Monthly Archives: April 2007

notes from what I read today (Bruffee)

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Michael

“If thought is internalized public and social talk, then writing of all kinds is internalized social talk made public and social again. If thought is internalized conversation, then writing is internalized conversation re-externalized” (422). This seems to make sense to … Continue reading →

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Trimbur: Composition and the Circulation of Writing

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Michael

In “Composition and the Circulation of Writing,” John Trimbur critiques the prevalent practice in composition pedagogy of reducing the canon of delivery to mere submission of a paper, which separates writing education from modes of production and delivery and over-emphasizes … Continue reading →

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Royce’s The Philosophy of Loyalty, Chapter 3

Posted on April 20, 2007 by Michael

Josiah Royce, in Chapter 3 of The Philosophy of Loyalty (1908), argues that in order to be a moral person, one must chose to be loyal to causes that do not infringe upon other people’s loyalty to their causes — … Continue reading →

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Miller’s “Genre as Social Action”

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Michael

In “Genre as Social Action,” Carolyn R. Miller argues “that a rhetorical sound definition of genre must be centered not on the substance or the form of discourse but on the action it is used to accomplish” (151). This action … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs in Classrooms, Genre, Thesis work | 2 Comments

Brick: “First Person Singular, First Person Plural, and Exposition”

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Michael

In “First Person Singular, First Person Plural, and Exposition,” Allan Brick calls for valuing students’ own idea formation when many political forces are calling for skills education or utility-based writing. He writes that perhaps the problem with students not developing … Continue reading →

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