1. Richard Fulkerson in “Composition Theory in the
Eighties: Axiological Consensus and Paradigmatic Diversity” argues that recent scholars
stress the use of writing from individual social exchanges (419). I remain
conflicted with this and find it very much paradoxical. Do we consider social expressionism
in writing to be inclusive or exclusive of vernacularisms of those same social
interactions? Do we draw a line between academic prose and composition prose?
2. I know we
are not really supposed to criticize the scholars we are reading and at least
formulate at the very least what the author is trying to convey. Nevertheless,
he is my take and question on David Bartholomae’s What is Composition and (if you know what that is) Why Do We Teach It?
Bartholomae is in direct conflict with the mission and practices of the Conference
on College Composition and Communication. I feel very lost trying to keep up
with his rhetoric and really have struggled to come up with a question other
than what is his main argument? My real question arises is the notion of the “unauthorized
writer/writing”. Does he mean that the examples he is fussing about lacks
citation? Do they lack having an opinion or stance on what they are writing?
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