Readers, Writers, and Texts: Writing in the Abyss.

Neel, Jasper P.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Readers, Writers, and Texts: Writing in the Abyss.

Neel, Jasper P.

Journal of Advanced Composition, v5 p87-106 1984

Extends constructive theories of reading to argue for an advanced composition course that has two implications: (1) writing is a value-free technology; thus, (2) learning to write is learning to manage a technology, not training to be a moral person. (MS)

Descriptors: Fiction, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Psycholinguistics, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Writing Relationship, Revision (Written Composition), Rhetoric, Technology, Written Language

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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