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Jargon, Prufrock, and the "Cop-Out".
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Cohen, Savin – College Composition and Communication, 1965
A teacher's developing awareness of his college students' dependence on jargon as the expression of their culture is portrayed with the aid of quotations from Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Parallels are drawn between Prufrock's attitudes and student language in the classroom. (AF)
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Images, Cultural Traits