The Function of Literary Studies

Abstrakt

The purpose of this essay is to show that literary studies still have a future. This has been done by examining crucial upheavals and concepts in the history of education – starting from Plato’s “Protagoras”. The aspects explored are the changing structure, functions, and values of literary studies, and the contemporary economic and social circumstances of education. The main argument is that the subject of literary studies has an extraordinary trait, which makes it both protean and indispensable.