A Short History of Writing Instruction: From Ancient Greece To Modern America - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0961180064 ISBN 13: 9780961180065

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1995

Riassunto

One of the major figures in this book, the Roman educator Quintilian, points out that writing -- unlike speaking -- must always be learned from a teacher since it cannot be learned by natural imitation as oral language is. He uses the example of a two-year-old who can understand and speak even though the child is years away from being able to be taught even the rudiments of the written alphabet. Writing instruction therefore plays an important role in any literate culture.

This book offers a survey of the ways in which writing has been taught in Western culture, from ancient Greece to present-day America. Although there have been many studies of individual periods or specific educators, this volume provides the first systematic coverage of teaching writing over the 25 centuries from the ancient Sophists to today. It is hoped that the modern reader will find useful ideas in this account of the ebb and flow of teaching methods and philosophies over the years.

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Contenuti

Contents: Preface. K.E. Welch, Writing Instruction in Ancient Athens After 450 B.C. J.J. Murphy, Roman Writing Instruction as Described by Quintilian. M.C. Woods, The Teaching of Writing in Medieval Europe. D.P. Abbott, Rhetoric and Writing in Renaissance Europe and England. W.B. Horner, Writing Instruction in Great Britain: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. S.M. Halloran, From Rhetoric to Composition: The Teaching of Writing in America to 1900. J.A. Berlin, Writing Instruction in School and College English, 1890-1985.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0961180064
• ISBN 13: 9780961180065
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 241
• Redattore: Murphy James J.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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