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Muckelbauer, John – College English, 2000
Considers the possibility that engaging a text need not proceed through a preexisting program and, further, that another style of engagement may indicate intriguing possibilities for resistance. Demonstrates a type of criticism called "productive reading." Concludes that it is not sufficient to assume that reading must proceed through a…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Reader Text Relationship

Seitz, James – College English, 1991
Asserts that the act of writing can create surprising, experimental, supple forms of written discourse. Argues for exploring more mobile, heteroglot, polyphonic forms of writing. Suggests that attempting roles that produce fragmentary texts might lead toward approaching the challenges of composing unified texts from a more enlivening perspective.…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship

Porter, Jeffrey – College English, 1987
Shows how the enthymeme can organize a reader's participation in the text, specifically, George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant." (SRT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Reading, Discourse Analysis, Freshman Composition

Coles, Nicholas; Wall, Susan V. – College English, 1987
Describes a program for adults in which they read about working class people like themselves and then respond in writing. Argues that while they became initiated into the academic community, they also felt powerless to change their situations. Emphasizes the importance of not destroying students' histories while teaching them academic discourse.…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Adult Education, Blacks, Discourse Analysis