Synopses & Reviews
Comp Tales serves two aims--to collect good stories about teaching post-secondary composition, and to offer the kind of view and understanding of this profession that only oral anecdotes can provide. This text is a collection of the stories that college writing teachers tell and retell, stories that are actually told in the classroom, in the halls, over the tutor's table, in committee rooms, on street corners, over the kitchen table, etc. The book also contains reflections about the tales by the storytellers, and serious discussion about the role of story-telling in composition by the editors. |
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-244) and index.
Table of Contents
Foreword, by Min-Zhan Lu and Richard H. Haswell.
Introduction to the Tales, by Richard H. Haswell.
THE TALES. 1. Entering into Story.
2. Beginnings.
3. Colleagues.
4. Classrooms.
5. The Writing.
6. The Student.
7. The Public.
8. Professionalism.
9. Imagoes.
10. Careers.
11. Exiting the Story.
Taking in Comp Tales, by Richard H. Haswell.
Tracking Comp Tales, by Min-Shan Lu.
Call for Submissions.
Bibliography of Oral Tales and Composition.
Index of Topics in the Tales.
Works Cited.