After tracing the various meanings attached to the word "literature" since the Renaissance, Scholes argues that the concept of it that currently shapes the work of English departments excludes both powerful sacred documents (from the Declaration of Independence to the Bible) and pleasurable , profane works that involve the performance of roles like those of clown and teacher in many media (including popular musicals, opera, and film)--and that both sorts of works should be studied in English courses. English after the ...
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After tracing the various meanings attached to the word "literature" since the Renaissance, Scholes argues that the concept of it that currently shapes the work of English departments excludes both powerful sacred documents (from the Declaration of Independence to the Bible) and pleasurable , profane works that involve the performance of roles like those of clown and teacher in many media (including popular musicals, opera, and film)--and that both sorts of works should be studied in English courses. English after the Fall is a bold manifesto for the replacement of literature with what Scholes calls textuality --an expansive and ecumenical notion of what we read and write--as the primary object of English instruction. This concise and persuasive work is destined to become required reading for anyone who cares about the future of the humanities.
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