Abstract
The emergence of Large Language Models has exposed composition studies’ long-standing commitment to Cartesian assumptions that position writing as a nonmaterial, distinctly human activity. This paper develops a naturalized theory of composition grounded in Deweyan pragmatic naturalism that dissolves the nature/culture dualism embedded in contemporary theory and practice. We advance an eco-ontological account that understands compositional activity as emerging from within the matrix of animal behavior and introduce “compositional viability” to theorize how writing functions as a biosemiotic tool for environmental reconstruction. This framework yields three pedagogical implications: attending to somaesthetics, cultivating writerly habits, and orienting composition toward viable action.
Project Muse URL
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/60/article/953907
Recommended Citation
Stoller, Aaron and Schacht, Chris
(2024)
"Composition Naturalized,"
Education and Culture: Vol. 40
:
Iss.
1,
Article 4.
Available at:
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/eandc/vol40/iss1/art4
