College English
Jan 2004
Who Killed Annabel Lee? Writing about Literature in the Composition Classroom
Abstract
The author reopens the vexed question of the use of literature in first–ear composition courses to suggest that reading and writing about literature can empower students to construct their own interpretations of cultural artifacts rather than deferring to canonical knowledge. Using his students’ work with Poe’s “Annabel Lee†as an example, he shows how such a practice can work if it places the work in a context appropriate to the literacies of first–year students and privileges the knowledge they bring with them to the academy.
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- College English
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- 2004-01-01
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- 10.58680/ce20042835
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