Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission.

Recent offerings:

Spring 2010, Kail

This course will survey major theoretical positions in composition studies, particularly on issues that arise out of process theories of writing and attendant theories of pedagogy. How do we “compose,” and how do we teach “composing”? Cross-Talk in Composition Theory,  2^nd edition by Victor Villaneuva, will provide key documents to get us started and guide us.  The focus on the course will be on acquiring a working knowledge of composition theory, so that you could attend a national conference in composition studies, such as CCCC or NCTE, or IWCA (knowing what those acronyms  stand for and mean is part of what we will learn) and feel theoretically well oriented.  Expect to work in a seminar environment in the survey phase of the course, writing brief reviews of theoretical articles, and expect to write an extended solo paper on one theorist or theory.

Spring 2008, Kail

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