San Antonio College Library

"In this lucid book, an eminent scholar, teacher, and author takes a critical look at the nature and direction of English studies in America today. Robert Scholes offers a thoughtful and optimistic argument to preserve the best in the English tradition of verbal and textual studies, while arguing for a radical reconstruction of the discipline of English--away from political issues and a specific canon of texts and toward a canon of methods. Book jacket."--Jacket....

"Can the whole language approach adequately prepare minority students, especially those with different cultural backgrounds, for the literate world?" "Danling Fu joins the current debate over this issue, examining the learning experiences of four Laotian students at a mainstream secondary school. She not only describes and interprets the students' learning situations, but also reveals their perspectives along with those of their teachers." "Throughout...

"(Re)Writing Craft explores the past, present, and possible future relationships between composition studies and creative writing, two subfields of English studies that have struggled for recognition and prestige in the shadow of the dominant presence in English departments: literary studies. Author Tim Mayers, himself a compositionist and creative writer, proposes an alliance between composition and creative writing by which these subfields would...