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Over the past
fifty years, a great shift within English
departments has occurred with the incorporation
of composition studies into the English
curriculum, creating a clash between writing and
literature. Since technology has entered the
battle, departments have been forced to
reevaluate their spending. Money is being taken
away from buying textbooks and hiring new faculty
members to go toward purchasing new, up-to-date
computers and accessories. Technology intensifies
the battle between literature and writing by
raising the importance of the writing through
computer integrated composition classrooms.
Multiculturalism also intensifies the battle in
curriculum building. Why are these arguments
taking place? How do composition and literature
classes differ? What are their similarities? Do
most scholars and practitioners see a correlation
between the two areas of English? How much
importance should be placed on technology? What
do we wish for students to learn, or do we
consider who the students are and from the
culture from which they come? Do we teach bodies
of knowledge or people? The essays written for
this site address each of these issues; just
click on the titles below to read them.
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Links to other Writing,
Literature, Multicultural, Technology and Eastern
Illinois University Sites
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