| Argument Revisited; Argument Redefined: Negotiating Meaning in the Composition Classroom Contributor(s): Emmel, Barbara A. (Editor), Resch, Paula (Editor), Tenney, Deborah (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0761901841 ISBN-13: 9780761901846 Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc OUR PRICE: $143.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 808.042 |
| LCCN: 96004472 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.13 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this volume leading composition scholars consider the ways in which argumentation as an approach to teaching writing remains valuable - in spite of the challenge presented by postmodern theories. The book first explains the traditional approaches to argument - the enthymeme, evidence, Toulmian, Rogerian and classical rhetoric - and illustrates why they are of particular relevance today. The contributors then redefine′ argument by connecting it with theoretical movements that have been adverse to it - feminism, narratology and reflexive reading. As a result, the book unites apparently conflicting approaches into a new definition of argument that emphasizes inquiry over discord and understanding over entrenched difference |