Fever; Part III: The Future of the English Curriculum: Literary Studies in Its Global Aspect; The End of the Discipline as We Know It; Language versus Literature

China: English Plus, Literature Minus?"Culture Studies" in Europe and Australia; Creative Writing for a Creative Economy; The Global English Major; MANIFESTO; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Global Future of English Studiespresents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and future trajectory of English studies around the world.Compiles data on student enrollments, faculty hiring, and financing in English studies around the



world including China, home to more English majors than the U.S. and U.K. combinedRejects prevailing narratives of contraction and decline that dominate histories of the disciplineStresses English studies' expansion within a rapidly expanding global academic apparatus, and the new challenges and opportunit