Critical Realism and Composition Theory

ISBN-13: 9780415524001 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 174 str.

Donald Judd

Opis

This volume examines expressivist, cognitivist, and social-constructivist theories within composition theory: and critiques the epistemological focus of modern composition theory and its neglect of the ontological foundations.

Spis treści

1. Theory/Practice Inconsistencies and Composition Studies2. Critical Realism and Philosophies of Science3. Expressivist Rhetoric and Voluntarism4. Cognitivist Rhetoric and Positivism5. Social-Constructivist Rhetoric and Super-Idealism6. A Rhetoric of Praxis: Toward a Critical Realist Theory of Composition

O autorze

Donald Judd is an Assistant Professor of English at Pittsburg State University, where he teaches courses on writing, literature, and composition theory. He has published articles on assignment design and Marxism and sustainable development and is a member of the National Council of Teachers of English.