ISBN-13: 9783639139976 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 164 str.
Although we use the term author on a daily basis to refer to certain individuals, bodies of work, and systems of ideas, as Michel Foucault and other critics have pointed out, attempting to answer the question "What is an Author?" is by no means a simple proposition. And, starting from the position that there is no single, or definitive answer to this complex question, this book seeks to contribute to the ongoing discussion of the genealogy of authorship by investigating the ways in which conceptions of the author have informed models of the writing subject in the field of rhetoric and composition and the ways in which composition students define and relate to these models.
Although we use the term author on a daily basis torefer to certain individuals, bodies of work, andsystems of ideas, as Michel Foucault and othercritics have pointed out, attempting to answer thequestion "What is an Author?" is by no means a simpleproposition. And, starting from the position thatthere is no single, or definitive answer to thiscomplex question, this book seeks to contribute tothe ongoing discussion of the genealogy of authorshipby investigating the ways in which conceptions of theauthor have informed models of the writing subject inthe field of rhetoric and composition and the ways inwhich composition students define and relate to thesemodels.