A Counter-History of Composition: Toward Methodologies of Complexity
A Counter-History of Composition: Toward Methodologies of Complexity (Pitt Comp Literacy Culture) Byron Hawk,
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822959739
DDC: 808.042
Edition: Paperback; 2007-11-28
Summary:
A Counter-History of Composition contests the foundational
disciplinary assumption that vitalism and contemporary rhetoric
represent opposing, disconnected poles in the writing tradition.
Vitalism has been historically linked to expressivism and
concurrently dismissed as innate, intuitive, and unteachable, whereas
rhetoric is seen as a rational, teachable method for producing
argumentative texts. Counter to this, Byron Hawk identifies vitalism
as the ground for producing rhetorical texts-the product of complex
material relations rather than the product of chance. Through
insightful historical analysis ranging from classical Greek rhetoric
to contemporary complexity theory, Hawk defines three forms of
vitalism (oppositional, investigative, and complex) and argues for
their application in the environments where students write and think
today. Hawk proposes that complex vitalism will prove a useful tool
in formulating post-dialectical pedagogies, most notably in the
context of emerging digital media. He relates two specific examples
of applying complex vitalism in the classroom and calls for the
reexamination and reinvention of current self-limiting pedagogies to
incorporate vitalism and complexity theory.
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