A Counter-history of composition

2007

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Title
A counter-history of composition: toward methodologies of complexity
Creator
Hawk, Byron
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Statement of Responsibility
Byron Hawk.
Date
2007
Identifier
31735062135763
Description
"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. Byron Hawk proposes a new, complex vitalism that could be a useful tool in formulating postdialectical pedagogics, most notably in the context of emerging digital media. 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Extent
viii, 314 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, PA
Type
text
Genre
bibliography
histories (literary genre)
Subject
English language--Rhetoric
Series Title
Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
Language
eng
Collection
University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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