Fragments of Rationality: Postmodernity and the Subject of CompositionAn assessment of the study and teaching of writing against the larger theoretical, political and technological upheavals of the past 30 years, Fragments of Rationality asks why composition studies has been less affected by postmodern theory than other humanities and social science disciplines. For Lester Faigley, the very conservativism of composition teaching - which has resisted the challenges of postmodern thought - makes it a revealing object of study. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
In the Turbulence of Theory | 25 |
The Changing Political Landscape of Composition Studies | 48 |
Copyright | |
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Fragments of Rationality: Postmodernity and the Subject of Composition Lester Faigley Limited preview - 1993 |
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