Pedagogy Jan 2014

“I’m Not Just Making This Up as I Go Along”

Chris Kreiser

Abstract

The article traces ideas of improvisation in Quintilian’s rhetorical work, presents an interdisciplinary literature review of improvisation studies, and surveys modern disciplines that teach improvisation, all with the goal of implementing these ideas into a first-year, college-writing pedagogy.

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Pedagogy
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2014-01-01
DOI
10.1215/15314200-2348920
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classical rhetoric rhetorical criticism writing pedagogy book reviews
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