Invention in Rhetoric and Composition
Published on 24. December 2003
276 pages
978-1-932559-08-8 (ISBN)
Description
Invention in Rhetoric and Composition examines issues that have surrounded historical and contemporary theories and pedagogies of rhetorical invention, citing a wide array of positions on these issues in both primary rhetorical texts and secondary interpretations. It presents theoretical disagreements over the nature, purpose, and epistemology of invention and pedagogical debates over such issues as the relative importance of art, talent, imitation, and practice in teaching discourse.
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Janice M. Lauer is Professor of English, Emerita at Purdue University, where she was the Reece McGee Distinguished Professor of English. In 1998, she received the College Composition and Communication Conference's Exemplar Award. Her publications include Four Worlds of Writing: Inquiry and Action in Context, Composition Research: Empirical Designs, and New Perspectives on Rhetorical Invention, as well as essays on rhetorical invention, disciplinarity, writing as inquiry, composition pedagogy, historical rhetoric, and empirical research.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction and Overview
- Definitions
- Historical Review: Issues in Rhetorical Invention
- Issues over the Nature, Purpose, and Epistemology of Rhetorical Invention in the Twentieth Century
- Issues over Invention Pedagogies
- Glossary
- Annotated Bibliography
- Bibliography and Works CitedAbbott,
