Notes on Rhet/Comp, Ideology, and the Classroom in Delhi and Buffalo

Authors

  • Shantam Goyal

Keywords:

writing curriculum, Delhi university, CBCS, classroom ideology, service learning

Abstract

For many English department graduate students in America who have completed their earlier higher education in India, the teaching of writing and rhetoric and composition, or rather “rhet/comp,” can be puzzling, though this is changing with the proliferation of writing centers and academic writing courses in some Indian universities. Having taught composition in classrooms in India, as well as now in the American university where I am a graduate student, I find comparing the two experiences strange yet necessary. Therefore, I have in this article collected observations on the ideological ecosystem which informs my teaching now, along with reflections on classrooms where I have taught before. With this, I also offer comments on Delhi University and its emerging environment of writing instruction to see what lies ahead, and what we might want to think of as we continue to make composition syllabi for our students.

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Author Biography

Shantam Goyal

Shantam Goyal studies English Literature at the State University of New York at Buffalo for his PhD. He completed his M.Phil in 2018 from the University of Delhi with a dissertation titled “Listen Ulysses: Joyce and Sound.” He hopes to continue this thread for his doctoral research on Finnegans Wake and mishearing. Besides Joyce Studies and Sound Studies, he works on Poetics and Jazz Studies, and is also attempting to translate parts of Ulysses into Hindi as a personal project. His reviews, articles, and creative work have appeared in SoundingOut!, The PrintThe Hindu Business LineVayavyaColdNoonDaath Voyage, and Café Dissensus among other publications. He prefers that any appellations for him such as academic, poet, or person be prefaced with “Delhi-based.”

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Published

2021-11-15

How to Cite

Goyal, S. . (2021). Notes on Rhet/Comp, Ideology, and the Classroom in Delhi and Buffalo. Sanglap: Journal of Literary and Cultural Inquiry, 7(1), 54–77. Retrieved from https://sanglap-journal.in/index.php/sanglap/article/view/139