Hercule Poirot Investigates
The Pyrrhic Victory of Technology and 21st Century Reading Practices or the Death of the Literary Mind
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18733/cpi29480Abstract
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.