Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Rumfelt, Catherine Coker Author's Email Address cathyrumfelt@gmail.com URN etd-04162009-103704 Title The Necessity of Narrative: Personal Writing and Digital Spaces in the High School Composition Classroom Degree Master of Arts Department English Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Dr. Marti Singer Committee Chair Dr. George Pullman Committee Member Dr. Mary Hocks Committee Member Keywords
- New media
- Composition
- Personal narrative
- Expressive writing
- Digital spaces
Date of Defense 2009-04-06 Availability unrestricted Abstract In the late 1960s, personal narrative became popular in high school and college writing classrooms as the expressivist and process movements emerged. Since then, personal narrative has recently lost its significance and it is no longer in our writing curricula. In this paper, I discuss the necessity of teaching personal narrative in the secondary composition classroom as it serves an important role in argument. In addition, I will argue for the use of digital spaces to engage students in a critical conversation through narrative.Files
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