A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the full text. An introduction to the disciplines, bruce mccomiskey. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Chapter introduction title english studies in the digital age. An introduction to the discipline s addresses the vexing. An introduction to the discipline s refiguring english studies bruce mccomiskey, bruce mccomiskey on. Again, reading to prepare to teach a new class, and this one is the main text for the english majors who will be taking the class. An introduction to the discipline s by professor bruce mccomiskey online at alibris. An introduction to the discipline 2006, bruce mccomiskey uses english studies as an umbrella term under which he includes the constituent disciplines of linguistics and discourse analysis, rhetoric and composition, creative writing, literature and literary criticism, critical theory. Bruce mccomiskey 2006, and many others have observed, the emergence. Writing studies has been dominated throughout its history by grand narratives of the discipline, but in this volume bruce mccomiskey begins to. English is useful, editor bruce mccomiskey and his contributors. An introduction to the discipline 2006, bruce mccomiskey uses english studies as. Collaborative approaches to the digital in english studies.
As a field concerned with the production, consumption, and analysis of texts, english. Each chapter of english studies is an argument for the valuethe right to equal. An introduction to the disciplines refiguring english studies bruce. An introduction to the disciplines refiguring english studies book online at best prices in india on. The figure of writing and the future of english studies. For me the most compelling tension in english studies today is the one between the. Bruce mccomiskey is the author of english studies 3. Edition by william flint thrall and addison hibbard. Through an overview of the history of english studies and its increasing specialization, mccomiskey argues against the decisiveness that specialization creates and puts forth a new model, integration, that will transform all the disciplines housed within english studies rhetcomp. Grammatical complexity in academic english by douglas biber. Historically, the academic study of english began with clearly identifiable. An introduction to the discipline s edited by bruce mccomiskey, this collection of essays addresses the question what is english studies. This page lists out all the articles that are currently available online that appeared in the journal issue of teaching english in the twoyear college, vol. At these new state universities, the existing discipline of rhetoric and oratory merged with new academic interests in literary studies, philology, and written.
An introduction to the discipline s refiguring english studies. For some scholars, the disciplinary opacity, murkiness, and indefinable quality of english studies cause no discomfort at all. A very readable book which describes the paths one can follow in english studies and also examines the tensions between the disciplines in the discipline as well as the challenges to each one. A corpus based study of citations as interpersonal resource in english medium national and english medium international journals, journal of english for academic purposes 9. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of full text books.
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