Question #3– Spivak Yes, I agree with Spivak. I think that over time, if one learns to write well in a normal context, then that same person will have the ability to write for an audience. In a sense, they…
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Discussion Questions for Post-colonial Theory
by kmontero • • 8 Comments
Hello My Fellow Classmates and Scholarly Friends! For this weeks readings, the focus was centered upon the ideologies of two enormously influential, much debated literary theorists, known mutually for their significant contributions to Postcolonialism. Although difficult to define, as most…
English 5001
Connecting with the Audience
by Alex Janney • • 0 Comments
I wasn’t a huge fan of Gayatri Spivak; I found some of her responses to be cold and political—“I can’t really comment on what goes on in the discipline of rhetoric” (2), “A domestication, a circumscription” (5), and “It is…
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MaryAnn’s Proposal
by MaryAnn Macedo • • 3 Comments
MaryAnn Macedo DeVries ENGL 5001 4/22/2010 Paper Proposal For my term paper this semester, I’d like to explore the rhetoric of video game heroines. Women have long gotten the short end of the stick in the video game and comic…
English 5001
ESL EXPECTATIONS
by lminnis209 • • 0 Comments
Regardless of who should teach ESL students, the writing class has always been downgraded in class of importance compared to literacy. Many of the writing programs at the university are taught by new teachers or interns. There is also very…
English 5001
Tweetilie DEE!!!
by lminnis209 • • 1 Comment
Students today have become the multi-task generation with texting, email and the web 2.0 in general. Technology could be seen as the new wave of learning in the classroom. Rhetoricians and Educators have tried some of the tools used…