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2016-2017 UMass Dartmouth Graduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 UMass Dartmouth Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

ENL 690 - Composition Theory

Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Explores the history and principles of the relatively new discipline of composition studies. The course asks questions: What is the nature of composition studies? What is the history of the discipline? What is the relationship between rhetoric and composition, between theory and practice? What bibliographic resources aid the work of composition specialists? What role do departmental and institutional policies play in shaping/influencing the teaching of writing? How has pedagogy been influenced by recent developments in rhetorical criticism, cultural studies, feminism, literary theory, language philosophy, and technology? In addition, the course will consider the future of composition studies within the university in areas of instruction such as basic writing, English as a second language, writing across the curriculum, and hypermedia.
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