Standard English at the University of Texas
Item
Title
Standard English at the University of Texas
Rights
Bergin and Garvey
Type
Essay
Creator
Alan Friedman
Date
1996
Description
Friedman, Alan. "Standard English at the University of Texas." in _Situating College English: Lessons from an American University. Eds. Evan Carton and Alan Friedman. Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey, 1996. 3-16.
A collection of essays that was originally was produced following the spring 1992 “Pedagogy and Values” conference at UT. The collection is edited by Alan Friedman and Evan Carton, dedicated to Linda Brodkey. Its contributors include: Collection of essays edited by Carton and Friedman, featuring articles by Friedman, Carton Jacqueline Bacon, Helena Woodard, Louis Mendoza, Rachel Jennings, S. Shankar, Jean Lee Cole and Jennifer Huth, Gordon Grant III, Robert Twombly, Jerome Bump, Nancy L. Peterson, Sara Kimball, James Kinneavy, Kathleen Kane, Edward Madden, Margot Gayle Backus, Alison Regan, Susan Claire Warshauer, Kim Emery.
Friedman’s essay recovers the canon wars and responds directly to Lynne Cheney’s Telling the Truth and Richard Bernstein’s Dictatorship of Virtue. He also retells the E 306 controversy with special emphasis on Gribben’s contributions, saying external opposition to the course stemmed from misinformation.
A collection of essays that was originally was produced following the spring 1992 “Pedagogy and Values” conference at UT. The collection is edited by Alan Friedman and Evan Carton, dedicated to Linda Brodkey. Its contributors include: Collection of essays edited by Carton and Friedman, featuring articles by Friedman, Carton Jacqueline Bacon, Helena Woodard, Louis Mendoza, Rachel Jennings, S. Shankar, Jean Lee Cole and Jennifer Huth, Gordon Grant III, Robert Twombly, Jerome Bump, Nancy L. Peterson, Sara Kimball, James Kinneavy, Kathleen Kane, Edward Madden, Margot Gayle Backus, Alison Regan, Susan Claire Warshauer, Kim Emery.
Friedman’s essay recovers the canon wars and responds directly to Lynne Cheney’s Telling the Truth and Richard Bernstein’s Dictatorship of Virtue. He also retells the E 306 controversy with special emphasis on Gribben’s contributions, saying external opposition to the course stemmed from misinformation.