The Global Future of English Studies
Published on 14. February 2012
208 pages
978-1-119-94465-2 (ISBN)
Description
* The Global Future of English Studiespresents a succinct,carefully documented assessment of the current state and futuretrajectory of English studies around the world.
* Compiles data on student enrollments, faculty hiring, andfinancing in English studies around the world including China, hometo more English majors than the U.S. and U.K. combined
* Rejects prevailing narratives of contraction and decline thatdominate histories of the discipline
* Stresses English studies' expansion within a rapidly expandingglobal academic apparatus, and the new challenges and opportunitiessuch sudden and dispersive growth presents
* Essential reading for anyone interested in studying or teachingEnglish in higher education
Reviews / Votes
"At last, some good news! In this informative study, James Englishbrings a much-needed sociological perspective to current debates onthe state of literary studies. Embracing a global viewpoint andoffering some eye-opening statistics, he persuasively shows why thefuture of English literature is far healthier and more hopeful thanits doomsayers have predicted." --Rita Felski, University of Virginia "By shifting perspective on the discipline of English from anarrative of crisis and decline to the story of a globallytransformed and expanding field, James English forces a radicalrevision of our understanding of what the discipline is and what itmight be. Witty, learned, analytically rigorous, and cosmopolitanin its reach, this is the most important account of the state ofthe discipline currently available." --John Frow, University of Melbourne "This is an impassioned and timely defence of the academic studyof English worldwide." --Richard Todd, University of LeidenMore details
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James F. English
The Global Future of English Studies
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James F. English is Professor of English and the Directorof the Penn Humanities Forum at the University of Pennsylvania. Hisbooks include Comic Transactions: Literature, Humor, andthe Politics of Community in Twentieth-CenturyBritain (1994), The Concise Companion to ContemporaryBritish Fiction (2005), and The Economy of Prestige: Prizes,Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value, which was namedBest Academic Book of 2005 by New York Magazine.
Content
List of Illustrations ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
PART I The Future of English Enrollments: Massification andGlobal Demand 1
I Beyond Crisis 3
II Let's Do the Numbers 9
III Not a Bust but a Boom 27
PART II The Future of English Professors: Efficiency versusPrestige in the Age of Global Rankings 51
I The Economics of Massification 53
II Doing More with Less 57
III Demand for the Doctorate 65
IV Credentials Fever 76
PART III The Future of the English Curriculum: LiteraryStudies in Its Global Aspect 105
I The End of the Discipline as We Know It 107
II Language versus Literature 115
III China: English Plus, Literature Minus? 126
IV English Studies and "Culture Studies" in Europeand Australia 141
V Creative Writing for a Creative Economy 157
VI The Global English Major 172
MANIFESTO 189
Index 193
