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Alexander Bain & Adams Sherman Hill

  • Bain (Aberdeen, Scotland) and Hill (Harvard) are seen as progenitors of the "current traditional" model of composition education
    • In part a response to the needs of teaching writing (rather than speaking) to a large number of students in technical subjects
    • The focus is on vernacular mechanical issues (grammar, spelling, punctuation, the paragraph, the topic sentence, etc.)
    • Writing education is associated with modes (narration, description, exposition, argumentation)

Course Information

Rhetoric and Culture
ENG 552-001
MO 204
T 6:30–9:15

Instructor Information

Dr. Jeremy Tirrell
tirrellj@uncw.edu
Office: MO 161
Office Hours: TR 12:00-2:00 (and by appointment)