The challenges of and opportuniies in using a literature-based assignment in a composition class
This thesis explores issues surrounding the question of using a literature-based assignment to teach composition at the college freshman level. Following a review of the critical debate on the use of literature in the composition classroom, spanning the last five decades, a specific work of literatu...
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CSUSB ScholarWorks
2002
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2171 https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3172&context=etd-project |
| Summary: | This thesis explores issues surrounding the question of using a literature-based assignment to teach composition at the college freshman level. Following a review of the critical debate on the use of literature in the composition classroom, spanning the last five decades, a specific work of literature is used as the basis for a writing assignment to be given to a freshman composition class. |
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