Date of Award
2004
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English Composition
Department
English
Abstract
This study steps into a long running discussion of the place of imaginative literature in First Year Composition (FYC) courses. Chapter one surveys the scholarship, including the work of Erika Lindeman and Gary Tate, two compositionists whose debate has been at the center of this discussion, and three scholars' responses to the issues their debate raises. Instructors might be able to include imaginative literature in FYC courses if they use the literature to support the courses' rhetorical goals rather than to "teach the literature" itself.
Recommended Citation
Cowles, Randee Teresa, "The role of imaginative literature in First Year Composition" (2004). Theses Digitization Project. 2516.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2516
