Engineering and Narrative: Literary Prerequisites as Indirect Communication for Technical Writing

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Apr 2014

Engineering and Narrative: Literary Prerequisites as Indirect Communication for Technical Writing

Joseph Jeyaraj Pennsylvania State University

Abstract

While Engineering values direct communication, indirect communication produces a kind of literacy salient for engineers that direct communication may not offer in the way indirect communication does. This article emphasizes the inadequacies of overly emphasizing direct communication for Engineering majors and explains how teaching indirect communication in the form of literature has the potential to cover some of the inadequacies one can encounter if one were to overly emphasize direct communication.

Journal: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published: 2014-04-01
DOI: 10.2190/tw.44.2.e
Open Access: Closed
Topics: technical communication

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