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Should colleges encourage the trend in which more English majors focus on writing their own fiction and poetry?
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"Is there a parallel between this question and the division between studio art and art history and criticism?..."
"I developed a life-long love of reading great literature in college. This was because of the quality teaching that kept me constantly enrolling..."
"I teach Creative Writing in a Community College setting. If my students were required to take the traditional literature classes before they enrolled in my Creative Writing classes, many would drop out..."
"There is little evidence to support that most undergraduates have any idea how to write..."
"I posted on Wednesday and post again today to qualify my somewhat-vituperative comments..."
"The move toward creative writing is a positive one for English departments..."
"I write as someone whose undergraduate interest was equally divided between creative writing and literature and whose graduate degrees..."
"I personally feel the pull between literary studies and creative writing..."
"Writing fiction and the fiction writer is a different task (and a wonderful buddy) from reading period literature (period)..."
"If Anne Rice's son can write a novel, anyone can..."
"In some respects I believe that you are correct in your generalization that most undergraduate students do not spend a considerable amount of time studying literature..."
"Well, it is nice to encourage students to write their own fiction..."
"Creative writing gives students a wonderful way to appreciate literature better..."
"Students (especially undergraduate students) who have a desire and/or a need to write should absolutely be encouraged..."
"As a believer in the National Writing Project's motto, 'Read to Write,' I totally support creative writing as a valid critical and intellectual response to studying great literature..."
"A Working Writer's Thoughts on Teaching Writing: For me, Aristotle and seanachaidh (because I am a Gael) say it best: No story? No sale! ..."
"I teach creative writing to undergraduates in a writing program at the University of Central Arkansas which features creative writing as a strand within a writing degree that also includes rhetoric and linguistics. ..."
"I would like to address 'growing student interest in creative writing' from a K-12 perspective. I don't think it is unique to higher education. In English or Language arts classes, K-12 teachers have young scholars read and examine literature..."
"A solid and well rounded undergraduate education is necessary for all students regardless of discipline. Now as for students writing their own literature and poetry instead of studying, I believe that both is necessary to produce a well rounded college grad..."
"I think this is a very interesting issue and I think the bottom line might be that undergraduates do not do as much reading in general. What scares me is the fact that, for several reasons, undergraduates are not held to the same standards of research or background understanding..."
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