
The Function of Theory in Composition Studies
Raul Sanchez(Author)
State University of New York Press
Published on 1. June 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
133 pages
978-0-7914-6478-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
How can theory improve our knowledge of writing? Raul Sanchez answers this question by examining dominant theoretical trends in composition studies over the last fifteen years, citing their common origins in a narrow, representational metatheory of writing. He argues that this adherence actually leads the field away from its objects of study: writing and the writing subject. Through this extended critique, he elaborates an alternative metatheory, one that restores writing to the conceptual center of composition studies by emphasizing its generative-rather than its representational-characteristics, particularly in increasingly networked and textualized cultures.
How can theory improve our knowledge of writing? Raul Sanchez answers this question by examining dominant theoretical trends in composition studies over the last fifteen years, citing their common origins in a narrow, representational metatheory of writing. He argues that this adherence actually leads the field away from its objects of study: writing and the writing subject. Through this extended critique, he elaborates an alternative metatheory, one that restores writing to the conceptual center of composition studies by emphasizing its generative-rather than its representational-characteristics, particularly in increasingly networked and textualized cultures.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Albany, NY
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Adult education
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
191 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7914-6478-6 (9780791464786)
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Raúl Sánchez
The Function of Theory in Composition Studies
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02/2012
State University of New York Press
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Raul Sanchez is Associate Professor of English at the University of Florida.
Content
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
Works Cited
Index
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
Works Cited
Index