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Composition in the university : historical and polemical essays /
Composition in the University examines the required introductory course in composition within American colleges and universities. Crowley argues that due to its association with literary studies in English departments, composition instruction has been inappropriately influenced by humanist pedagogy...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[1998]
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| Colección: | Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Composition in the University examines the required introductory course in composition within American colleges and universities. Crowley argues that due to its association with literary studies in English departments, composition instruction has been inappropriately influenced by humanist pedagogy and that modern humanism is not a satisfactory rationale for the study of writing. Crowley envisions possible nonhumanist rationales that could be developed for vertical curricula in writing instruction, were the universal requirement not in place. Composition in the University examines the requi. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (321 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822971900 0822971909 9780822940562 0822940566 |