Contends that rhetorical study is the key to the integration of reading and writing in the college English department and discusses problems created by pigeonholing literature by periods and genres. (DD)

Remarks on the future of the profession of English. Suggests that the broadening of the discipline, or even the formation of new ones that will study the new media that work these days to make citizens what they are, is necessary and good. Argues that the literary subjectivity is, in the electronic age, more and more a "minor form,""not quite of…

Examines the possibility of a university based on dissensus, disagreement, and diversity. Deconstructs the traditional English major, noting the inappropriateness of studying British literature as a substitute for a national cultural whole. Notes that the United States has never really had cultural unity and has always looked to the future for it.…