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Direct linkWilder, Laura – Written Communication, 2002
This study describes the extent to which shared assumptions of literary scholars form part of an introductory literature course. Fahnestock and Secor, in The Rhetoric of Literary Criticism describe five special topoi of literary criticism (appearance/reality, paradigm, ubiquity, contemptus mundi, and paradox) that characterize the warrants of…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Introductory Courses, Ethnography, Literary Criticism
