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By N.S. Gill, About.com Guide to Ancient History since 1997

Academic Writing

Friday July 18, 2003
Do you know what Robert Fulford means here? "'In pomo-babble it's appropriate to praise, for instance, a transgressive challenge to the valorization of hegemonic narrativity."
Condemning Academic Writing Style
Elsewhere: Mithridates

Robert Fulford of National Post of Canada appears to be making a parody of academic language. Elsewhere in this article, he asks a good question: If they study, read, and teach it, why can't they write it?
They should know better Humanities scholars spend lots of time reading, so why can't they write?

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