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TESOL Certificate |
Composition and Rhetoric
(More information about the MA Qualifying Exam can be found in the Guidelines.)
The Theoretical Traditions
Aristotle. |
On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civic Discourse. Trans. George A. Kennedy. New York: Oxford UP, 1991. |
Burke, Kenneth. |
“From A Grammar of Motives,” From A Rhetoric of Motives.” From Language as Symbolic Action.” The Rhetorical Tradition. 2 nd ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2001. 1295-1347. |
Cicero. |
“From De Oratore” and “From “Orator” The Rhetorical Tradition. 2 nd ed. Boston: Bedford/ST. Martin’s, 2001. 283-343. |
Corbett, Edward P.J. and Robert Connors. |
“A Survey of Rhetoric.” Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. 4 th ed. New York: Oxford UP, 1999. 489-543. |
Glenn, Cheryl. |
Rhetoric Retold. Southern Illinois UP 1997.
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Isocrates. |
From “Against the Sophists.” From “Antidosis.” The Rhetorical Tradition 2 nd ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2001 67-79. |
Contemporary Theory
Barber, John and Dene Grigar, eds. |
New Worlds, New Words: Exploring Pathways for Writing About and In Electronic Environments. Cresskill, J.J.: Hampton P., 2002. (selections by Grigar, Vitanza, Hawisher & Selfe). |
Bean, John. |
Engaging Ideas. Jossey-Bass, 1997. |
Berlin, James. |
Rhetoric and Reality: Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1900-1985. Carbondalel, IL: Southern Illinois UP, 1987. |
Bruggeman/Fredal. |
“Studying Disabilities Rhetorically. Disability Studies Quarterly 17.4 (Fall 1997): 251-57. |
College Composition and Communication: A Usable Past. |
CCC at 503/4. (February and June, 1999). Special two-part issue.
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Ede, Lisa, and Andrea Lunsford, eds. |
Singular Texts/Plural Authors. Carbondale IL: Southern Illinois UP, 1990. |
Emig, Janet. |
The Composing Processes of Twelfth Graders. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1971. |
Faigley, Lester. |
Fragments of Rationality: Postmodernity and the Subject of Composition. Pittsburgh; U of Pittsburgh P, 1992. |
Gilyard, Keith, ed. |
Race, Rhetoric, and Composition. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1999. |
Lindemann, Erica and Daniel Anderson. |
A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers . New York: Oxford UP, 2001.
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Malinowitz, Harriet. |
Textual Orientations: Lesbian and Gay Students and the Making of Discourse Communities. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton Cook, 1995. |
Miller, Susan. |
Textual Carnivals: The Politics of Composition. Carbondale, IL Southern Illinois UP, 1991. |
North, Stephen. |
The Making of Knowledge in Composition: A Portrait of an Emerging Field. Upper Montclair, JN: Boynton/Cook, 1987. |
Shaughnessy, Mina. |
Errors and Expectations: A Guide for the Teacher of Basic Writing. New York: Oxford UP, 1977.
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Sternglass, Marilyn |
Time to Know Them: A Longitudinal Study of Writing and Learning at the College Level. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997.
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Statement of
"Organic Knowledge"
for Composition & Rhetoric
The student with “organic knowledge” of the reading list will be able to
1. demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the major composition theories of the second half of the twentieth century (ex.: Current Traditional, Expressivist, Process, Cognitivist, Social Constructivist).
2. relate contemporary composition theory to the Classical tradition.
3. connect theory to pedagogy.
Students are strongly encouraged to discuss the reading list with members of the Composition and Rhetoric faculty prior to attempting this exam.