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- ISSN: 0098-6291
- E-ISSN: 1943-2356
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“Fare from the Madding Crowd”: The Lighter Side of Error in Student Writing
- Source: Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Volume 26, Issue 3, Mar 1999, p. 291 - 298
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- 01 Mar 1999
Abstract
Discusses two intriguing ways of explaining error in student writing—the work of Michel Foucault and the work of Roland Barthes. Describes in-class activities and essay assignments that use these perspectives to help students to reach improved understanding of error in writing.
© 1999 by the National Council of Teachers of English