Resisting Writings (and the Boundaries of Composition)What do H. D., John Cage, Gertrude Stein, Susan Howe, Howlin' Wolf, Public Enemy, and the French Oulipo movement have to do with the teaching of writing? Everything, Derek Owens argues in this ambitious and eclectic rethinking of composition studies. This timely analysis will be of interest not only to those involved with the teaching of composition, but also to those interested in rhetoric, literature, and creative writing, as well as in feminist and cross-cultural studies. Rather than condemning either academic or "expressive" discourse, Owens proposes to overlap the worlds of composition and poetics and to teach writing from a perspective inclusive of feminist, non-Eurocentric, and experimental ways of making discourse. Owens advocates a pluralistic tolerance for radically conflicting writing philosophies throughout the university. |
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IntroductionSurveying the Landscape | 3 |
Essaying Alternatives | 28 |
Beyond Eurocentric Discourse | 72 |
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