Gupta Philology and Global English Studies

Retracings
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-53783-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 259 Seiten

Reihe: Palgrave Literature Collection

This book retraces the formation of modern English Studies by departing from philological scholarship along two lines: in terms of institutional histories and in terms of the separation of literary criticism and linguistics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gupta, Suman

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: PHILOLOGY
1. The Four Nodes of Convergence in Philological Knowledge
2. Muting of, Return to, and Further Departure from Philology
PART II: INSTITUTIONAL HISTORIES
3. The Former Heartlands of English Studies
4. The Former Hinterlands of English Studies
PART III: LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY STUDIES
5. From Philology to General Linguistics and Literary Theory
6. Then Politics of Language Corpora and Literary Theory
7. Theory Debates and Discourse Analysis
8. Englishes and Global English Studies
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Suman Gupta is Professor of Literature and Cultural History at the Open University UK. Recent books include The Theory and Reality of Democracy, Social Constructionist Identity Politics and Literary Studies, Globalization and Literature, Imagining Iraq, and Consumable Texts in Contemporary India.