Twenty Years In: An Essay in Two Parts

Paul Heilker

doi:10.58680/ccc20065894

ISSN: 0010-096X
E-ISSN: 1939-9006

Twenty Years In: An Essay in Two Parts
Author(s): Paul Heilker
Source: College Composition & Communication, Volume 58, Issue 2, Dec 2006, p. 182 - 212
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58680/ccc20065894
- Published online: 01 Dec 2006

Abstract

Part I of this essay traces the evolution of my understanding of the exploratory essay as a discursive form and a genre for teaching writing. Part II explores my motivations for advocating a polarized definition of the essay and then concludes with a call to expand the purview of composition beyond first-year courses.

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