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...Richard Marius, director of Expository Writing, canceled Expository Writing 13, the Expos fiction option, citing his concern that freshmen are not learning how to write expository prose in fiction classes...
...Marius's decision provoked criticism from students who viewed their fiction Expos as one of their most valuable Harvard experiences, but he drew the strongest fire from his own staff, in particular from Diana Thomson, who has taught fiction Expos for ten years...
Thomson and two other fiction staff members disagreed with Marius over the educational value of fiction writing. She, Cynthia Rich and Steven Erlanger contend fiction writing challenges students who have been screened for competence in expository writing to work on subtle improvements in their prose--control of tone, imagery, concrete detail, and style...
...Marius and his staff also parted company over the leadership of the fiction program next year. Marius said he had expected to take charge of fiction this year, but found when he arrived at Harvard the former director had appointed Rich...
...Teaching of Writing--seminar with Robert Fitzgerald, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory; Dudley Herschbach, Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science; Richard Marius, senior lecturer on Expository Writing; and B.F. Skinner, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology Emeritus, Science Center...