Designing Interactive Worlds With Words: Principles of Writing As Representational CompositionRoutledge, 2000 - 312 頁 No two writing situations are exactly the same and skilled writers, like skilled painters, must develop the know-how to represent the objects of their writing as part of a flexible art. This special art of writing lies hidden between grammar--the well-formedness of sentences--and genre--the capacity of texts to perform culturally holistic communicative functions (e.g., the memo, the strategic report, the letter to the editor). Concealed between grammar and genre, this less visible art of writing is what Kaufer and Butler call "representational composition." Texts within this hidden art are best viewed not primarily as grammatical units or as genre functions, but as bearers of design elements stimulating imagistic, narrative, and information-rich worlds, and as an invitation to readers to explore and interact with them. |
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Writing and Representational Composition | 1 |
I Portraiture | 19 |
II Landscapes | 83 |
III Invitations for Interaction | 171 |