Working Theory: Critical Composition Studies for Students and Teachers

by Judith Goleman

Book Overview

Goleman investigates the relationship between critical theory and composition pedagogy in extensive and methodical ways. The philosophical insights of Michel Foucault, Louis Althusser, and Mikhail Bakhtin are transformed into methodologies for critical work in composition. The book rests on the premise that critical approaches to the relationship between language and ideology should not be the preserve of teachers alone, but should be seen as ways...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897893026
• ISBN13: 9780897893022
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"