Event Title
After the Apocalypse: Why the Canon Still Matters
Location
RC 101B
Start Date
8-4-2022 9:00 AM
End Date
8-4-2022 10:00 AM
Description
In his recent article, “The Academic Apocalypse,” journalist Ross Douthat argues that “the crisis of English departments is also a crisis of faith.” Declining enrollments in humanities courses reflect a more widespread decline in the social currency of canonical literature, and the solution to this problem is not obvious.
After the Apocalypse: Why the Canon Still Matters
RC 101B
In his recent article, “The Academic Apocalypse,” journalist Ross Douthat argues that “the crisis of English departments is also a crisis of faith.” Declining enrollments in humanities courses reflect a more widespread decline in the social currency of canonical literature, and the solution to this problem is not obvious.