Techne, from Neoclassicism to Postmodernism
Understanding Writing as a Useful, Teachable Art
Published on 21. May 2011
197 pages
978-1-60235-209-4 (ISBN)
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Techne, from Neoclassicism to Postmodernism offers a deconstructive reading of the debates that have surrounded the term techne in rhetoric and composition, explaining how we can affirm its value as a theory and pedagogy of writing without denying the legitimacy of the postmodern critiques that have been leveled against it.
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Techne, from Neoclassicism to Postmodernism
Understanding Writing as a Useful, Teachable Art
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05/2011
Parlor Press
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Kelly Pender holds a PhD in English from Purdue University. She is an assistant professor of English at Virginia Tech, where she teaches courses in professional writing, public discourse, critical theory, and classical rhetoric. She has presented papers at numerous conferences, and her work has appeared in journals such as Postmodern Culture, Composition Studies, and Rhetoric Society Quarterly. Her research interests include the history and theory of rhetoric and composition, critical theory, and, medical rhetoric, particularly rhetorics of genetic risk and disease prevention.
Content
- Front cover
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 What Is Techne?
- 2 The New Classicist Definition of Art
- 3 Postmodern Theory and the Re-Tooling of Techne
- 4 Closing Down and Opening Up: Techne and the Issue of Instrumentality
- 5 Closing Down and Opening Up: Techne and the Issue of Teachability
- 6 Why Techne? Why Now?
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Back cover
