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.

Journal
Pedagogy
Published
2014-01-01
DOI
10.1215/15314200-2348920
Open Access
Closed
Topics
writing pedagogy rhetorical theory multimodality race and writing

Citation Context

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Cites in this index (3)

  1. Holm (2010)
    Nachmanovitch's<i>Free Play</i>as a Context for Experimental Writing
    Pedagogy
  2. Elbow (2006)
    The Music of Form: Rethinking Organization in Writing
    College Composition and Communication
  3. Holcomb (2001)
    “The crown of all our study”;: Improvisation in Quintilian's<i>Institutio Orato…
    Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Also cites 6 works outside this index ↓
  1. Berliner (1994)
    Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation
     ↗
  2. Bourdieu (1977)
    Outline of a Theory of Practice
     ↗
  3. Deemer (1967)
    English Composition as a Happening
    College English  ↗
  4. Gioia (1987)
    Jazz: The Aesthetics of Imperfection
    Hudson Review  ↗
  5. Nettl (1974)
    Thoughts on Improvisation: A Comparative Approach
    Musical Quarterly  ↗
  6. Sawyer (2000)
    Improvisational Cultures: Collaborative Emergence and Creativity in Improvisation
    Mind, Culture, and Activity  ↗
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