The Place of Creative Writing in Composition Studies

College Composition and Communication Sep 2010

The Place of Creative Writing in Composition Studies

Douglas Hesse

Abstract

For different reasons, composition studies and creative writing have resisted one another. Despite a historically thin discourse about creative writing within College Compositionand Communication, the relationship now merits attention. The two fields’ common interest should link them in a richer, more coherent view of writing for each other, forstudents, and for policymakers. As digital tools and media expand the nature and circulation of texts, composition studies should pay more attention to craft and to composingtexts not created in response to rhetorical situations or for scholars.

Journal: College Composition and Communication
Published: 2010-09-01
DOI: 10.58680/ccc201011658
Open Access: Closed
Topics: creative writing

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