Cultivating Vocation in Literary Studies Johnson Stephanie
Cultivating Vocation in Literary Studies Johnson Stephanie The concept of 'vocation' has garnered significant attention as a means of speaking about purposeful living and the multiple…
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Cultivating Vocation in Literary Studies Johnson Stephanie
The concept of 'vocation' has garnered significant attention as a means of speaking about purposeful living and the multiple responsibilities of civic life, which converge with the broader goals of liberal education. With attention to the forms, voices and praxis of the discipline, and informed by the public humanities, these thirteen chapters address critical questions for cultivating vocation in students: How might the varied fields within literary studies invite students to consider meaning and purpose? This volume addresses the important role that literary studies can and should play in that conversation.
The chapters offer readers a new language and framework for reinvigorating literary studies as a productive means to answer life's most significant questions, while also modelling how How might our pedagogies and theories of interpretation inform the direction of their lives?