Hercule Poirot Investigates

The Pyrrhic Victory of Technology and 21st Century Reading Practices or the Death of the Literary Mind

Authors

  • Jeffrey Condran University of Arkansas at Little Rock

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18733/cpi29480

Abstract

Employing a synthesis of recent neuroscience research, cultural criticism, and the creative symbolism of Agatha Christie’s famous detective, Hercule Poirot, “Hercule Poirot Investigates: The Pyrrhic Victory of Technology and 21st Century Reading Practices or The Death of the Literary Mind,” theorizes that technology use and value conflict within English departments has resulted in a generation of reading professionals who are ill equipped to continue the work of the discipline.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Condran, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Jeffrey Condran is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and co-founder/ publisher of the independent literary press, Braddock Avenue Books.

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Published

2021-05-15