Expressivism & Audience (Elbow & Bartholomae Debate)
Required Readings
Elbow, Peter. “Closing My Eyes as I Speak: An Argument for Ignoring Audience.” College English 49.1 (1987): 50–69.
Bartholomae, David. “Writing with Teachers: A Conversation w/ Peter Elbow.” College Composition and Communication 46.1 (1995): 62-71.
Elbow, Peter. “Being a Writer vs. Being an Academic: A Conflict in Goals.” College Composition and Communication 46.1 (1995): 72-83.
Bartholomae, David, and Peter Elbow. “Responses to Bartholomae and Elbow.” College Composition and Communication (1995): 84–92.
Questions to Consider
- How does Bartholomae understand the “social” in what we now call “social epistemicism” (or “social” writing, or the “social turn”)?
- In what ways are elements of Elbow’s and Bartholomae’s thinking congruous with a rhetorical approach? What elements are incongruous?
Recommended Readings
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