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  • The Andy Stories

    Creator:
    Henkel, William B.
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    The four stories within, "Jim of India," "Shooting the Breeze," "Bridge," and "Point Reyes," are part of a longer work in progress, tentatively titled The Andy Stories. The stories follow Andy, a woman in her 50s, on a voyage across the continent and into herself. Of these, all are written...
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    as far along as it is. Warm thanks are due my committee members Michael Oriard and Mina Carson for

  • Learning by imitation : the scholarly works of David Bartholomae

    Creator:
    Gallup, Sarah E.
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    This thesis examines the scholarship in pedagogical theory and practice of David Bartholomae over the past thirty-five years, in particular examining the role that the rhetorical construct of imitation has played in its development. Through my research, I trace the evolution of Bartholomae’s pedagogical stances and practices, as these both...
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    Mina Shaughnessy…………………………………………………………… 32 Anthony Petrosky…………………………………………………………….. 37 Final

  • Teacher-Researchers in Composition Studies : Subverting Education's Political Hierarchy

    Creator:
    Hardin, Holly E.
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    This study focused on composition teachers in elementary and secondary schools who researched their own teaching practices. Specifically, it examined political implications of their work within the larger context of the education hierarchy. Central to this examination were teacher-researcher (t-r) perceptions of and interactions with other members of the education...
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  • A circle of response : addressing the tensions of teacher responseto student writing

    Creator:
    Carothers, April D.
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    What students need most from instructors’ written response on their texts is commentary that evokes a sense of exchange. Teachers often believe that their job is to point out the deficits in a student’s paper and help eliminate those deficits. While this is a part of the function of response,...
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    , are Mina Shaughnessy, David Bartholomae, Donald Murray, Linda Flower, Nancy Sommers, Mike Rose

  • Mike Rose : composing a reading of inclusion

    Creator:
    Jameson, Sara
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    Mike Rose researcher, professor, scholar, and author of numerous articles and books including the literacy memoir - Lives on the Boundary - has been active in the field of education and composition for over 30 years. This thesis looks back at the development of the discipline of composition studies to...
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    of scholars such as James Berlin, Mina Shaughnessy, Paolo Freire, and Peter Elbow but I hadn't yet

  • Wendy Bishop : a feminist voice at the intersections of composition, creative writing, and ethnography

    Creator:
    Rosman, Alice L.
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    Wendy Bishop's lively voice and scholarly contribution continue to resonate and be important in composition studies. Bishop--poet, scholar, feminist, teacher, ethnographer, and compositionist--sought to blur the lines between creative writing and composition. This thesis argues that in challenging the boundaries that exist between creative writing and composition, Bishop also challenged...
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    occurring in composition studies, citing important figures like Mina Shaughnessy and Patricia Bizzell

  • Invitations to the writing life : a study of popular writing books

    Creator:
    Finley, Devon
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    The field of composition studies has concerned itself with the way in which people learn to write and the role schooling plays in writing development. Recently a trend has developed within the field towards exploring writing development outside of the classroom, termed the extracurriculum. Much of the scholarship thus far...
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    example. I love to cook. I do not call myself "chef," but I call myself cook. I like to cook for

  • A Rhetorical Analysis of Feminist Critics' References to Virginia Woolf

    Creator:
    Stockton, Judith D.
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    Virginia Woolf wrote both prose and poetry, both fiction and non-fiction: she was both a creative writer and a politically conscious reporter. She left a wealth of beautifully crafted observations and comments that continue to be immensely quotable and influential. Feminist critics today use Woolf's vocabulary to continue the feminist...
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    . Mayer was the Woolf s cook general at their small country house near Lewes. The Woolf s hired Mayer

  • Claude McKay's Vision of Community in the African Diaspora : A Fresh Take on Home to Harlem and Banjo

    Creator:
    De Jesus, Michael A. (Michael Anthony)
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    This research examines the literary and philosophical dimensions of the African American Harlem Renaissance, beginning with the historical milieu of the early twentieth century. A social movement that became known as Uplift and the so-called Cabaret Movement emerged as important, competing literary and social ideologies within the Renaissance. W.E.B. Du...
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  • The culture of academia : authorizing students to read and write

    Creator:
    Mitchell, Danielle M.
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    Presenting and synthesizing several paradigms for the teaching of literature in American colleges, I investigate how definitions of reading, readers, texts, interpretations, and knowledge affect student acts of reading and writing. In addition, I draw upon specific examples of text-based, reader-based, and social-cultural based models for the teaching of reading...
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    Gertrude Buck, who not only asserted that writing was a complex social act dependent upon rhetorical