Fragments of Rationality
Postmodernity and the Subject of Composition
Published on 12. July 2014
302 pages
978-0-8229-7156-6 (ISBN)
Description
In an insightful assessment of the study and teaching of writing against the larger theoretical, political, and technological upheavals of the past thirty years, Fragments of Rationality questions why composition studies has been less affected by postmodern theory than other humanities and social science disciplines.
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12/1992
University of Pittsburgh Press
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Lester Faigley is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. In the Turbulence of Theory
- 2. The Changing Political Landscape of Composition Studies
- 3. The Linguistic Agent as Subject
- 4. Ideologies of the Self in Writing Evaluation
- 5. Coherent Contradictions: The Conflicting Rhetoric of Writing Textbooks
- 6. The Achieved Utopia of the Networked Classroom
- 7. Student Writers at the End of History?
- 8. The Ethical Subject
- Notes
- Sources
- Index
