Writing Removal and Resistance: Native American Rhetoric in the Composition Classroom

College Composition and Communication Sep 2011

Writing Removal and Resistance: Native American Rhetoric in the Composition Classroom

Daniel Cole

Abstract

This essay describes my design and implementation of a composition course focused on the Native American rhetorical device of survivance at work in debates on Indian removal and U.S.-Indian relations in general. Using a contact zone approach, I found that the course improved writing and thinking skills by pushing students out of their ideological and intellectual comfort zones. As a deeper benefit, the study of Native American rhetorical strategies renders the Western rhetorical tradition not only as a framework for inquiry but as an object of analysis and critique itself.

Journal: College Composition and Communication
Published: 2011-09-01
DOI: 10.58680/ccc201117251
Open Access: Closed
Topics: multimodality multilingual writers

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