What is an English Major, and What Should It Be?.

Stewart, Donald C.

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Publication Date: 1989

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What is an English Major, and What Should It Be?

Stewart, Donald C.

College Composition and Communication, v40 n2 p188-202 May 1989

Examines undergraduate English programs through a survey of 108 American colleges and universities. Argues that the overwhelming emphasis on the study of literature gives students a narrow impression of the field, and that departments should offer, in addition, opportunities to study creative writing, languages and linguistics, and composition and rhetoric. (JAD)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English Curriculum, English Departments, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Program Evaluation, School Surveys, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Study

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Language: English

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