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Upsetting composition commonplaces

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dc.contributor.authorBarnard, Ian, author
dc.contributor.authorUtah State University Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:48:05Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:48:05Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references and index.
dc.description.abstractIn Upsetting Composition Commonplaces, Ian Barnard argues that composition still retains the bulk of instructional practices that were used in the decades before poststructuralist theory discredited them. While acknowledging that some of the foundational insights of poststructuralist theory can be difficult to translate to the classroom, Barnard upends several especially intransigent tenets that continue to influence the teaching of writing and how students are encouraged to understand writing. Using six major principles of writing classrooms and textbooks-clarity, intent, voice, ethnography, audience, and objectivity-Barnard looks at the implications of poststructuralist theory for pedagogy. While suggesting some evocative poststructuralist pedagogical practices, the author focuses on diagnosing the fault lines of composition's refusal of poststructuralism rather than on providing solutions in the form of teaching templates. Upsetting Composition Commonplaces addresses the need to more effectively engage in poststructuralist concepts in composition in an accessible and engaging voice that will advance the conversation about relations between the theory and teaching of writing.--Page [4] of cover.
dc.description.tableofcontentsChapter 1. Introduction: For Theory's Sake -- Chapter 2. Clarity -- Chapter 3. Intent -- Chapter 4. Voice -- Chapter 5. Ethnography -- Chapter 6. Audience -- Chapter 7. Objectivity -- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Unbecoming Institutions.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/88160
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subject.lcshEnglish language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher)
dc.subject.lcshEnglish language -- Composition and exercises
dc.titleUpsetting composition commonplaces
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