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Below is the University of Waterloo's reading list for the Phd Composing Theory and Pedagogy exam. Short titles only. I. History Berlin, J. Rhetoric and Reality: Writing INstruction in American Colleges ... Writing Instruction in Nineteenth-Century American Colleges Graves, R. Writing Instruction in Canadian Universities Hubert, H. Harmonious Perfection: The Development of English Studies in Nineteenth-Century Anglo-Canadian Colleges Murphy, J. A Short History of Writing Instruction II. Influences Bakhtin, M. "The Problem of Speech Genres." ...."Discourse in the Novel" Belenky, M.F. et al. Women's Ways of Knowing Bourdieu, P. "The production and reproduction of legitimate language" and "Censorship and the Imposition of form" in Language and Sybolic POwer Derrida, J. "Part I: Writing before the Letter" in Of Grammatology Fish, Stanley. "Is there a text in this class" Foucault, M. "What is an author" .... The Archaeology of Knowledge Freire, P. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Gilligan, C. In A Different Voice Olson, Gary and Irene Gale, eds. (Inter)views: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Rhetoric and Literacy. Ong, W.J. Orality and Literacy Vygotsky, L. Thought and Language III. Composition Studies Anson, C. ed. Writing and Response Bazerman, C. Shaping Written Knowledge Bazerman, C. and D.R. Russell, ed. Landmark Essays: on Writing Across the Curriculum Britton, J. et al. The Development of Writing Abilities Clifford, J and J. Schlib,eds. Writing Theory and Critical Theory. Cooper, C. R. and Lee Odell, eds. Evaluating Writing Covino, W. The Art of wondering Ede, L and A. Lunsford. Singular Texts/Plural Authors. Elbow, P. Writing without Teachers. Emig, J. Composing Processes of twelfth Graders Faigley, L. Fragments of Rationality: Postmodernity and the Subject of Composition. Gabreil, S. and I. Smithson, eds. Gender in the Classroom: Power and Pedagogy Freedman, A. and P. Medway, eds. Learning and Teaching Genre. Gere, A. Sites of Composition Studies Harkin, P. and J. Schlib, eds. Contending with words. Knoblauch, C.H. and L. Brannon. Rhetorical Traditions and the Teaching of Writing. Lanham, R. Style: An Anti-Textbook Lanham, R. The Electric Word Lefevre, K. Invention as a Social Act. Lindemann, E. A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers (1995) Mullin, J and R. Wallace, eds. Intersections: Theory and Practice in the Writing Centre. Shaughnessy, M. Errors and Expectations Tate, G. , E.P.J. Corbett, and N. Myers. Writing Teacher's Sourcebook. (1994) Ulmer, G. Applied Grammatology. Journals Students are also advised to read widely in the following journals College Composition and Communication College English Rhetoric Review Journal of Advanced Composition Written Communication The following articles are considered cannonical and are required reading. Berlin, J. "Contemporary Composition: the Major Pedagogical Theories." CE 44 (Dec.1982) 765-777. Bizzell, P. "Cognition, Convention, and Certainty: What We Need to Know about Writing." Pre/Text, 3 (1982) 213-43. Bruffee, K. "Social construction, Language, and the Authority of Knowledge: A Bibliographic Essay." CE 48 (Dec. 1986) 773-790. Ede, L. and A. Lunsford. "Audience Addressed/Audience Invoked: The Role of Audience in Composition Theory and Pedagogy." CCC 35,2 (May, 1984) 144-171. Elbow, P. "Closing My Eyes as I Speak: An Argument for Ignoring audience." CE 41, 1 (January 1987) 50-69. Flower, Linda. "Writer-Based Prose: A Cognitive Basis for Problems in Writing." CE 41, 1 (September, 1979) 19-38. Flower, Linda and J.R. Hayes. "A Cognitive Process Theory of Writing." CCC 32, (1981) 365-87. Flynn, E. "Composing as a Woman." CCC 39 (1988) 423-35. Hairston, M. "The Winds of Change:Thomas Kuhn and the Revolution in the Teaching of Writing." CCC 33, 1 (February, 1982) 76-8. Lunsford, A. "Composing Ourselves: Politics, Commitment, and the Teaching of Writing." CCC 41, 1 (February 1990) 71-83 Perl, S. "Understanding Composing." CCC 31 (December 1980) 363-369. Reither, J. "Writing and Knowing: Toward Redefining the Writing Process." CE 47, 6 (october, 1985) 629-628. Sommers, N. "Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult WRiters." CCC 31 (Dec. 1980) 378-388. Tompkins, J. "Pedagogy of the Distressed." CE 52 (1990) 653-60. Young, Richard. "Arts, Crafts, Gifts, and Knacks:Some Disharmonies in the New Rhetoric." in Reinventing the Rhetorical Tradition. A. Freedman and I. Pringle, eds. 53-60. The Phd students receive a cleaned up version of this bibiliography. They are also required to construct a short bibliography of their own that focuses on one of the issues in composition. I hope this helps-- Cathy Schryer