Conflict and Struggle: The Enemies or Preconditions of Basic Writing?.

Lu, Min-Zhan

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ERIC Number: EJ454220

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Conflict and Struggle: The Enemies or Preconditions of Basic Writing?

Lu, Min-Zhan

College English, v54 n8 p887-913 Dec 1992

Describes how struggle and conflict are constructive for writers. Examines why this view of conflict had rhetorical power historically for theorists. Explores how and why this view persists among basic writing teachers in the 1990s. (HB)

Descriptors: Basic Writing, Educational History, Educational Trends, Higher Education, Writing Difficulties

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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