1st Edition
Designing Interactive Worlds With Words Principles of Writing As Representational Composition
312 Pages
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Routledge
310 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
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No two writing situations are exactly the same and skilled writers, like skilled painters, must develop the know-how to represent the objects of their writing as part of a flexible art. This special art of writing lies hidden between grammar--the well-formedness of sentences--and genre--the capacity of texts to perform culturally holistic communicative functions (e.g., the memo, the strategic... Read more
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction: Writing and Representational Composition. Part I: Portraiture. Self-Portraiture. Observer Portraiture. Part II: Landscapes. The Feel of Extended Space. The Feel of Elapsed Time. Part III: Invitations for Interaction. Invitations to Learn. Invitations to Do and Learn. Invitations to Decide. Epilogue: The Promise of Representational Theory in Writing Education.
Biography
David S. Kaufer, Brian S. Butler
