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Until recently, American composition scholars have studied writing instruction mainly within the borders of their own nation, rarely considering English composition in the global context in which writing in English is increasingly taught. Writing in the Devil's Tonguechallenges this anachronistic approach by examining the history of English composition instruction in an East Asian country. Author Xiaoye You offers scholars a chance to observe how a nation changed from monolingual writing practices to bilingual writing instruction in a school setting. You makes extensive use of archival sources to help trace bilingual writing instruction in China back to 1862, when English was first taught in government schools. Treating the Chinese pursuit of modernity as the overarching theme, he explores how the entry of Anglo-American rhetoric and composition challenged and altered the traditional monolithic practice of teaching Chinese writing in the Confucian spirit. The author focuses on four aspects of this history: the Chinese negotiation with Anglo-American rhetoric, their search for innovative approaches to instruction, students' situated use of English writing, and local scholarship in English composition. Unlike previous composition histories, which have tended to focus on institutional, disciplinary, and pedagogical issues,Writing in the Devil's Tonguebrings students back to center stage by featuring several passages written by them in each chapter. These passages not only showcase rhetorical and linguistic features of their writings but also serve as representative anecdotes that reveal the complex ways in which students, responding to their situations, performed multivalent, intercultural discourses. In addition, You moves out of the classroom and into the historical, cultural, and political contexts that shaped both Chinese writing and composing practices and the pedagogies that were adopted to teach English to Chinese in China. Teachers, students, and scholars reading this book will learn a great deal about the political and cultural impact that teaching English composition has had in China and about the ways in which Chinese writing and composition continues to be shaped by rich and diverse cultural traditions and political discourses. In showcasing the Chinese struggle with teaching and practicing bilingual composition,Writing in the Devil's Tonguealerts American writing scholars and teachers to an untimely English monolingual mentality and urges them to modify their rhetorical assumptions, pedagogical approaches, and writing practices in the age of globalization.

Xiaoye You, an assistant professor of English at Penn State University, is a coeditor of The Politics of Second Language Writing: In Search of the Promised Land. He has published articles in CCC, Rhetoric Review, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, World Englishes, and Journal of Second Language Writing.

Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Encountering The Devil's Writing, 1862-1918	p. 14
Tong Wen Guan	p. 15
Writing in Traditional Chinese Education	p. 18
The Infiltration of Western Rhetoric	p. 27
American Influences in English Composition	p. 30
New Sensibilities in the Devil's Tongue	p. 40
Writing and Decolonization, 1919-49	p. 46
The New Culture Movement	p. 47
Conflation of Rhetorical Traditions	p. 49
Translation and English Writing	p. 59
Public Speaking and Extracurricular Writing	p. 62
Writing in a Gendered Voice	p. 66
Writing as Anti-Imperialist Warfare	p. 70
Localizing English Composition Pedagogy	p. 72
Writing and The Proletarian Revolution 1950-76	p. 78
The Decline of English Teaching	p. 79
Old Practices and New Influences	p. 81
Structural Linguistics and Writing	p. 84
Chinese Proletarian Rhetoric	p. 87
Writing in the Party Spirit	p. 92
Writing in "Bastardized" English	p. 97
English Pedagogy for Proletarian Revolution	p. 100
Writing and The Four Modernizations, 1977-90	p. 105
The Return of Anglo-American Teachers	p. 106
The Marxist Style of Writing	p. 109
Redefining English Composition	p. 114
Teaching Writing to English Majors	p. 118
Intensive Reading and Writing	p. 122
Socialist Undertones in Student Writing	p. 128
The Revival of English Writing Research	p. 132
Writing and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, 1991-2008	p. 136
Education for a Market Economy	p. 137
Creativity and Individuality in Chinese Composition	p. 139
The College English Test	p. 144
The "Five-Legged Essay" Paradigm	p. 149
The Free Spirit of Student Writing	p. 156
Writing Research with Chinese Characteristics	p. 162
Writing in our Tongue	p. 167
Redesigning English Literacy	p. 167
A History of Writing in "Our" Tongue	p. 171
Globalization and Composition Studies	p. 175
A Sketch of Rhetoric and English Composition Courses at Mission colleges, 1900-1950	p. 183
Sample Corrected Student Essays at Ginling College, 1923	p. 193
Notes	p. 197
Works Cited	p. 209
Index	p. 231
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