1st Edition

English Studies Beyond the ‘Center’ Teaching literature and the future of global English

By Myles Chilton Copyright 2016
162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction  1.Japanese Lessons: Global English, English Literature, and the Japanese Academy  2.Finding New Homes 3. The Provincialized Future of English Literary Studies 4.Class Time

Biography

Myles Chilton is a Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, Nihon University.