Identifying as author: exploring the pedagogical basis for assisting diverse students to discover their identities through creatively defined literacy narratives

<p>This thesis explores the current discourse surrounding the redefinition of concepts such as text and authorship in the field of composition studies. Drawing from scholarship on topics ranging from multi-modal composition to feminist historical-appropriation, the author builds a case for redefining these concepts to include a broader range of texts and author-voices from which instructors can draw for course readings. By focusing on the particular instance of selecting readings to teach a literacy narrative unit in a first year college composition course, the author shows how redefining and broadening concepts of text and authorship may allow for students to more easily identify with a literary heritage and identify themselves as authors whose literacy-related experiences have something significant to add to the academic conversation. The chapters present a review of literature, introduce methods and processes for teaching a literacy narrative unit in a freshman composition course, offer the reflections of the instructor on teaching the literacy narrative, and justify a process of selecting texts which aren't necessarily identified as literacy narratives as models for student literacy narratives"--Leaf iv.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA) in English: Teaching English as a Second Language

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year

2016

Author dc:creator

• Pullen, Amber D.

• English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching--Northwest
• Pacific
• English language--Study and teaching (Higher)--Northwest
• Creative nonfiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--Northwest
• Essays--Authorship--Study and teaching (Higher)--Northwest
• Academic writing--Study and teaching (Higher)--Northwest
• Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
• Other Education

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https://dc.ewu.edu/theses/388

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oai:dc.ewu.edu:theses-1388