03215nam 2200649Ia 450 991014134230332120200520144314.01-119-94465-11-280-58606-097866136158931-119-94467-81-119-94464-3(CKB)2670000000159917(EBL)865174(OCoLC)779166228(SSID)ssj0000635902(PQKBManifestationID)11397940(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000635902(PQKBWorkID)10660271(PQKB)11595510(MiAaPQ)EBC865174(MiAaPQ)EBC4041158(Au-PeEL)EBL865174(CaPaEBR)ebr10538625(EXLCZ)99267000000015991720111012d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe global future of English studies[electronic resource] /James F. EnglishChichester, West Sussex, UK ;Hoboken, N.J. John Wiley & Sons20121 online resource (220 p.)Blackwell manifestosIncludes index.1-118-29722-9 0-470-65494-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 LiteratureChina: English Plus, Literature Minus?"Culture Studies" in Europe and Australia; Creative Writing for a Creative Economy; The Global English Major; MANIFESTO; IndexThe 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 opportunitBlackwell manifestos.English languageStudy and teachingGlobalizationSocial aspectsElectronic books.English languageStudy and teaching.GlobalizationSocial aspects.420.7English James F.1958-623462MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910141342303321The global future of English studies1913807UNINA