Tuesday, November 18, 2014

This Probably Should Have Been Written Ten Years Ago

How humanities professors are letting identity politics destroy their discipline.

The discipline is already destroyed.  Only 3% of contemporary college students major in English, which was my major and a reasonably popular one in my day.  Why study a subject that isn't about actual literature but, instead, about how novels, stories, and poems can inform the gender/racial grievance industry?