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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.
"This anthology brings together an international selection of short
stories by distinguished modern writers from five continents
(America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe). The fifteen stories
collected here were all written in English within the last fifty
years. Each has something to say about cultural encounters, often
arising from experiences of migration or uprooting. In tone and
mood the stories are as varied as in their geographical settings -
their predominantly realist temper promotes vivid, imaginative
connections between the worlds of fiction and the worlds of its
readers. The book's theme of 'difference' is echoed in the
diversity of writers represented: Nobel Laureates (Nadine Gordimer,
V.S. Naipaul); masters of the short story (Raymond Carver, Mavis
Gallant, William Trevor); and a younger generation of late
twentieth-century writers on their way to establishing
international reputations (Ana Menendez, Zadie Smith). Each story
is introduced by a photographic and biographic portrait of its
author."
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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