We’re all doomed if English literature students can’t read books

We’re accustomed, some of us, to feeling gloomy about the sinking popularity of Eng lit – once comfortably among the most popular choices at A-Level and most applied-for at university, now very much not. We’re accustomed, too, to regretting the gobbetisation of how it’s now taught at GCSE and A-Level, and the drive to teach ever shorter texts in the face of dwindling teenage concentration spans.  We’re accustomed, some of us, to feeling gloomy about the sinking popularity of Eng lit – once comfortably among the most popular choices at A-Level and most applied-for at university, now very much not. We’re accustomed, too, to regretting the gobbetisation of how it’s now taught at GCSE and A-Level, and the drive to teach ever shorter texts in the face of dwindling teenage concentration spans. 

We’re accustomed, some of us, to feeling gloomy about the sinking popularity of Eng lit – once comfortably among the most popular choices at A-Level and most applied-for at university, now very much not. We’re accustomed, too, to regretting the gobbetisation of how it’s now taught at GCSE and A-Level, and the drive to teach ever shorter texts in the face of dwindling teenage concentration spans. 

We’re accustomed, some of us, to feeling gloomy about the sinking popularity of Eng lit – once comfortably among the most popular choices at A-Level and most applied-for at university, now very much not. We’re accustomed, too, to regretting the gobbetisation of how it’s now taught at GCSE and A-Level, and the drive to teach ever shorter texts in the face of dwindling teenage concentration spans. 

We’re accustomed, some of us, to feeling gloomy about the sinking popularity of Eng lit – once comfortably among the most popular choices at A-Level and most applied-for at university, now very much not. We’re accustomed, too, to regretting the gobbetisation of how it’s now taught at GCSE and A-Level, and the drive to teach ever shorter texts in the face of dwindling teenage concentration spans. 

We’re accustomed, some of us, to feeling gloomy about the sinking popularity of Eng lit – once comfortably among the most popular choices at A-Level and most applied-for at university, now very much not. We’re accustomed, too, to regretting the gobbetisation of how it’s now taught at GCSE and A-Level, and the drive to teach ever shorter texts in the face of dwindling teenage concentration spans. We’re accustomed, some of us, to feeling gloomy about the sinking popularity of Eng lit – once comfortably among the most popular choices at A-Level and most applied-for at university, now very much not. We’re accustomed, too, to regretting the gobbetisation of how it’s now taught at GCSE and A-Level, and the drive to teach ever shorter texts in the face of dwindling teenage concentration spans.