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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808149703321

Autore

Sanchez Raul <1965->

Titolo

The function of theory in composition studies [[electronic resource] /] / Raúl Sánchez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, N.Y., : State University of New York Press, 2005

ISBN

0-7914-8315-0

1-4237-4768-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (134 p.)

Disciplina

808/.042/071

Soggetti

English language - Composition and exercises - Study and teaching

English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching

Report writing - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-115) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- The Function of Theory in Composition Studies -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Current State of Composition Theory -- 2. The Discourse of Knowledge in Composition Theory -- 3. Composition's Ideology Apparatus -- 4. Theories of Culture in Composition Theory -- 5. Writing Without Subjects -- Notes -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Offers an extended critique of key assumptions in composition theory and a new paradigm for thinking about writing in an increasingly globalized and textualized world.