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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-May
Pages: 7
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Proust, Hip-Hop, and Death in First-Year Composition
Sirc, Geoffrey
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v33 n4 p392-398 May 2006
Hip-hop as content in a first-year writing course offers students a powerful way to connect with their worlds. This article draws on Marcel Proust as a kind of rhyme to legitimate hip-hop as a substantive expressive medium to achieve artistry in writing.
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Creative Writing, Writing Instruction, Literary Devices, Discourse Modes, Rhyme, Persuasive Discourse
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