Cultural Diversity in Composition Pedagogy

Harvard sets canon for entering freshmen

Period: Jan 12, 1874 to Jan 12, 1890

-White male authors privileged
-Canon of literature as foundation for writing instruction set by a spectific institution

Progressive Education in Twentieth-Century

Period: Jan 12, 1900 to Jan 12, 1950

-Inclusion of working class in the university
-Pushback against list of works
-Incorporating other texts in to teaching composition

Conference on College Composition and Communication

Period: Jan 12, 1949 to Jan 12, 1950

-modern discipline of compostion studies
-reconsideration of writing as separate from literary criticism
-formation of journal College Composition and Communication in 1950

Increased lingual diversity

Period: Jan 12, 1960 to Jan 12, 1970

-Inclusion of other languages in composition studies
-Emergence of freewriting: mingle other languages