The Cultural Politics of English Studies

Jaydeep Chakrabarty

ISBN 10: 3656943230 / ISBN 13: 9783656943235

Editore: GRIN Verlag, 2015

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, , language: English, abstract: English Schools and Departments in India started functioning well before English was grudgingly recognized as a subject in England. But in India, it was the master's voice, the colonizers tongue, and not a neglected discipline at all. A discipline and subject thought to be of little importance in its own country assumed prime importance in its colonial underbelly. However, shortly following this, there have been tireless attempts in England to turn English into a subject of respect within the University and beyond. A group of critics, scholars and poets worked in close collaboration to consolidate English. This book is an exploration of the story of English in England and beyond.

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• Titolo: The Cultural Politics of English Studies
• Editore: GRIN Verlag
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3656943230
• ISBN 13: 9783656943235
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 210 L x 148 A x 6 P (millimetri) 210 millimetri di larghezza per 148 millimetri di altezza per 6 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 112 grammi

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Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, , language: English, abstract: English Schools and Departments in India started functioning well before English was grudgingly recognized as a subject in England. But in India, it was the master's voice, the colonizers tongue, and not a neglected discipline at all. A discipline and subject thought to be of little importance in its own country assumed prime importance in its colonial underbelly. However, shortly following this, there have been tireless attempts in England to turn English into a subject of respect within the University and beyond. A group of critics, scholars and poets worked in close collaboration to consolidate English. This book is an exploration of the story of English in England and beyond.

L'autore

Jaydeep Chakrabarty, PhD is an Assistant Professor of English at Assam University, India. He has been into postgraduate teaching and research since 2004. His areas of interest are British Literature, Literary and Critical Theory, Postcolonial Literature and Medieval Bangla Literature. His major publications include three books Edward Said and the Great Tradition, Edward Said: Texts in Context and The English Department and a large number of research papers in national and international journals