Moreno/Federly

 “The Politics of Location: Text as Opposition” was written by Renee Moreno in the December issue of College Composition and Communication.  Having been going to college for a few years, it had never occurred to me that there are magazines devoted specific to college courses, students, and issues that might be going on- how cool!  J  Moreno, who studied English and Education at the University of Michigan (great school, but they gave my favorite college football team Notre Dame a heartbreaking loss last night),  L wrote this essay while working at California State University, Northridge as an assistant professor.  Moreno thinks that students whose native language is not English are not being given a fair opportunity to have much success while in school.  She also thinks that these students can use writing in their college composition courses to express their dissatisfaction about this serious problem.

            Moreno uses research methods such as interviewing (Ice-T), discourse analysis, ethnographic research, and oral research (story involving author’s mother) in “The Politics of Location: Text as Opposition”.  These methods are most useful for doing research that deals with peoples’ thoughts and opinions on issues such as their culture and who they are. Although I took some Spanish classes in college and speak it well, I could not imagine how difficult it would be to have to do an assignment, such as a research paper in Spanish or any other language besides English.

Questions About Federly/A Rose For Emily

1.)    I found it a little difficult to follow along with this essay since I never read A Rose For Emily.  How about anyone else?

2.)     I did read The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne and found it interesting the way Federly compared women being manipulated by men in their lives and the different ways they responded to it.