English Studies: An Introduction to the Discipline(s) (Refiguring English Studies) - Softcover

McComiskey, Bruce

 
9780814115442: English Studies: An Introduction to the Discipline(s) (Refiguring English Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0814115446 ISBN 13: 9780814115442
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English (Ncte), 2006

Synopsis

Well-known scholars in the field explore the important qualities and functions of English studies' constituent disciplines--Ellen Barton on linguistics and discourse analysis, Janice Lauer on rhetoric and composition, Katharine Haake on creative writing, Richard Taylor on literature and literary criticism, Amy Elias on critical theory and cultural studies, and Robert Yagelski on English education--and the productive differences and similarities among them that define English studies' continuing importance. Faculty and students in both undergraduate and graduate courses will find the volume an invaluable overview of an increasingly fragmented field, as will department administrators who are responsible for evaluating the contributions of diverse faculty members but whose academic training may be specific to one discipline. Each chapter of English Studies is an argument for the value--the right to equal status--of each individual discipline among all English studies disciplines, yet the book is also an argument for disciplinary integration.

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About the Author

Bruce McComiskey is associate professor of English at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Throughout his career, McComiskey has taught courses in rhetoric and composition, literature, discourse analysis, critical theory, and English education, and he currently directs the Red Mountain Writing Project. McComiskey's most recent publications include Teaching Composition as a Social Process (2000), Gorgias and the New Sophistic Rhetoric (2002), and City Comp: Identities, Spaces, Practices (2003), a coedited collection on teaching writing in urban spaces. In addition to his academic writing, McComiskey has also published a number of poems in literary anthologies and magazines.

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Publisher
National Council of Teachers of English (Ncte)
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0814115446
ISBN 13 
9780814115442
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
339