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Relocating Basic Writing., Bruce Horner Oct 2011

Relocating Basic Writing., Bruce Horner

Faculty Scholarship

I frame the continuing value of basic writing as part of a long tradition in composition studies challenging dominant beliefs about literacy and language abilities, and I link basic writing to emerging--e.g."translingual"--approaches to language. I identify basic writing as vital to the field of composition in its rejection of simplistic notions of English, language, and literacy; its insistence on searching out the different in what might appear to be the same and the familiar; and its commitment to work with students consigned by dominant ideologies to the social periphery as in fact central, leading edge. These positions enable basic writing …


Contentious Conversations, Leah A. Zuidema Sep 2011

Contentious Conversations, Leah A. Zuidema

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

The idea of joining a conversation through reading and writing is not new; in his 1941 book "The Philosophy of Literary Form: Studies in Symbolic Action," Kenneth Burke suggests that the acts of reading and writing are like entering a parlor where others are already conversing. The author explores the place of professional debate within NCTE and in the pages of "English Journal". Regardless, by reading these pages, one is entering into a conversation that is already underway.


Eng 2901-002-003: Structure Of English, Buck Aug 2011

Eng 2901-002-003: Structure Of English, Buck

Fall 2011

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Eng 1001g-013: Composition And Language, Kathy Olsen Aug 2011

Eng 1001g-013: Composition And Language, Kathy Olsen

Fall 2011

No abstract provided.


Eng 3009g-001: Myth And Culture, M Laddy Aug 2011

Eng 3009g-001: Myth And Culture, M Laddy

Fall 2011

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Eng 3100g-001: Cultural Foundations I, Dannie Otto, Michael Loudon Aug 2011

Eng 3100g-001: Cultural Foundations I, Dannie Otto, Michael Loudon

Fall 2011

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Eng 1002g-007: Composition And Literature, Dan Tessitore Aug 2011

Eng 1002g-007: Composition And Literature, Dan Tessitore

Fall 2011

No abstract provided.


Eng 2601-001: Backgrounds In Western Literature, Caldwell Aug 2011

Eng 2601-001: Backgrounds In Western Literature, Caldwell

Fall 2011

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Eng 3804-001: John Milton And Radical Defense Of Liberty, Caldwell Aug 2011

Eng 3804-001: John Milton And Radical Defense Of Liberty, Caldwell

Fall 2011

No abstract provided.


Eng 4060-001: Professional Writing Career Development, Terri Fredrick Aug 2011

Eng 4060-001: Professional Writing Career Development, Terri Fredrick

Fall 2011

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Course Schedule, English Department Aug 2011

Course Schedule, English Department

Fall 2011

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Eng 1001g-015: Composition And Language, Donna Binns Aug 2011

Eng 1001g-015: Composition And Language, Donna Binns

Fall 2011

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Eng 1001g-021: Composition And Language, Debra Valentino Aug 2011

Eng 1001g-021: Composition And Language, Debra Valentino

Fall 2011

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Eng 1001g-032: Composition And Language, William Feltt Aug 2011

Eng 1001g-032: Composition And Language, William Feltt

Fall 2011

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Eng 1001g-036: Composition And Language, Ned Huston Aug 2011

Eng 1001g-036: Composition And Language, Ned Huston

Fall 2011

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Eng 1001g-053: Composition And Language, Mary Maddox Aug 2011

Eng 1001g-053: Composition And Language, Mary Maddox

Fall 2011

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Eng 1002g-003: Composition And Literature, William Feltt Aug 2011

Eng 1002g-003: Composition And Literature, William Feltt

Fall 2011

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002g-004: Composition And Literature, Robert Zordani Aug 2011

Eng 1002g-004: Composition And Literature, Robert Zordani

Fall 2011

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Eng 1002g-011: Composition And Literature, Kathy Olsen Aug 2011

Eng 1002g-011: Composition And Literature, Kathy Olsen

Fall 2011

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Eng 1091g-099, Ruth Hoberman Aug 2011

Eng 1091g-099, Ruth Hoberman

Fall 2011

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Eng 2009g-003: Literature And Human Values: Labor, Class, Power, Robert Martinez Aug 2011

Eng 2009g-003: Literature And Human Values: Labor, Class, Power, Robert Martinez

Fall 2011

No abstract provided.


Eng 3001-004: Advanced Composition, M Leddy Aug 2011

Eng 3001-004: Advanced Composition, M Leddy

Fall 2011

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Eng 3009g-002: Myth And Culture, Michael Loudon Aug 2011

Eng 3009g-002: Myth And Culture, Michael Loudon

Fall 2011

No abstract provided.


Eng 3010g-001: Literary Masterworks, John Allison Aug 2011

Eng 3010g-001: Literary Masterworks, John Allison

Fall 2011

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Eng 3405-001: Children's Literature, Fern Kory Aug 2011

Eng 3405-001: Children's Literature, Fern Kory

Fall 2011

No abstract provided.


Eng 5002-001: Studies In English Renaissance Literature, Julie Campbell Aug 2011

Eng 5002-001: Studies In English Renaissance Literature, Julie Campbell

Fall 2011

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Eng 5008-001: Colonial American Literature: The Body Politic, P.A. Boswell Aug 2011

Eng 5008-001: Colonial American Literature: The Body Politic, P.A. Boswell

Fall 2011

No abstract provided.


Eng 3001-002-007: Advanced Composition, Stephen Swords Aug 2011

Eng 3001-002-007: Advanced Composition, Stephen Swords

Fall 2011

No abstract provided.


Eng 4850-001: Third World Literature, Dagni Bredesen Aug 2011

Eng 4850-001: Third World Literature, Dagni Bredesen

Fall 2011

No abstract provided.


Eng 3001-006: Advanced Composition, Jad Smith Aug 2011

Eng 3001-006: Advanced Composition, Jad Smith

Fall 2011

No abstract provided.