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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Logan :
Utah State University Press,
[2003]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 207 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-202) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0874214769 9780874214765 |