A Counter-history of Composition: Toward Methodologies of Complexity - Couverture souple

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Hawk, Byron

 
9780822959731: A Counter-history of Composition: Toward Methodologies of Complexity
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0822959739 ISBN 13 : 9780822959731
Editeur : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007

Synopsis

A Counter-History of Composition contests the foundational disciplinary assumption that vitalism and contemporary rhetoric represent opposing, disconnected poles in the writing tradition. Vitalism has been historically linked to expressivism and concurrently dismissed as innate, intuitive, and unteachable, whereas rhetoric is seen as a rational, teachable method for producing argumentative texts. Counter to this, Byron Hawk identifies vitalism as the ground for producing rhetorical texts-the product of complex material relations rather than the product of chance. Through insightful historical analysis ranging from classical Greek rhetoric to contemporary complexity theory, Hawk defines three forms of vitalism (oppositional, investigative, and complex) and argues for their application in the environments where students write and think today. Hawk proposes that complex vitalism will prove a useful tool in formulating post-dialectical pedagogies, most notably in the context of emerging digital media. He relates two specific examples of applying complex vitalism in the classroom and calls for the reexamination and reinvention of current self-limiting pedagogies to incorporate vitalism and complexity theory.

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À propos de l?auteur

Byron Hawk is associate professor of English at the University of South Carolina. He is the author of A Counter-History of Composition: Toward Methodologies of Complexity, winner of the W. Ross Winterowd Award, and coeditor of Small Tech: The Culture of Digital Tools.

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Éditeur
University of Pittsburgh Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0822959739
ISBN 13 
9780822959731
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
400
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