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ERIC Number: EJ376476
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Some English Departments Are Giving Undergraduates Grounding in New Literary and Critical Theory.
Heller, Scott
Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n47 pA15-17 Aug 3 1988
The English Department at Carnegie Mellon believes they are creating a new-wave curriculum. Theoretical questions are becoming the center of undergraduate study. Scholars want students to think about the political, social, and historical forces that end up shaping a writer's vision, the written work, and the reader's interpretation. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Students, Critical Reading, Cultural Context, English Departments, Higher Education, Humanities, Innovation, Linguistics, Literary Criticism, Semiotics, Undergraduate Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Brown University RI; Carnegie Mellon University PA; Deconstruction