Date of Award
January 2019
Degree Type
Open Access Thesis
Document Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English and Theatre
First Advisor
Dominic Ashby
Department Affiliation
English and Theatre
Second Advisor
Jill Parrott
Department Affiliation
English and Theatre
Third Advisor
Carter Sickels
Department Affiliation
English and Theatre
Abstract
Queer Theory has maintained an unstable place in Writing Studies because of the ever-changing political and social uses and definitions of the term “queer” in contemporary western society. In this essay, I discuss how composition scholars must reinterpret their understanding of Queer Composition from a writing genre to a writing heuristic in order to stabilize queerness in Writing Studies. I show how the Queer Composition heuristic functions within a text by using Lynda Barry’s creative and pedagogical text What It Is as an example that iterates queerness as an accessible and inclusive practice for all writers.
Copyright
Copyright 2019 James Franklin McClure
Recommended Citation
McClure, James Franklin, ""Where Is A Story Before It Becomes Words?": Understanding Queer Composition's Place in Writing Studies Through Lynda Barry's What It Is" (2019). Online Theses and Dissertations. 596.
https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/596
Included in
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Rhetoric and Composition Commons
