Exactly.
the teaching of literature and literature itself has gone down the tubes.
Nothing being written except tiresome politically correct narratives, or jittery cool ironic statements.
There are a few good people writing novels now, but needless to say they are not on the celebrity circuit or being read in English courses.
One of these days I plan to write a kind of review essay on Connie Willis, whose novels are usually found on the science fiction shelves, but who is one of those rare writers who transcends the genre and can be appreciated by readers who normally can’t stand SF.
I especially recommend Doomsday Book, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Passage, and Bellwether, but all her stuff is good. It would be very satisfying if a few English courses started introducing students to her work. I’d say the nearest thing to it that I can think of is Flannery O’Connor. Certainly far better than the usual suspects among the “contemporary novelists.”