{"id":7042,"date":"2006-09-12T12:50:39","date_gmt":"2006-09-12T12:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/12\/lloydjones-a-vi\/"},"modified":"2006-09-12T12:50:39","modified_gmt":"2006-09-12T12:50:39","slug":"lloydjones-a-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/12\/lloydjones-a-vi\/","title":{"rendered":"Lloyd-Jones, “A View from the Center”"},"content":{"rendered":"\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> mins<\/span><\/span>\n

Lloyd-Jones,
\n Richard. "A View from the Center." CCC<\/i> 29.1 (1978):
\n 24-29.<\/p>\n

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"A View from the Center" was delivered by Lloyd-Jones as the first annual
\nchairs address at the 1976 CCCC in Kansas City. Lloyd-Jones attempts both to
\ncharacterize the field’s status and assert its legitimacy while also accounting
\nfor who we are. He begins by referring to a commitment to language as the
\nprimary trait of composition studies. From there, he sets up and knocks
\ndown a series of metaphors more or less suitable for describing the deep
\nstructure of composition studies: political, foundational (keeping with the
\nconference’s theme, "What’s REALLY basic?"), architectural, and
\nanatomical\/skeletal. <\/p>\n

Resonant with his title, the model of centrality Lloyd-Jones chooses is one
\nof the rural telephone operator, Mrs. Peterson who is, without being celebrated
\nfor it, highly connected and also highly knowledgeable about the inner
\nworkings–discourses, relationships, activities–of the locale. To run
\nwith the comparison just a bit, the invocation of Mrs. Peterson could be framed
\nas the following question tied to rhetoric,
\nexpertise\/authority\/legitimacy\/respectability and involvement<\/i>: how
\nwill compositionists perform their centrality<\/b>, both in the academy and
\nbeyond? <\/p>\n

Other points:<\/p>\n