Style in the Diaspora of Composition Studies

Paul Butler University of Nevada, Reno

Abstract

Abstract I make the claim that even though style appears to be invisible in composition studies today, paradoxically, it is ubiquitous, and I examine areas where the study of style has diffused in the field, such as genre theory, rhetorical analysis, and personal writing. I both adopt and complicate Janice Lauer's notion of the “diaspora” as the site of style's migration in composition and argue that it is important to draw explicitly upon the field's rich stylistic resources for practical and pedagogical purposes.

Journal
Rhetoric Review
Published
2007-01-01
DOI
10.1080/07350190709336683
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