Genre and the invention of the writer : reconsidering the place of invention in composition /

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Author / Creator:Bawarshi, Anis S.
Imprint:Logan : Utah State University Press, ©2003.
©2003
Description:1 online resource (xi, 207 pages)
Language:English
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11346995
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ISBN:0874214769
9780874214765
6613267007
9786613267009
0874215544
9780874215540
1283267004
9781283267007
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-202) and index.
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Summary:In a focused and compelling discussion, Anis Bawarshi looks to genre theory for what it can contribute to a refined understanding of invention. In describing what he calls "the genre function," he explores what is at stake for the study and teaching of writing to imagine invention as a way that writers locate themselves, via genres, within various positions and activities. He argues, in fact, that invention is a process in which writers are acted upon by genres as much as they act themselves. Such an approach naturally requires the composition scholar to re-place invention from the w.
Other form:Print version: Bawarshi, Anis S. Genre and the invention of the writer. Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©2003 0874215544