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Inquiry Paper No. 24: English 101: Prologue to Literacy or Postmodern Moonshine?

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June 19, 2006

Since freshman composition became a required course at Harvard in 1872, it has seen many changes—but none so radical as the changes brought about in the 1970s, when composition theory became a specialty. Postmodern theories about teaching composition have transformed writing programs nationwide, and this paper examines what has become of freshman writing courses at the two flagship branches of the University of North Carolina – N.C. State and UNC-Chapel Hill.

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