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Counter-History of Composition, A - Toward Methodologies of Complexity (Paperback, American ed.) Loot Price: R1,663
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Counter-History of Composition, A - Toward Methodologies of Complexity (Paperback, American ed.): Byron Hawk

Counter-History of Composition, A - Toward Methodologies of Complexity (Paperback, American ed.)

Byron Hawk

Series: Composition, Literacy, and Culture

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"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. Counter to this, Byron Hawk identifies vitalism as the ground for producing rhetorical texts-the product of complex material relations rather than the product of chance. 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.
Hawk proposes that complex vitalism will prove a useful tool in formulating post-dialectical pedagogies, most notably in the context of emerging digital media. He relates two specific examples of applying complex vitalism in the classroom and calls for the reexamination and reinvention of current self-limiting pedagogies to incorporate vitalism and complexity theory.

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Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Composition, Literacy, and Culture
Release date: November 2007
First published: November 2007
Authors: Byron Hawk
Dimensions: 230 x 150 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Edition: American ed.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-5973-1
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > General
Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > Specific skills > Writing skills
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LSN: 0-8229-5973-9
Barcode: 9780822959731

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