English Studies Beyond the ‘Center’ - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook English Studies Beyond the ‘Center’ write by Myles Chilton. This book was released on 2015-11-06. English Studies Beyond the ‘Center’ available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book addresses the shape of English studies beyond the ‘center’ by analyzing how the discipline has developed, and by considering how lessons from this analysis relate to the discipline as a whole. The book aims to open a cross-disciplinary conversation about the nature of the English major in both non-Anglophone and Anglophone countries by addressing the tensions between language and literature pedagogy, the relevance of a focus on hyper-canonical Anglophone literature in a world of global Englishes, world literature, and multilingual students, and by reflecting on the necessary contingency and cross-purposes of blended literature and language classrooms. Many of the book’s points of discussion arise from the author’s experience as an English professor in Japan, where the particularities of English language and literature pedagogy raise significant challenges to Anglo-centric critical and pedagogical assumptions. English Studies Beyond the ‘Center’: Teaching Literature and the Future of Global English therefore argues that English literature must make a case for itself by understanding its place in a newly configured discipline. Issues discussed in the book include: English language and literature pedagogy in Japan The modes through which EFL and English literary studies converge and diverge Globalized English beyond the Anglo-American perspective English classroom practices, particularly in Japan
The Global Future of English Studies
The Global Future of English Studies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Global Future of English Studies write by James F. English. This book was released on 2012-02-14. The Global Future of English Studies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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. combined Rejects prevailing narratives of contraction and decline that dominate histories of the discipline Stresses English studies' expansion within a rapidly expanding global academic apparatus, and the new challenges and opportunities such sudden and dispersive growth presents Essential reading for anyone interested in studying or teaching English in higher education
Transforming English Studies
Transforming English Studies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Transforming English Studies write by Lori Ostergaard. This book was released on 2009. Transforming English Studies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Bringing together scholars from multiple fields, this resource offers polyvocal and transformative approaches to field-wide reforms that go beyond preserving the disciplinary status quo of contemporary English studies.
Service Learning and Literary Studies in English
Service Learning and Literary Studies in English - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Service Learning and Literary Studies in English write by Laurie Grobman. This book was released on 2015-02-01. Service Learning and Literary Studies in English available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Service learning can help students develop a sense of civic responsibility and commitment, often while addressing pressing community needs. One goal of literary studies is to understand the ethical dimensions of the world, and thus service learning, by broadening the environments students consider, is well suited to the literature classroom. Whether through a public literacy project that demonstrates the relevance of literary study or community-based research that brings literary theory to life, student collaboration with community partners brings social awareness to the study of literary texts and helps students and teachers engage literature in new ways. In their introduction, the volume editors trace the history of service learning in the United States, including the debate about literature's role, and outline the best practices of the pedagogy. The essays that follow cover American, English, and world literature; creative nonfiction and memoir; literature-based writing; and cross-disciplinary studies. Contributors describe a wide variety of service-learning projects, including a course on the Harlem Renaissance in which students lead a community writing workshop, an English capstone seminar in which seniors design programs for public libraries, and a creative nonfiction course in which first-year students work with elderly community members to craft life narratives. The volume closes with a list of resources for practitioners and researchers in the field.
Undergraduate Research in English Studies
Undergraduate Research in English Studies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Undergraduate Research in English Studies write by Laurie Grobman. This book was released on 2010. Undergraduate Research in English Studies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Editors Laurie Grobman and Joyce Kinkead offer a groundbreaking collection of essays that aims to mobilize the profession of English studies to further participate in undergraduate research, which in the past had been reserved for scientific fields. Why shouldn't undergraduates in English studies have the same opportunities as those in the sciences to benefit from undertaking real research that can inform and have an impact on practitioners in the discipline? They should and can, according to editors Laurie Grobman and Joyce Kinkead, who have produced this collection to showcase the first steps being made to integrate undergraduate research into English studies and, even more important, to point the way toward greater involvement. Undergraduate Research in English Studies is a groundbreaking collection that aims to mobilize the profession of English studies to further participate in undergraduate research, an educational movement and comprehensive curricular innovation that is "the pedagogy for the twenty-first century," according to the Joint Statement of Principles composed by the Council on Undergraduate Research and the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research. Students engaged in genuine research gain an insider's understanding of field-specific debates, develop relevant skills and insights for future careers and graduate study, and contribute their voices to creating knowledge through the research process. Some contributors discuss the importance of mentoring, how to conduct research responsibly, and avenues for disseminating research and scholarship locally, regionally, nationally, or internationally. Others provide case studies of undergraduate research in literature and in composition and rhetoric. The volume combines theory and practice, and lays the groundwork for further practice and inquiry, sending forth a call to broaden undergraduate research possibilities in all areas of English.
