I have a theory, which is probably a bad theory, that a lot of learning how to write is done through imitation.
Well, it's certainly a popular theory; it's been the controlling idea of rhetorical education for several millenia (you classics major, you!), despite having been temporarily swallowed by expressivism at various historical moments. I subscribe to it my own self, at least in part, which is why this semester's upper-level writing class is reading eight books. Heh.
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Date: 2006-02-27 09:30 pm (UTC)Well, it's certainly a popular theory; it's been the controlling idea of rhetorical education for several millenia (you classics major, you!), despite having been temporarily swallowed by expressivism at various historical moments. I subscribe to it my own self, at least in part, which is why this semester's upper-level writing class is reading eight books. Heh.