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Peer reviewedMorgan, Bob – College English, 1987
Discusses three dominant ways in which language is understood within English studies: structuralism, dialogic discourse, and journals. Shows how each approach produces a different awareness of student texts. Demonstrates how different language theories entail unique interpretive strategies that either promote or disable particular understandings…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Attitudes, Language Role, Reader Text Relationship
Peer reviewedMcGee, Patrick – College English, 1987
Draws a parallel between the resistance experienced by a patient in psychoanalysis and the resistance expressed by students in composition or literature courses. (JC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, College English, Literature Appreciation
Peer reviewedUlmer, Gregory L. – College English, 1987
Presents the notion of a "textshop," which juxtaposes methods of teaching reading and writing with psychoanalysis, both of which are approached through Andre Breton's invention of surrealism. (JC)
Descriptors: College English, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Educational Theories
Peer reviewedColes, Nicholas; Wall, Susan V. – College English, 1987
Describes a program for adults in which they read about working class people like themselves and then respond in writing. Argues that while they became initiated into the academic community, they also felt powerless to change their situations. Emphasizes the importance of not destroying students' histories while teaching them academic discourse.…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Adult Education, Blacks, Discourse Analysis
