McClanahan is an associate professor of English at UC Irvine and lives in Irvine. When I tell people I teach English literature courses to incarcerated UC Irvine students, they typically ask me ...

It’s always risky to make predictions, especially optimistic ones; but I’ve noticed that one of the salutary debates emerging in the new century regarding literary studies -- and by extension the ...

I recently had the opportunity to attend an in-service course in Exeter, UK, on 'Practical ideas for the teaching of literature in the English language classroom'. The course focused on practical ...

Deakin University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Should Australians be as familiar with David Williamson as with Shakespeare? Should we measure our Jane Austen with sufficient ...

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Jeff Tompkins is a writer and teacher of English as a Second Language living in New York City. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1967 and was educated at Brown University and University College ...

“I’m not sure I can crack it,” he said hesitantly. “The subject I’ve specialised in — English Language Teaching (ELT) — isn’t even on the list of prescribed subjects. So, I’m forced to choose ...

In The American Scholar, Mark Edmundson makes the modest proposal that professors of literature should teach literature: Word is out on the street: the study of literature is dying; English is ...

Using original music alongside quotations from the source, this clip looks to summarise the plot, themes and characters found in The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle. This clip is from the ...