Futures for English Studies [electronic resource] : Teaching Language, Literature and Creative Writing in Higher Education /
Hewings, Ann.editor.
Prescott, Lynda.editor.
Seargeant, Philip.editor.
Futures for English Studies brings together chapters by leading writers across the curriculum area of English to investigate how the component parts of English (literature, language, and creative writing) are located institutionally in higher education and to explore the interdisciplinary prospects of a subject which spans the humanities and social sciences. Through explorations of changing foci in a variety of contexts, the book examines the value and purpose of teaching and researching English language, literature and creative writing in the twenty-first century, both within Anglophone countries and the wider world. The contributors, all practicing educators and researchers in the field, bring a wide range of perspectives to the theme of the development of the discipline, and illustrate that the strengths of English Studies as an academic subject lie not only in its traditional breadth and depth, but also in a readiness to adapt, experiment, and engage with other subjects.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Futures for English Studies; Part I: The Shape of the Discipline; 1 English Pasts, English Futures; 2 Discipline or Perish: English at the Tipping Point and Styles of Thinking in the Twenty-first Century; 3 The Rise of Creative Writing; 4 English Language Studies: A Critical Appraisal; Part II: International Dimensions; 5 TESOL and the Discipline of English; 6 English Studies in Indian Higher Education; 7 The Role of Policy in Shaping English as a University Subject in Denmark
8 The Literary and the Literate: The Study and Teaching of Writing in US English DepartmentsPart III: Emerging Trends; 9 Digital Humanities and the Future of the Book; 10 The Contribution of Children's Literature Studies; 11 On Collaborating with Shakespeare's Globe: Reflections on the Future of Postgraduate English; 12 English Language Studies from Rhetoric to Applied English; 13 Interdiscipline English! A Series of Provocations and Projections; Index
Includes bibliographical references.
Futures for English Studies brings together chapters by leading writers across the curriculum area of English to investigate how the component parts of English (literature, language, and creative writing) are located institutionally in higher education and to explore the interdisciplinary prospects of a subject which spans the humanities and social sciences. Through explorations of changing foci in a variety of contexts, the book examines the value and purpose of teaching and researching English language, literature and creative writing in the twenty-first century, both within Anglophone countries and the wider world. The contributors, all practicing educators and researchers in the field, bring a wide range of perspectives to the theme of the development of the discipline, and illustrate that the strengths of English Studies as an academic subject lie not only in its traditional breadth and depth, but also in a readiness to adapt, experiment, and engage with other subjects.
Higher education.
Linguistics.
Creative writing.
Higher Education.
Linguistics, general.
Creative Writing.