Teaching composition as a social process / Bruce McComiskey

• Autore: McComiskey Bruce <1963->
• Pubblicazione: Logan, Utah : , : Utah State University Press, , 2000; ©2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Disciplina: 808/.042/07; 808.04207
• Soggetto topico: Rhetoric and psychology; Report writing - Study and teaching - Social aspects; English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching - Social aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-144) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Three levels of composing -- Social-process rhetorical inquiry -- The post-process movement in composition studies -- Composing postmodern subjectivities in the aporia between identity and difference -- Critical discourse analysis in the composition class -- Writing in context -- Works cited -- Index -- About the author.
• Sommario/riassunto: Bruce McComiskey is a strong advocate of social approaches to teaching writing. However, he opposes composition teaching that relies on cultural theory for content, because it too often prejudges the ethical character of institutions and reverts unnecessarily to product-centered practices in the classroom. He opposes what he calls the ""read-this-essay-and-do-what-the-author-did method of writing instruction: read Roland Barthes's essay 'Toys' and write a similar essay; read John Fiske's essay on TV and critique a show."" McComiskey argues for teaching writing a
• Titolo autorizzato: Teaching composition as a social process
• ISBN: 1-283-26681-4; 9780585269254; 9786613266811; 0-87421-352-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910213818403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II