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Alexander, Kara Poe – College Composition and Communication, 2011
This article examines the "master" and "little" cultural narratives students perform in literacy narratives. Results show that students incorporate the literacy-equals-success master narrative most often, yet they also include in little narratives figures such as the hero, victim, and child prodigy. I consider how these findings can improve…
Descriptors: Integrity, Moral Development, Literacy, Teaching Methods
Danielewicz, Jane – College Composition and Communication, 2008
Writing in personal genres, like autobiography, leads writers to public voices. Public voice is a discursive quality of a text that conveys the writer's authority and position relative to others. To show how voice and authority depend on genre, I analyze the autobiographies of two writers who take opposing positions on the same topic. By producing…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Writing (Composition), Personal Narratives, Authors
Heilker, Paul – College Composition and Communication, 2006
Part I of this essay traces the evolution of my understanding of the exploratory essay as a discursive form and a genre for teaching writing. Part II explores my motivations for advocating a polarized definition of the essay and then concludes with a call to expand the purview of composition beyond first-year courses.
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Definitions
Newkirk, Thomas – College Composition and Communication, 2004
This essay examines the writing done at the University of New Hampshire in the period between 1928 and 1942. It argues that while there was extensive writing from personal experience, this writing did not perform the "turn" where the writer claims a new form of self-understanding. It goes on to suggest that work with this largely observational…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition), College Students, Self Concept