College Composition and Communication Sep 2012

Critical Discourse Analysis and Rhetoric and Composition

Thomas Huckin ; Jennifer Andrus ; Jennifer Clary-Lemon

Abstract

Over the past two decades, critical discourse analysis has emerged as a major new multidisciplinary approach to the study of texts and contexts in the public sphere.Developed in Europe, CDA has lately become increasingly popular in North America, where it is proving especially congenial to new directions in rhetoric and composition.This essay surveys much of this recent literature, noting how rhet/comp has incorporated CDA methodology in a variety of studies of inequality, ethics, higher education,critical pedagogy, news media, and institutional practices. CDA uses rigorous, empirical methods that are sensitive to both context and theory, making it ideal for the demandsof a range of projects being developed in our field.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2012-09-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc201220861
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Open Access
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Topics
rhetorical criticism discourse analysis writing pedagogy public rhetoric
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