Derek Barker
Biographic Data
| ID | 4125069 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Derek Barker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Derek |
| FAMILY NAME | Barker |
| SIGNATURE | BARKER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Green Fields
The Gold Standard in English Literary Discourse
This article is based on a completed research project in which the discipline of English studies, as manifested in the discourse of published, peer-reviewed academic articles over the period 1958-2004-what we call the "gold standard" of academic literary discourse-forms the object of analysis. The focus of the article is to delineate and describe three major functions of the discipline as manifested by its gold standard, namely career formation, …
Green Fields
Don't go Wessa, young man
This article draws on a larger study into the discipline of English studies as manifested in the discourse published in academic journals over the period 1958–2004. More specifically, the article deals with a marked phenomenon in the discourse under review, namely imputations of doctrinal allegiance, where such imputation functions as a means of short-circuiting academic discussion and replacing it with curt dismissal.The example we use is the We…
Haemon’s Paideia
This article considers Sophocles’s Antigone as a potential resource for contemporary scholarship on democratic citizenship and the politics of public deliberation by exploring the play’s themes of speaking and listening. In so doing, it finds that the political implications of the play can be better understood with attention to the character of Haemon. Haemon endorses a conception of practical wisdom in which learning is achieved by speaking with…
Green Fields
Don't go Wessa, young man
This article draws on a larger study into the discipline of English studies as manifested in the discourse published in academic journals over the period 1958–2004. More specifically, the article deals with a marked phenomenon in the discourse under review, namely imputations of doctrinal allegiance, where such imputation functions as a means of short-circuiting academic discussion and replacing it with curt dismissal.The example we use is the We…
Haemon’s Paideia
This article considers Sophocles’s Antigone as a potential resource for contemporary scholarship on democratic citizenship and the politics of public deliberation by exploring the play’s themes of speaking and listening. In so doing, it finds that the political implications of the play can be better understood with attention to the character of Haemon. Haemon endorses a conception of practical wisdom in which learning is achieved by speaking with…
The Gold Standard in English Literary Discourse
This article is based on a completed research project in which the discipline of English studies, as manifested in the discourse of published, peer-reviewed academic articles over the period 1958-2004-what we call the "gold standard" of academic literary discourse-forms the object of analysis. The focus of the article is to delineate and describe three major functions of the discipline as manifested by its gold standard, namely career formation, …
Green Fields
Don't go Wessa, young man
This article draws on a larger study into the discipline of English studies as manifested in the discourse published in academic journals over the period 1958–2004. More specifically, the article deals with a marked phenomenon in the discourse under review, namely imputations of doctrinal allegiance, where such imputation functions as a means of short-circuiting academic discussion and replacing it with curt dismissal.The example we use is the We…
Green Fields
Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · South African History and Culture (3 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 works) · Ecocriticism (2 works) · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (2 works)