Graduate Exams| Bibliographies and Reading Lists

The basic categories for scholarship in rhetoric and composition are listed below. Each one of these might define an appropriate examination area for a Primary or Secondary exam. Students are encouraged to combine subcategories and define a focus for each exam. Below are some recent bibliographies created by students and faculty. They are here merely as a starting place for your own research. Primary reading lists include a maximum of 40 sources and Secondary reading list include a maximum of 30 sources. Develop your reading lists and your areas in consultation with your supervisor and your colleagues.

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Subcategories for study

• Computers and Composition
  • Mary Hocks' Bibliography (Endnote File)
• Composition Theory and Pedagogy
• Cultural Rhetorics
  • Cultural Rhetorics by Alice Myatt (Doc File)
• Feminist Rhetorics/Women in the rhetorical tradition
  • Women in the Rhetorical Tradition by Beth Burmester (Endnote File)
  • Feminist Historiography, Rhetorical Theory and Methodology by Cara Minardi (Doc File)
• Information design
• Usability
• Visual rhetoric
  • Mary Hocks' Bibliography (Doc File)
• Digital rhetoric
  • Mary Hocks' Bibliography (Doc File)
• Classical rhetoric
  • by James P. Zappen (Doc file)
• Medieval Rhetoric
• Renaissance Rhetoric
• Enlightenment Rhetoric
  • Lynee Gaillet's Bibliography (Doc file)
• Contemporary Rhetoric / Rhetorical Theory
  • by James P. Zappen (Doc file)
• Writing Center Theories and Practice
  • Writing Center Studies by Beth Burmester (Endnote File)
• WAC and Writing Program Administration
  • Writing Program Administration by Beth Burmester (Endnote File)

  Sample reading lists from previous students

• Vickie Willis on Feminist Rhetorical Theory and History (Doc file)

• Vickie Willis on 20th century Rhetorical Theory and Delivery (Doc file)

• Vickie Willis on Classical Rhetoric (Doc file)

• Letizia Guglielmo on Computers and Composition (Doc file)

• Letizia Guglielmo on Writing Program Administration (Doc file)

• Cara Minardi on Feminist Compsition Pedagogy (Doc file)