Between Convention and Invention: Toward a New Rhetoric of Form in Writing Instruction

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dc.contributor.advisorWingard, Jennifer
dc.contributor.committeeMemberButler, Paul
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKastely, James L.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberFish, Tamara
dc.contributor.committeeMemberChu, Bao-Long
dc.creatorCooper, Sara
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-2271-1554
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-01T17:54:11Z
dc.date.available2018-03-01T17:54:11Z
dc.date.createdAugust 2017
dc.date.issued2017-08
dc.date.submittedAugust 2017
dc.date.updated2018-03-01T17:54:11Z
dc.description.abstractIn this dissertation I argue a rhetorical-poetic conception of form is useful in language arts classrooms focused on the writing formulas associated with high-stakes testing because of its a) groundedness in the productive tension between convention and invention; b) complex relationship to content; and c) expression of the exchange between writing as verb and noun. To demonstrate how writing teachers can resist reductive binaries between skills-based and creative writing-based pedagogies, formula and form, I draw on interviews with and observations of writers and teachers collaborating (on writing, teaching, lessons, and reflection) through the Houston Writers in the Schools (WITS) Collaborative program. I identify parallels between restrictions on student writing and restrictions on writing instruction in classrooms impacted by high-stakes tests, arguing fear and a lack of agency in both contexts lead to a reliance on [writing and teaching] formulas. I theorize form as a productive tool for reframing both how students write and how teachers teach because of the possibility it offers for movement in the face of stasis, self-formation in the face of conformity, and invention in the face of strict adherence to convention.
dc.description.departmentEnglish, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10657/2655
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectWriting form
dc.subjectCreative writing
dc.subjectPedagogy
dc.subjectLanguage arts
dc.subjectAssessments
dc.subjectCommunity literacy
dc.subjectWriters
dc.subjectWriting formula
dc.subjectComposition
dc.titleBetween Convention and Invention: Toward a New Rhetoric of Form in Writing Instruction
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentEnglish, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineBritish and American Literature
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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