Composition In The University - Historical and Polemical Essays

Examines the required introductory course in composition within American colleges and universities. The author argues that the course has historically been inappropriately influenced by humanist pedagogy - an unsatisfactory rationale for the study of writing - and proposes possible alternatives.

About the author

Sharon Crowley is professor of English at Arizona State University. She is the author of Composition in the University, The Methodical Memory, and the textbook Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students.

Summary

Composition in the University examines the required introductory course in composition within American colleges and universities.

Product details

• Authors: Sharon Crowley
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.05.1998
• EAN: 9780822956600
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-5660-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 481 g
• Series: Pittsburgh Series in Compositi; Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture; Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture; Composition, Literacy, and Cul; Composition, Literacy, and Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries