{"product_id":"the-global-future-of-english-studies-isbn-9780470654941","title":"The Global Future of English Studies","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Global Future of English Studies\u003c\/i\u003epresents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and future trajectory of English studies around the world.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCompiles 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRejects prevailing narratives of contraction and decline that dominate histories of the discipline\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStresses English studies' expansion within a rapidly expanding global academic apparatus, and the new challenges and opportunities such sudden and dispersive growth presents\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEssential reading for anyone interested in studying or teaching English in higher education\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Future of English Enrollments: Massification and Global Demand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Beyond Crisis 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII Let’s Do the Numbers 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII Not a Bust but a Boom 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Future of English Professors: Efficiency versus Prestige in the Age of Global Rankings \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI The Economics of Massification 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII Doing More with Less 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII Demand for the Doctorate 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV Credentials Fever 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Future of the English Curriculum: Literary Studies in Its Global Aspect \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI The End of the Discipline as We Know It 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII Language versus Literature 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII China: English Plus, Literature Minus? 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV English Studies and “Culture Studies” in Europe and Australia 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV Creative Writing for a Creative Economy 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI The Global English Major 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManifesto 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 193\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTHE AUTHOR  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJAMES F. ENGLISH\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and the Director of the Penn Humanities Forum at the University of Pennsylvania. His books include \u003ci\u003eComic Transactions: Literature, Humor, and the Politics of Community in Twentieth-Century Britain\u003c\/i\u003e (1994)\u003ci\u003e, The Concise Companion to Contemporary British Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), and \u003ci\u003eThe Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named Best Academic Book of 2005 by \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Global Future of English Studies\u003c\/b\u003e James F. English  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the true situation of English studies in the twenty-first century? This illuminating manifesto presents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and likely future of English studies around the world. By treating the global trends and trajectories of English studies with respect to actual student enrollments, faculty employment, curricular emphases, and emergent subfields, James F. English not only challenges many of the standard narratives of the decline of English studies, but turns them on their ear. With remarkable clarity, he shows how English functions within a global higher educational enterprise of massive scale and increasing integration, a system that is growing unevenly but rapidly around the world, and effecting major shifts in the flows of cultural capital. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering thought-provoking insights into the new challenges and opportunities presented by the spread of English studies, this is essential reading for anyone interested in studying or teaching English in higher education.   \"At last, some good news! In this informative study, James English brings a much-needed sociological perspective to current debates on the state of literary studies. Embracing a global viewpoint and offering some eye-opening statistics, he persuasively shows why the future of English literature is far healthier and more hopeful than its doomsayers have predicted.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eRita Felski\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Virginia  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"By shifting perspective on the discipline of English from a narrative of crisis and decline to the story of a globally transformed and expanding field, James English forces a radical revision of our understanding of what the discipline is and what it might be. Witty, learned, analytically rigorous, and cosmopolitan in its reach, this is the most important account of the state of the discipline currently available.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eJohn Frow\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Melbourne\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is an impassioned and timely defence of the academic study of English worldwide.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eRichard Todd\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Leiden\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990240903397,"sku":"NP9780470654941","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470654941.jpg?v=1761787028","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-global-future-of-english-studies-isbn-9780470654941","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}