Genre and the invention of the writer reconsidering the place of invention in composition
In a focused and compelling discussion, Anis Bawarshi looks to genre theory for what it can contribute to a refined understanding of invention. In describing what he calls "the genre function," he explores what is at stake for the study and teaching of writing to imagine invention as a way...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Utah State University Press
2003, ©2003©2003
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| Summary: | In a focused and compelling discussion, Anis Bawarshi looks to genre theory for what it can contribute to a refined understanding of invention. In describing what he calls "the genre function," he explores what is at stake for the study and teaching of writing to imagine invention as a way that writers locate themselves, via genres, within various positions and activities. He argues, in fact, that invention is a process in which writers are acted upon by genres as much as they act themselves. Such an approach naturally requires the composition scholar to re-place invention from the w |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 207 pages |
| ISBN: | 9780874215540 6613267007 0874215544 9786613267009 9781283267007 1283267004 |