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Fragments of Rationality: Postmodernity and the Subject of Composition
In an insightful assessment of the study and teaching of writing against the larger theoretical, political, and technological upheavals of the past thirty years, Fragments of Rationality questions why composition studies has been less affected by postmodern theory than other humanities and social science disciplines.
Paperback, 296 pages
Published
December 22nd 1992
by University of Pittsburgh Press
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In Faigley's 1992 book, he addresses the lack of attention to postmodern theory in composition studies, with particular attention to composition studies' "belief in the writer as an autonomous self" (15). While composition studies has developed as a discipline concurrently with the development of postmodernity, postmodern theory (as of 1992) had little influence on the development of composition theory, with the exception of process theory.
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Not sure yet... Reading it for my dissertation, but I liked the intro - found it clear, and felt like I understand postmodernism as it relaates to composition studies a little better.
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