The global future of English studies / / James F. English
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| Autore: |
English James F. <1958->
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| Titolo: |
The global future of English studies / / James F. English
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 420.7 |
| Soggetto topico: | English language - Study and teaching |
| Globalization - Social aspects | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The global future of English studies |
| ISBN: | 1-119-94465-1 |
| 1-280-58606-0 | |
| 9786613615893 | |
| 1-119-94467-8 | |
| 1-119-94464-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808850203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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