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This is both a virtual textbook and a revolutionary approach to teaching students to write. Students who took the classroom version of this course in the 60s and 70s used to refer to this as a "dream course in composition." It is that and more. The students learn basic concepts of dream psychology in order to analyze the relationships in dreams. They keep a personal dream diary and use their own or anthologized dreams to write

Click link.   Descriptions (exposition)

Click link.   Stories (creative writing)

Click link.   Essays (exposition and analysis)

In this way they learn how critical writing differs from creative writing and how to compose sophisticated exposition and analysis.

The Rhetoric of Inner Space was used experimentally at Georgia Tech from 1975 through 1978. The web version is presently in construction and will be completed as soon as possible. In the meantime, please use the contents panel to sample the following types of student writing:

Click link.   Dream Descriptions

Click link.   Dream Stories

Click link.   Dream Essays

Click link.   Critiques of Dream Course

The almost 200 examples of student writing anthologized here are predominantly from students at Georgia Tech, but also include writing from students at the University of Florida and Florida Southern College.

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