In this Book
- The Function of Theory in Composition Studies
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: State University of New York Press
summary
How can theory improve our knowledge of writing? Raúl Sánchez 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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- 3 Compsotion's Ideology Apparatus
- pp. 41-60
- 5 Writing Without Subjects
- pp. 85-100
- Works Cited
- pp. 107-115
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791483152
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
63148857
Pages
133
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No