Cornell English Department votes to change name to "Department of Literatures In English"

[jerwin]

@bunkyboar

The name change is branding and marketing, probably with an audience of academic peers, graduate students, and members of the department, and they probably have good reasons for doing this for their intended audience.

This reminds me of The Shakespeare Requirement, Julie Schumacher’s visionary novel about mission statements. “Department of Literatures in English” sounds clunky. Perhaps all the prose masters have moved into teaching English composition.