Argument Revisited; Argument Redefined: Negotiating Meaning in the Composition Classroom

Bys: Emmel, Barbara, Resch, Paula, Tenney, Deborah

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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761901841
• ISBN13: 9780761901846
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"