The Global Future of English Studiespresents a succinct, carefully documentedassessment 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 opportunities such sudden and dispersive growth presentsEssential reading for anyone interested in studying or teaching English in higher education INDICE: List of Illustrations ixPreface xiAcknowledgments xiiiPART I The Future of English Enrollments: Massification and Global Demand 1I Beyond Crisis3II Let’s Do the Numbers 9III Not a Bust but a Boom 27PART II The Future ofEnglish Professors: Efficiency versus Prestige in the Age of Global Rankings 51I The Economics of Massification 53II Doing More with Less 57III Demand for the Doctorate 65IV Credentials Fever 76PART III The Future of the English Curriculum: Literary Studies in Its Global Aspect 105I The End of the Discipline as We Know It 107II Language versus Literature 115III China: English Plus, Literature Minus? 126IV English Studies and “Culture Studies†in Europe and Australia 141V Creative Writing for a Creative Economy 157VI The Global English Major 172MANIFESTO 189Index 193
- ISBN: 978-0-470-65494-1
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha Publicación: 20/04/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés