Reading Yourself

Pedagogy Jan 2014

Stephen Sutherland

Abstract

Drawing on the notion that revision involves the performance of a writer’s identity in a conversation with herself, this article argues for conceptualizing revision as ecstasis and ventriloquism. By using the metaphor of ventriloquism to translate theory into heuristics for teaching revision, it enacts an underlying argument that pedagogy is metaphor. In doing so, it offers four practical strategies for teaching students to revise.

Journal: Pedagogy
Published: 2014-01-01
DOI: 10.1215/15314200-2348902
Open Access: Closed
Topics: revision

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