tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post8142490510292507227..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Humanties WoesJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-9030228969417720142018-03-21T14:41:36.263-05:002018-03-21T14:41:36.263-05:00But composition has never had to be under literatu...But composition has never had to be under literature, except to the extent people insisted it be. At Berkeley they have it in rhetoric, dramatic art, english, comp lit, ethnic studies, architecture, who knows by now how many different departments are teaching freshman comp (not designed just for their majors, but with readings chosen to be of interest to or appropriate for people in that Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-23770046427819222292018-03-21T14:02:15.399-05:002018-03-21T14:02:15.399-05:00See post above on foreign languages and literature...See post above on foreign languages and literature. About composition, I think there is a complex history there. They had to professionalize themselves as a separate discipline to get out from under literature. If the best way to teach composition is through literature, then composition studies itself will not exist independently. it will just be what grad students and adjuncts do until they areJonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-35378898949639737772018-03-21T13:58:21.950-05:002018-03-21T13:58:21.950-05:00I mean, *the hatred of literature is what composit...I mean, *the hatred of literature is what composition studies seem to have in common with SLA.Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-22969785574982565942018-03-21T13:57:26.875-05:002018-03-21T13:57:26.875-05:00...porfa, i.e. please, I should have said in the a......porfa, i.e. please, I should have said in the above comment. I have semi-formed opinions on these matters but they are underresearched. But the hatred of literature is something they have in common.<br /><br />When I was young the big thing was to make literary studies scientific. I wonder if this is why people hate literature. The idea that it could be studied scientifically was what made me Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-27416003061703403982018-03-21T12:45:16.248-05:002018-03-21T12:45:16.248-05:00...say more on composition studies.
...also comme......say more on composition studies.<br /><br />...also comment on FL programs giving up literary studies. Is there an intrinsic reason why literature has to be what these programs study in year 4? (intrinsic = not having to do with history of discipline)Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-47196891307759552392018-03-21T08:56:32.028-05:002018-03-21T08:56:32.028-05:00Also, completely off-topic but I want to share and...Also, completely off-topic but I want to share and don't want to put it on my own blog. I finally found out who was hired at that place where I applied. Great news! He's better than me! He has a better CV, more publications. I'm so happy, it's like Christmas. Because it's fair. And I don't mind losing in the least if the process is fair. My faith in academia has been Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-44222714777149856722018-03-21T08:52:47.878-05:002018-03-21T08:52:47.878-05:00I'm definitely guilty of the first. In my curr...I'm definitely guilty of the first. In my current article, I'm trying to move away from it but it's hard because my mind was trained to go In a certain direction and it's impossible to unlearn it. Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.com