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ERIC Number: EJ385210
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Politics of the Survey Course: Feminist Challenges.
Waxman, Barbara Frey
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v16 n1 p17-22 Feb 1989
Argues that survey courses can teach students about values underlying syllabi and show that literary interpretations are political. Suggests four ways to change the survey course syllabus, and discusses the effects of these changes on classroom discussions. Emphasizes the need to undermine the patriarchal authority of the traditional literary canon. (MM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College English, Educational Change, Feminism, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Literary Criticism, Twentieth Century Literature
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Curriculum Emphases; Feminist Criticism; Literary Canon; Literary Politics; Literature Instruction; Womens Literature