Browsing Department of English by Author "Warren, James E."
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A Staring Contest with the Self: Karl Ove Knausgaard, Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count, and Explanatory Style
Royle, Colton Tyler (2018-12-06)Shame as an emotional response in the late 2010s has been discussed in both high and low sectors, from a high level of shame with social media use in high school classrooms, to the lack of shame by the president of the ... -
The Hip-Hop Academy: "Let no one ignorant of' poetry "enter"
Rodriguez, Danny Joe (English, 2014-07-14)I intend to explore the conceptual relationship between classical rhetoric and Hip-Hop. I will argue that Hip-Hop music embodies principles of classical rhetoric and applies rhetorical strategies, creating a space for a ... -
Implicit Learning In The Remedial English Classroom: Steps Towards A Pedegogy Of Literacy
Ward, Jo A. (English, 2012-07-25)This paper discusses the dynamics of implicit learning in the Remedial English classroom. In order to elucidate the topic, the area of explicit learning is also covered. By tracing the history of implicit learning theoretically ... -
Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Metacognitive Reflection: A Case Study of Faculty Teaching in Learning Communities
Perry, Melissa (2017-12-06)This qualitative case study examines the nature of faculty collaboration within the context of academic learning communities using third generation activity theory as an organizing framework. First, this study investigates ... -
Language, Order And The Problem Of The Other: Inventing A Postmodern Service-learning Pedagogy
Pearman, Dianne (English, 2013-03-20)My dissertation argues for a different approach to implementing service-learning into composition pedagogy. I argue that because critical pedagogy has long been the primary vehicle for incorporating service-learning ... -
Meming and Enthymeming: Persuasion in the Age of Social Media
Parrish, Taylor R; 0000-0002-0581-579X (2018-12-06)While rhetoric as a field of study has existed for several millennia, social media can prove to be a difficult medium to analyze rhetorically. This thesis examines some traditional elements of rhetoric, including the ... -
Positioning First-year Composition: Hybrid Learning For Student Engagement And Sustainability
Jacobs, Lorie Stagg (English, 2014-12)This study uses quantitative and qualitative methodology to describe, and analyze the use of social media to create a blended learning environment in the first-year composition classroom. Findings indicate hybrid courses ... -
The Many Masks of a Writer: A Dramaturgical Approach to Composition Pedagogy and Literature Analysis
Quesenbury, Kathryn; 0000-0003-2129-2543 (2017-12-04)Audience theories discuss many aspects of the entity of audience, from specific, concrete individuals to general, abstract readers. Composition pedagogical approaches to audience, however, seem limited. Writers, at times, ... -
The Rhetoric of Academic Discourse: A Qualitative, Phenomenological Study of Students' Self-Investigation of the Acquisition of Academic Discourse in First-Year Writing Courses
Morgan, Barbara E.; 0000-0001-6639-9091 (2018-04-19)Whether at a four-year university or a two-year community college, students who choose to pursue higher education will likely be required to demonstrate their eligibility to enroll in college-level writing courses. At a ... -
The Tool/maker: the bird, the cage, the radio, the sea, the rock, the eye, the space
Stein, Johnny A. (English, 2014-07-14)As street politics began to operate academically after the civil rights eras, academic turns toward socio-constructive theories dominated critical philosophies of the subsequent eighties and nineties (especially in the ...