Research, Expressivism, and Silence.
@article{Wilson1995ResearchEA,
title={Research, Expressivism, and Silence.},
author={M. Wilson},
journal={JAC: A Journal of Composition Theory},
year={1995},
volume={15}
}The research paper is a perennial problem in the composition course, and there are those who maintain, as Richard Larson has argued, that it is not even a separate form of writing. Larson and others also insist that English departments have no business teaching the reserach paper, because the techniques and methodologies of research are so site-specific that they should be taught only within particular disciplines. On the other hand, we cannot ignore an institutional setting where almost 85… Expand