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Full-Text Articles in Rhetoric and Composition
Sir Gawain And The Green Knight And The History Of Medieval Rhetoric., Joseph Turner
Sir Gawain And The Green Knight And The History Of Medieval Rhetoric., Joseph Turner
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
During the Middle Ages, rhetoric and literature were thoroughly intertwined, whereas current notions of disciplinarity, in which literature and rhetoric are constructed as separate traditions, muddy our understanding of medieval practice. This essay reads Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, an anonymous fourteenth-century poem, as engaged in a Ciceronian debate over the ramifications of legislative rhetoric on civic decision-making. Because of the paucity of information on medieval rhetorical practice, it concludes, literature is a resource that illuminates this neglected and misunderstood historical period.
Toward A Multilingual Composition Scholarship : From English Only To A Translingual Norm., Bruce Horner, Samantha Necamp, Christiane Donahue
Toward A Multilingual Composition Scholarship : From English Only To A Translingual Norm., Bruce Horner, Samantha Necamp, Christiane Donahue
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Against the limitations English monolingualism imposes on composition scholarship, as evident in journal submission requirements, frequency of references to non-English medium writing, bibliographical resources, and our own past work, we argue for adopting a translingual approach to languages, disciplines, localities, and research traditions in our scholarship, and propose ways individuals, journals, conferences, and graduate programs might advance composition scholarship toward a translingual norm.
Dancing With Don: Or Waltzing With "Expressivism", Bronwyn Williams
Dancing With Don: Or Waltzing With "Expressivism", Bronwyn Williams
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Relocating Basic Writing., Bruce Horner
Relocating Basic Writing., Bruce Horner
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
I frame the continuing value of basic writing as part of a long tradition in composition studies challenging dominant beliefs about literacy and language abilities, and I link basic writing to emerging--e.g."translingual"--approaches to language. I identify basic writing as vital to the field of composition in its rejection of simplistic notions of English, language, and literacy; its insistence on searching out the different in what might appear to be the same and the familiar; and its commitment to work with students consigned by dominant ideologies to the social periphery as in fact central, leading edge. These positions enable basic writing …
Language Difference In Writing : Toward A Translingual Approach., Bruce Horner, Min-Zhan Lu, Jacqueline Jones Royster, John Trimbur
Language Difference In Writing : Toward A Translingual Approach., Bruce Horner, Min-Zhan Lu, Jacqueline Jones Royster, John Trimbur
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Arguing against the emphasis of traditional U.S. composition classes on linguistically homogeneous situations, the authors contend that this focus is at odds with actual language use today. They call for a translingual approach, which they define as seeing difference in language not as a barrier to overcome or as a problem to manage, but as a resource for producing meaning in writing, speaking, reading, and listening.
Seeking New Worlds: The Study Of Writing Beyond Our Classrooms, Bronwyn T. Williams
Seeking New Worlds: The Study Of Writing Beyond Our Classrooms, Bronwyn T. Williams
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
As new ways of creating and interpreting texts complicate ideas of how and why writing happens, the field of rhetoric and composition needs to be more conscious of how our institutional responsibilities and scholarly attention to college writing have limited its vision of writing and literacy. It is time to move beyond consolidating our identity as a field focused on college writing, reach out to other literacy-related fields, and form a broader, more comprehensive, and more flexible identity as part of a larger field of literacy and rhetorical studies.
Working Rhetoric And Composition., Bruce Horner, Min-Zhan Lu
Working Rhetoric And Composition., Bruce Horner, Min-Zhan Lu
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Given the multiple meanings of rhetoric and composition, as well as the vexed history of institutional relationships between these two terms, it is important for scholars to trace how they are “worked”—that is, how they materially function—in a variety of specific circumstances.
Composing In A Global-Local Context : Careers, Mobility, Skills., Min-Zhan Lu, Bruce Horner
Composing In A Global-Local Context : Careers, Mobility, Skills., Min-Zhan Lu, Bruce Horner
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
When composition students look to their teachers for vocational guidance, both groups should acknowledge that the contexts of such terms as career, mobility, and skills have radically changed. In particular, the economy now links the global with the local, and capitalism has shifted from the fordist model, dominant through much of the twentieth century, to a newer, “fast” model.
Review Of "Writing The Economy: Activity, Genre, And Technology In The World Of Banking", Andrea R. Olinger
Review Of "Writing The Economy: Activity, Genre, And Technology In The World Of Banking", Andrea R. Olinger
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
No abstract provided.
James Slevin And The Identifying Practices Of Composition., Bruce Horner
James Slevin And The Identifying Practices Of Composition., Bruce Horner
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Introduction : Cross-Language Relations In Composition., Bruce Horner
Introduction : Cross-Language Relations In Composition., Bruce Horner
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
No abstract provided.
An Essay On The Work Of Composition : Composing English Against The Order Of Fast Capitalism., Min-Zhan Lu
An Essay On The Work Of Composition : Composing English Against The Order Of Fast Capitalism., Min-Zhan Lu
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
This is an attempt to define what being a responsible and responsive user of English might mean in a world ordered by global capital, a world where all forms of intra- and international exchanges in all areas of life are increasingly under pressure to involve English. Turning to recent work in linguistics and education, I pose a set of alternative assumptions that might help us develop more responsible and responsive approaches to the relation between English and its users (both those labeled Native-Speaking, White or Middle Class, and those Othered by these labels), the language needs and purposes of individual …
Never Let The Truth Stand In The Way Of A Good Story: A Work For Three Voices, Bronwyn T. Williams
Never Let The Truth Stand In The Way Of A Good Story: A Work For Three Voices, Bronwyn T. Williams
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Describes how the author's habit of fabrications and stories as a 10-year-old became a source for writing fiction. Notes how he pursued journalism as a profession, but was frustrated by its limitations. Considers how as a professional field, composition continues to contemplate and struggle with issues of power and representation in research and writing. Addresses the issues of power and representation and the ethical concerns that such issues entail.
English Only And U.S. College Composition., Bruce Horner, John Trimbur
English Only And U.S. College Composition., Bruce Horner, John Trimbur
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
In this article, we identify in the formation of U.S. college composition courses a tacit policy of English monolingualism based on a chain of reifications of languages and social identity. We show this policy continuing in assumptions underlying arguments for and against English Only legislation and basic writers. And we call for an internationalist perspective on written English in relation to other languages and the dynamics of globalization.
The Politics Of The Personal : Storying Our Lives Against The Grain., Deborah Brandt, Ellen Cushman, Anne Ruggles Gere, Anne Herrington, Richard E. Miller, Victor Villanueva, Min-Zhan Lu, Gesa Kirsch
The Politics Of The Personal : Storying Our Lives Against The Grain., Deborah Brandt, Ellen Cushman, Anne Ruggles Gere, Anne Herrington, Richard E. Miller, Victor Villanueva, Min-Zhan Lu, Gesa Kirsch
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
This symposium presents a written dialogue of scholars expressing not only excitement but also frustration over the ways in which current work in composition and literacy studies has explored the politics of the personal.
“Students’ Right,” English Only, And Re-Imagining The Politics Of Language., Bruce Horner
“Students’ Right,” English Only, And Re-Imagining The Politics Of Language., Bruce Horner
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Argues that a lack of language legislation is indicative of a pervasive, tacit policy of "English Only" in composition and of a constellation of assumptions about languages, and language users that continues to cripple public debate on English Only and compositionists' approaches to matters of "error." Proposes an approach to language and "error" considering the relations of language to power.
Expectations, Interpretations And Contributions Of Basic Writing., Min-Zhan Lu, Bruce Horner
Expectations, Interpretations And Contributions Of Basic Writing., Min-Zhan Lu, Bruce Horner
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
This essay argues that Basic Writing students, teachers, and scholarship are crucial to enabling colleges and universities to live up to their ideals of diversity, interdisciplinarity, and student-centered learning. BW scholars and teachers have developed ways to work with students to better understand the different perspectives they bring to their writing and learning, and to use those perspectives to break down barriers between academic and non-academic worlds and develop "borderland" knowledge and perspectives. The authors call for more research exploring the potential of basic writing students to develop such perspectives, and for research exploring the implications of BW scholarship for …
Traditions And Professionalization : Reconceiving Work In Composition., Bruce Horner
Traditions And Professionalization : Reconceiving Work In Composition., Bruce Horner
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
The derogation of the “traditional” in the discourse of academic professionalism in composition studies overlooks practices within tradition that may be counter or alternative to the hegemonic. Aspects of the Amherst College “tradition” of English 1–2 illustrate, in idealized form, alternative practices drawing from residual elements of dominant culture.
The Problematic Of Experience : Redefining Critical Work In Ethnography And Pedagogy., Min-Zhan Lu, Bruce Horner
The Problematic Of Experience : Redefining Critical Work In Ethnography And Pedagogy., Min-Zhan Lu, Bruce Horner
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Explores the convergence between projects in ethnographic research and composition pedagogy that emphasize the critical power of experience. Argues that critical ethnography and pedagogy need to redefine "experience" and its function for research and teaching and that composition can help this redefinition by looking for ways to build and constructively use a tension between teaching and research practices.
Students, Authorship, And The Work Of Composition., Bruce Horner
Students, Authorship, And The Work Of Composition., Bruce Horner
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Reviews the dominant pedagogical strategies compositionists have devised in response to the dilemma posed by the author/student writer binary. Reviews Raymond Williams's analysis of the approaches to the "sociality" of authorship. Describes the contradictions in which dominant composition pedagogies have become entangled.
Discoursing Basic Writing., Bruce Horner
Discoursing Basic Writing., Bruce Horner
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Professing Multiculturalism : The Politics Of Style In The Contact Zone., Min-Zhan Lu
Professing Multiculturalism : The Politics Of Style In The Contact Zone., Min-Zhan Lu
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Mapping Errors And Expectations For Basic Writing : From The "Frontier Field" To "Border Country"., Bruce Horner
Mapping Errors And Expectations For Basic Writing : From The "Frontier Field" To "Border Country"., Bruce Horner
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Symposium On Basic Writing, Conflict And Struggle, And The Legacy Of Mina Shaughnessy., Patricia Laurence, Peter Rondinone, Barbara Gleason, Thomas J. Farrell, Paul Hunter, Min-Zhan Lu
Symposium On Basic Writing, Conflict And Struggle, And The Legacy Of Mina Shaughnessy., Patricia Laurence, Peter Rondinone, Barbara Gleason, Thomas J. Farrell, Paul Hunter, Min-Zhan Lu
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Two articles in the December 1992 College English presented historical perspectives on the field of Basic Writing. In "Conflict and Struggle: The Enemies or Preconditions of Basic Writing?" Min-Zhan Lu argued for the value of a pedagogy in which conflict and struggle help Basic Writers to reposition themselves; she suggested that resistance to such a pedagogy is traceable to three pioneers in the field, Kenneth Bruffee, Thomas Farrell, and Mina Shaughnessy, and the historical context in which they worked. In "Waiting for an Aristotle, " Paul Hunter analyzed the special issue of the Journal of Basic Writing published in 1980 …
Conflict And Struggle : The Enemies Of Preconditions Of Basic Writing?, Min-Zhan Lu
Conflict And Struggle : The Enemies Of Preconditions Of Basic Writing?, Min-Zhan Lu
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
No abstract provided.
A Pedagogy Of Struggle : The Use Of Cultural Dissonance., Min-Zhan Lu
A Pedagogy Of Struggle : The Use Of Cultural Dissonance., Min-Zhan Lu
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
No abstract provided.
From Silence To Words : Writing As Struggle., Min-Zhan Lu
From Silence To Words : Writing As Struggle., Min-Zhan Lu
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
No abstract provided.