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Peer reviewedHarris, Joseph – College English, 1987
Compares the theories of writing style advocated by Barthes and Coles. (FL)
Descriptors: College English, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Reader Response
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The cognitivist view of composition suggests that if students are supplied with a set of writing strategies, they will learn to think in more complex and powerful ways, observing their own ideas and writing from another person's viewpoint. On the other hand, some social critics argue that composition teachers need to help their students enter into…
Descriptors: Audiences, Cognitive Processes, Epistemology, Higher Education
