Berlin – Rhetoric and Reality: Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1900-1985

James Berlin.  Rhetoric and Reality: Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1900-1985. Chapter One: An Overview B. id’s his mission statement: “I will examine the forms that rhetorical instruction in writing has taken in the 20th century classroom” and in doing so will also consider the poetic.  B. invokes the classical Western roots of education and notes that education had long considered rhetoric to be central to good preparation in... Read More

CCR711 – Miller – What Should College English Be. . . Doing?

Miller, Thomas. “What Should College English Be… Doing?” College English 69 2 (2006): 150-55. Print. As with much of his work, Miller traces some of the binary-based themes about English in this article.  Miller starts by noting how most conversations about English studies have traditionally centered around the question of what English is to what it’s teachers and students should be doing.  Other discussions of English have focused... Read More