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Samuel Johnson, Scepticism, And Biography, Martin Maner
Samuel Johnson, Scepticism, And Biography, Martin Maner
English Language and Literatures Faculty Publications
Johnson's sceptical approach to biography is a dialectic by which Johnson engages the reader in testing the limits of biographical inference. This biographical scepticism derives from the scientific epistemologies of Locke and Bacon, the writings of Pierre Bayle, and the "constructive scepticism" of the seventeenth-century Christian apologists.
Different Words: Response To James Paul Gee, C. Mark Hurlbert, Nancy Mack, James Thomas Zebroski
Different Words: Response To James Paul Gee, C. Mark Hurlbert, Nancy Mack, James Thomas Zebroski
English Language and Literatures Faculty Publications
Our collective response to James Paul Gee will build on the many similar beliefs that the three of us share with Gee to examine the disputes that we have with some of his words. Our response will push forward, suggesting transformative practices that composition teachers can do to create a more democratic classroom and a more democratic profession.
The Social Nature Of Words: Voices, Dialogues, Quarrels, Nancy Mack
The Social Nature Of Words: Voices, Dialogues, Quarrels, Nancy Mack
English Language and Literatures Faculty Publications
Considers the social nature of language and applies it to the composition classroom. Demonstrates how the composition teacher's conception of language influences the student's position of power. Argues that the "democratic" use of language allows students from lower social classes to appropriate language and to make changes which will foster a better society.