The revival of classical rhetoric for modern composition studies: A survey

Rhetoric Society Quarterly Jun 1994

The revival of classical rhetoric for modern composition studies: A survey

Gerald Nelms Southern Illinois University Carbondale ; Maureen Daly Goggin Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Abstract

Whatever dates Composition historians suggest as the beginning of modern composition studies whether it's 1949-50 with the founding of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, or 1961 with the publication of Richard Braddock, Richard Lloyd-Jones, and Lowell Schoer's Research in Written Composition, or 1971 with the publication of Janet Emig's The Composing Processes of Twelfth Graders they all agree that the modern study of written communication is at least two decades old, with its gradual emergence occurring over decade or so. One way of marking the emergence of this new discipline is to look for the rise of what Robert Connors has called a coherently evolved of composition (Introduction xii). In fact, the journal literature of the 1950s and early 1960s is full of suggestions for theoretical foundation for the study and teaching of writing. Finding coherent theory that the field could embrace, however, was problematic.

Journal: Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Published: 1994-06-01
DOI: 10.1080/02773949409390994
Open Access: Closed
Topics: rhetorical theory multimodality

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