Mapping Fields of Study: The Cultural and Institutional Space of English Studies

Matthew SMITH,Richard SOMERSET
Collection
Regards croisés sur le monde anglophone
Editeur
Presses universitaires de Nancy - Editions Universitaires de Lorraine
Date de publication
16 mai 2019
Résumé
This is a contextualising study of the initial framing and subsequent shaping of 'English Literature' as an academic discipline and value-system. Normally studied in self-contained terms, the goal here is to place both the origins and the current identity of English Literature in broader thematic, institutional, national and disciplinary contexts, and so to explore the discipline's capacity to continue to occupy a defining place at the heart of the Humanities. The study is divided into three parts. The first covers the inaugural period at the end of the nineteenth century, and the networks of educational influence that gave shape to the discipline as a course of university study. The second part extends a similar questioning of origins to other distinctive national cont ... Lire la suite
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Date de première publication du titre 16 mai 2019
ISBN 9782814305328
EAN-13 9782814305328
Référence 123224-47
Nombre de pages de contenu principal 354
Format 16 x 24 x 2 cm
Poids 573 g

Richard Somerset – Introduction: English Studies in the disciplinary constitution of the Humanities

Disciplinary Construction: Theoretical Background from a Social Sciences Perspective

Philip Riley – Splitting and Lumping: Perspectives on the study of disciplinary formation.

Disciplinary Origins: Networks of Meaning and Influence

Richard Somerset – Culture, knowledge and liberality: the demise of a unified educational ideal?
Matthew Smith – 'Beaming "English" at the oppressed layers'? Henry Morley and his role in establishing English as a discipline;
Angela Dunstan – Victorian experiments in reading scientifically.

Disciplinary Alternatives: English Studies in Multicultural National Contexts

Riaan Oppelt – English Studies in South Africa: Growth and Challenges;
Martina Ghosh-Schellhorn – 'Their Nights and Days were Eloquent…': English Studies in India;
Lee A. Flamand – Screening Campus Identity Politics: Cultural Studies, Dear White People, and the American University.

Disciplinary Identity: The Challenges of The 'Cultural Studies' Paradigm

Simon Tabet – Les origines du courant postmoderne dans les sciences humaines ;
Thomas Constantinesco - The Ghost of Literature: The return of the text in American Literary Studies;
Richard Somerset – Can pluralistic interdisciplinarity save the Humanities? A personal reflection on cultural history and textuality.

Notes on contributors

Acknowledgements

This is a contextualising study of the initial framing and subsequent shaping of 'English Literature' as an academic discipline and value-system. Normally studied in self-contained terms, the goal here is to place both the origins and the current identity of English Literature in broader thematic, institutional, national and disciplinary contexts, and so to explore the discipline's capacity to continue to occupy a defining place at the heart of the Humanities. The study is divided into three parts. The first covers the inaugural period at the end of the nineteenth century, and the networks of educational influence that gave shape to the discipline as a course of university study. The second part extends a similar questioning of origins to other distinctive national contexts: South Africa, India, and the United States. The final part is located in the present moment and questions the evolving shape of the Humanities, and role of English Studies within this family of disciplines. No simple prescriptions are offered as to future pathways, the goal being of an evaluative rather than a prescriptive nature. It is our hope that the study will give density to our understanding of the discipline's complex and changing identity by situating it in three-dimensional context, combining disciplinary breadth with chronological depth.

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