Henry Hubert and Roger Graves have both written on this history. When I
was at UBC (1977-1987), we tried very hard to develop a program, and some
of it is still in place thanks to Judy Segal.
Andrea
At 10:57 AM 10/24/2005, you wrote:
>>Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:51:53 -0400
>>From: "Catherine F. Schryer" <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: Re: graduate programs in Canada
>>
>>Hello
>>There are not a lot of programs in Canada, and they take a
>>different kind of
>>path then the programs in the States, mostly because of an absence
>>of the
>>traditional composition program as it exists in the States.
>
>Can anyone briefly explain how this came to be, or its consequences?
>
>Are there resources available (books, journal articles, white papers,
>etc.) which would explain why Comp never took hold here as a discipline?
>
>I'm interested both in historical reasons and today's consequences
>insofar as it seems Lit instructors usually end up teaching comp,
>especially at the college level.
>
>Cheers,
>-marc christensen
>victoria, bc
>
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