College English May 2002

Breaking Ground in Ecocomposition: Exploring Relationships between Discourse and Environment

Sidney I. Dobrin ; Christin R. Weisser

Abstract

Hopes to promote recognition of the importance of the intersections between discourse, place, and environment through theoretical examinations and pedagogical approaches. Offers some preliminary working definitions for ecocomposition and examines the evolution of ecocomposition; distinguishes between ecocomposition and ecocriticism; and offers some perspectives on ecocomposition pedagogy.

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College English
Published
2002-05-01
DOI
10.58680/ce20021264
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Cited by in this index (2)

  1. Ortoleva (2013)
    Let's Not Forget Ecological Literacy
    Literacy in Composition Studies
  2. Kell (2007)
    Writing Across Communities: Deliberation and the Discursive Possibilities of WAC
    Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric

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