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ERIC Number: EJ501050
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0994
Imaginative Literature in Composition Classrooms?
Steinberg, Erwin R.
College English, v57 n3 p266-80 Mar 1995
Discusses the ongoing debate about the role of literature in the freshman composition course. Claims that teachers of these courses individually determine the nature of each course. Shows that, for many decades, literature has not retained a secure place in freshman composition courses. (HB)
Descriptors: Course Content, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Literature, Reading Material Selection
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Composition Theory; Literature Instruction