The Lure of Literacy
A Critical Reception of the Compulsory Composition Debate
1st Edition
Published on 3. December 2014
158 pages
978-1-4384-5496-2 (ISBN)
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Examines proposals for freshman composition's abolition and reform while providing a new model for courses.
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Michael Harker is Assistant Professor of English at Georgia State University.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Necessary Beginning
1. The Lure of Literacy
2. The Sphinx Riddle of Freshman English: Examining Continuities of Literacy in the Great Debate
3. Recovering the Reformists: Articulating the Educational Reforms of Compulsory Composition
4. In This Spirit: The Rhetoric of Referencing a Current and Traditional Complaint
5. "What Should Colleges Teach?": A Proposal for Compulsory Curriculum in First-Year Literacy Studies
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Introduction: A Necessary Beginning
1. The Lure of Literacy
2. The Sphinx Riddle of Freshman English: Examining Continuities of Literacy in the Great Debate
3. Recovering the Reformists: Articulating the Educational Reforms of Compulsory Composition
4. In This Spirit: The Rhetoric of Referencing a Current and Traditional Complaint
5. "What Should Colleges Teach?": A Proposal for Compulsory Curriculum in First-Year Literacy Studies
Notes
Works Cited
Index
