Teaching English in the Two-Year College May 2005

Punk Power in the First-Year Writing Classroom

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Abstract

This essay frames the connections between punk principles and writing theory in order to re-form what the author emphasizes in his own composition classroom, in particular the do-it-yourself ethic, a sense of passion and fearlessness, the agency to attack institutions, and the seeking of pleasure.

Journal
Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Published
2005-05-01
DOI
10.58680/tetyc20054604
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Topics
first-year composition composition theory

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