Performance studies and the reinvention of “I” in composition: moving myself beyond a textual model

This study reconsiders the category of personal writing by contextualizing and linking it with the field of Performance studies in order to examine its potential critical function in the field of Composition. I examine the history of personal writing in English Studies and the possible expansion of its definition through the application of Performance studies methodology. I extend the scope of personal writing and offer valuable tools to critically analyze and theorize its application in Composition scholarship and pedagogy.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2010

Author dc:creator

• Tombro, Melissa

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hawhee, Debra
• Denzin, Norman K.
• Schaffner, Spencer W.
• Walker, Julia A.

• composition studies
• personal writing
• performance studies

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2009 Melissa Tombro

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14703

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/14703