College English Sep 1998

(Re)Reenvisioning the Dissertation in English Studies

Gary A. Olsen ; Julie Drew

Abstract

Contends that the academy has forgotten the origin of the dissertation and has turned it from a substantive contribution of scholarship to an instrument of evaluation. Argues that continuing to treat the dissertation in this way maintains an unequal power hierarchy of “masters” and initiates–it should be seen as the first serious scholarly monograph a scholar produces.

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College English
Published
1998-09-01
DOI
10.58680/ce19981105
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graduate education assessment
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