Futures for 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 Futures for English Studies write by Ann Hewings. This book was released on 2016-01-12. Futures for English Studies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
English Studies: The State of the Discipline, Past, Present, and Future
English Studies: The State of the Discipline, Past, Present, and Future - 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: The State of the Discipline, Past, Present, and Future write by N. Gildea. This book was released on 2014-11-28. English Studies: The State of the Discipline, Past, Present, and Future available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An accessible and wide-ranging consideration of concerns facing English Studies in its surrounding context of the university and society. The contributors to this volume seek to trace, in the face of current challenges, historical and contemporary debates surrounding English Studies.
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
English Studies Beyond the ‘Center’
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 Future of English in Asia
The Future of English in Asia - 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 Future of English in Asia write by Michael O'Sullivan. This book was released on 2015-10-05. The Future of English in Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This collection is unique in bringing together key thinkers on language and literature to discuss the future of English in Asia. Many of the contributors are themselves responsible for important sub-genres in English linguistics and literary studies and this collection gives them the opportunity to respond to each other directly. The different chapters also respond to different contemporary debates and emerging trends and discourses that are hugely important for the future of English language teaching in schools across Asia. This volume is also ground-breaking in bringing English literary studies and Applied English Linguistics together in the contemporary Asian context. The Future of English in Asia includes studies on the following subject areas: Cultural Translation in World Englishes, Multilingual Education, English Futures and the function of Literature, English Literary Studies in Japan, and English and Social Media in Asia. Well into this century, it appears that it is still very difficult to know what to expect when it comes to the future of English. The future of English will continue to be determined by complex local contexts. As it has in other parts of the world, the future of English in Asia will continue to rely on the proliferation of its transformations as much as its hegemonic status. This volume reflects the widespread acknowledgement that whatever future English has will inevitably be shaped by its fate in Asia. The collection will be a welcome resource for scholars and students of English linguistics, English literary studies, and topics related to the teaching of English in Asia.
