Writing the Self

This book will not offer another definition of composition or writing. It is the position of this study that writing is writing. This book, rather, seeks to offer a phenomenological perspective on how the teaching of composition should be approached by presenting phenomenological rhetoric as a paradigm that allows for the inclusion of many, seemingly, contradictory approaches to writing. Through the blending of subjective and objective modes of inquiry and composition, student writers will be better able to express themselves agentially in a discourse community that appears to demand only conformity. The result will be student writers who are better prepared to present their ideas in the context of their world.