Navigate the circus of fancy with fact

Article Abstract:

The Leverhulme research professor of English literature at the University of Warwick argues that the study of English needs a dose of facts to release it from the free-for-all of critical "isms" that has dominated the subject since the 19702. It is acknowledged that the educational revolution of the 1960s and 1970s that added some colour to the study of English was needed, but that it has now gone too far in the other direction and that skills such as biography and editing need to be re-introduced.

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The power of profile

Article Abstract:

The public standing of science is high partly because of high-profile media publicity, whereas English studies lack glamour, according to a Professor at Cardiff University. She recommends more prizes, promotion of public understanding and television attention to English studies.

English language, English education

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...think we should end apartheid between English and cultural studies

Article Abstract:

Issues relating to the academic fields of English and cultural criticism are examined. It is argued that the split between the two disciplines should be done away with and the two fields merged into one discipline called cultural criticism.

Culture, Civilization

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