The Function of Theory in Composition Studies

The Function of Theory in Composition StudiesOffers an extended critique of key assumptions in composition theory and a new paradigm for thinking about writing in an increasingly globalized and textualized world. How can theory improve our knowledge of writing? Ral Snchez answers this question by examining dominant theoretical trends in composition studies over the last fifteen years, citing their common origins in a narrow, representational metatheory of writing. He argues that this adherence

Emerson takes the reader through different forms of philosophies that attempt to explain the world and man’s purpose within it

Mahadevan digs into the history of photography

Though now recognized as zealot propaganda

Hulled wheats have superior properties in constituents such as protein

Such an account requires some fundamental geometric figure out of which appearances are structured

and a keen student of Old English

little-known locales

Revered by generations for his bravery and leadership

and their role in trade and international relations with Nubia and neighboring regions

feminism and queer history

The authors explore the ideological values explicitly encoded by the feminine in these texts

In this reflective autobiography