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dc.contributor.authorWilliamson, Rosemary Aen
local.source.editorEditor(s): Catherine Cole, Marcelle Freiman and Donna Lee Brienen
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-29T15:43:00Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.citationThe Strange Bedfellows or Perfect Partners Papers: the refereed proceedings of the 15th conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programsen
dc.identifier.isbn9780980757330en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7845-
dc.description.abstractThe title and themes of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) conference for 2010 – Strange bedfellows or perfect partners – the role of literary studies in creative writing programs – imply both uneasy and harmonious relationships between two pedagogic territories that are independent yet destined to co-exist. Also suggested by the conference is that those who claim citizenship of literary studies and creative writing are involved in ongoing processes in which boundaries are drawn and decisions taken about why, how and when paths between the two territories should be opened up and travelled. Such processes take many forms and respond to many needs, both practical and rhetorical, to define areas of teaching and scholarship. Common to all of them, however, is the adoption, use and, in some cases, adaptation of discipline nomenclature. This paper explores discipline nomenclature as a rhetorical construct and, in so doing, seeks to inform the 'dialogue between writing and literary studies' that is an intended outcome of the conference. Moving beyond populist and pejorative views of rhetoric, the paper draws on rhetorical theory to demonstrate the ways in which such titles as 'creative writing' and 'literary studies' are used to denote specialised fields in response to particular circumstances, but are also malleable constructs. By applying the work of theorist Richard Weaver, the paper also discusses the use in discipline titles of 'ultimate terms', or 'god terms', to connote fields of undeniable status within the academy, as opposed to those that might be perceived as being more prosaic. The paper also draws attention to problems inherent in the use of 'ultimate terms'. Consideration of the rhetorical implications of 'creative writing' and 'literary studies', and cognate titles, is timely. Australia is moving to a deregulated system of higher education and the adoption of national curricula for English in primary and secondary schools, both of which prompt reflection on the positioning of writing as a discrete pedagogy and field of scholarship. In addition, the preparation of the AAWP's written history, itself an important rhetorical artefact for the discipline of writing in this country, prompts reflection on the ways in which the association and its members define and promote their discipline.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherAustralasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP)en
dc.relation.ispartofThe Strange Bedfellows or Perfect Partners Papers: the refereed proceedings of the 15th conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programsen
dc.titleWhat's in a name? Discipline nomenclature as rhetorical constructen
dc.typeConference Publicationen
dc.relation.conferenceAAWP 2010: 15th Annual Australasian Association of Writing Programs Conferenceen
dc.subject.keywordsCommunication Studiesen
dc.subject.keywordsLiterary Studiesen
dc.subject.keywordsCreative Writing (incl Playwriting)en
local.contributor.firstnameRosemary Aen
local.subject.for2008200101 Communication Studiesen
local.subject.for2008200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.for2008190402 Creative Writing (incl Playwriting)en
local.subject.seo2008950299 Communication not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2008950203 Languages and Literatureen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.emailrwilli27@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryE1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20110325-13218en
local.date.conference25th - 27th November, 2010en
local.conference.placeMelbourne, Australiaen
local.publisher.placeMelbourne, Australiaen
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.contributor.lastnameWilliamsonen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:rwilli27en
local.profile.orcid0000-0001-5130-3464en
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.identifier.unepublicationidune:8016en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleWhat's in a name? Discipline nomenclature as rhetorical constructen
local.output.categorydescriptionE1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publicationen
local.relation.urlhttp://www.aawp.org.au/publications/the-strange-bedfellows-or-perfect-partners-papers/en
local.relation.urlhttp://www.aawp.dreamhosters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Williamson.pdfen
local.conference.detailsAAWP 2010: 15th Annual Australasian Association of Writing Programs Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 25th - 27th November, 2010en
local.search.authorWilliamson, Rosemary Aen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2010en
local.date.start2010-11-25-
local.date.end2010-11-27-
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