The Function of Theory in Composition Studies by Raul Sanchez
By Raul Sanchez
How can conception enhance our wisdom of writing? Raúl Sánchez solutions this question through interpreting dominant theoretical tendencies in composition experiences over the past fifteen years, bringing up their universal origins in a slim, representational metatheory of writing. He argues that this adherence truly leads the sphere clear of its items of research: writing and the writing topic. via this prolonged critique, he elaborates an alternate metatheory, one who restores writing to the conceptual heart of composition experiences by means of emphasizing its generative—rather than its representational—characteristics, really in more and more networked and textualized cultures.
Raúl Sánchez is affiliate Professor of English on the college of Florida.
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