Pedagogy Oct 2017

Teaching What We Do in Literary Studies

Paul T. Corrigan

Abstract

Review Article| October 01 2017 Teaching What We Do in Literary Studies Digging into Literature: Strategies for Reading, Analysis, and Writing. By Wolfe, Joanna and Wilder, Laura. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2016. 448 pages.Rhetorical Strategies and Genre Conventions in Literary Studies: Teaching and Writing in the Disciplines. By Wilder, Laura. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2012. 238 pages. Paul T. Corrigan Paul T. Corrigan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Pedagogy (2017) 17 (3): 549–556. https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-3975671 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Email Permissions Search Site Citation Paul T. Corrigan; Teaching What We Do in Literary Studies. Pedagogy 1 October 2017; 17 (3): 549–556. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-3975671 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsPedagogy Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 by Duke University Press2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Journal
Pedagogy
Published
2017-10-01
DOI
10.1215/15314200-3975671
CompPile
Open Access
Closed
Topics
rhetorical criticism genre theory writing pedagogy writing across the curriculum teacher development social media
Export
BibTeX RIS

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (2)

  1. Reeds (2026)
    Defining and Teaching Close Reading as Disciplinary Method
    Pedagogy
  2. Banting (2023)
    Humanistic Knowledge-Making and the Rhetoric of Literary Criticism: Special Top…
    Written Communication

References (29) · 12 in this index

  1. Adler-Kassner (2015)
    Naming What We Know: Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies
  2. Banting (2014)
    “Uncomfortable Lessons in Literary Studies.”
    English Studies in Canada  ↗
  3. Blau (2003)
    The Literature Workshop: Teaching Texts and Their Readers
  4. Carter (2007)
    Ways of Knowing, Doing, and Writing in the Disciplines
    College Composition and Communication
  5. Chick (2014)
    “‘Methodologically Sound’ under the ‘Big Tent’: An Ongoing Conversation.”
    International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning  ↗
Show all 29 →
  1. Chick et al. (2009)
    “Pressing an Ear against the Hive”
    Pedagogy
  2. Eagleton (2007)
    How to Read a Poem
  3. Fahnestock (1991)
    “The Rhetoric of Literary Criticism.”
  4. Graff (1992)
    Beyond the Culture Wars: How Teaching the Conflicts Can Revitalize American Education
  5. (2004)
    Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind
  6. (2007)
    Professing Literature: An Institutional History
  7. Linkon (2005)
    The Reader's Apprentice: Making Critical Cultural Reading Visible
    Pedagogy
  8. Parry Marc . 2016. “What's Wrong with Literary Studies?”Chronicle of Higher Education, 27November, www.chroni…
  9. Salvatori (2002)
    The Scholarship of Teaching: Beyond the Anecdotal
    Pedagogy
  10. Scholes (1985)
    Textual Power: Literary Theory and the Teaching of English
  11. (1989)
    Protocols of Reading
  12. (1999)
    The Rise and Fall of English: Reconstructing English as a Discipline
  13. (2001)
    The Crafty Reader
  14. (2011)
    English after the Fall: From Literature to Textuality
  15. Schreibersdorf (2014)
    Literary Discipline in the Margins
    Pedagogy
  16. Showalter (2003)
    Teaching Literature
  17. Tinkle et al. (2013)
    Teaching Close Reading Skills in a Large Lecture Course
    Pedagogy
  18. Weissman (2010)
    The Virtue of Misreadings: Interpreting “The Man in the Well”
    College English
  19. (2016)
    The Writer in the Well: On Misreading and Rewriting Literature
  20. Wilder (2002)
    “Get Comfortable With Uncertainty”: A Study of the Conventional Values of Liter…
    Written Communication
  21. Wilder (2005)
    “The Rhetoric of Literary Criticism” Revisited: Mistaken Critics, Complex Conte…
    Written Communication
  22. Wilder (2006)
    "Into the Laboratories of the University": A Rhetorical Analysis of the First P…
    Rhetoric Review
  23. Wilder et al. (2009)
    Sharing the Tacit Rhetorical Knowledge of the Literary Scholar: The Effects of …
    Research in the Teaching of English
  24. Wolfe (2003)
    A Method for Teaching Invention in the Gateway Literature Class
    Pedagogy
CrossRef global citation count: 6 View in citation network → Build reading path →

Related Articles

  1. Pedagogy Jan 2022
    Contributors ↗
    modern rhetorical theory rhetorical criticism genre theory discourse analysis african american rhetorics decolonial rhetorics first-year composition writing pedagogy basic writing writing across the curriculum graduate education teacher development argument collaborative writing transfer assessment portfolios writing program administration writing centers peer tutoring technical communication professional writing archival research digital rhetoric social media grammar and mechanics literacy studies race and writing gender and writing disability studies public rhetoric community literacy literary studies editorial matter
  2. Pedagogy Jan 2026
    Contributors ↗
    rhetorical criticism genre theory writing pedagogy graduate education two-year college teacher development social media race and writing gender and writing affect and writing literary studies editorial matter
  3. Pedagogy Oct 2025
    Contributors ↗
    modern rhetorical theory rhetorical criticism genre theory cultural rhetorics first-year composition writing pedagogy advanced composition creative writing writing across the curriculum graduate education two-year college service learning teacher development technical communication professional writing labor and working conditions archival research multimodality artificial intelligence literacy studies race and writing gender and writing disability studies literary studies editorial matter
  4. Composition Forum 2021
    Assignments and Expectations: The Role of Genre and Faculty Expectations in Transfer ↗
    Jane Danielewicz, Jordynn Jack, Ashley Hall, Sarah Ann Singer, Emi Stuemke, and Jennifer Ware
    rhetorical criticism genre theory first-year composition writing pedagogy writing across the curriculum teacher development
  5. Journal of Academic Writing Dec 2020
    Collaborating between Writing and STEM: Teaching Disciplinary Genres, Researching Disciplinary Interventions, and Engaging Science Audiences ↗
    Rachel C Riedner; Bill Briscoe; Alexander Van der Horst; Carol Hayes; Gary White
    rhetorical criticism genre theory discourse analysis writing pedagogy advanced composition writing across the curriculum graduate education teacher development collaborative writing professional writing scientific writing empirical research race and writing book reviews