Dr. Irene L. Clark is Professor of English and Director of Composition at California State University Northridge, where she is also in charge of the Master's degree in Rhetoric and Composition option. She has published in College Composition and Communication, Profession, Composition Forum, and The Writing Center Journal, and has written several books that focus on writing and the teaching of writing, including Concepts in Composition: Theory and Practice in the Teaching of Writing, Writing in the Center, and The Genre of Argument.
Preface xi
Introduction: Writing a Thesis or Dissertation: An Overview of the Process xix
Chapter 1: Getting Started 1
Chapter 2: So What? Discovering Possibilities 17
Chapter 3: The Proposal as an Argument: A Genre Approach to the Proposal 33
Chapter 4: Mapping Texts: The Reading/Writing Connection 63
Chapter 5: Writing and Revising 83
Chapter 6: Writing the Literature Review 103
Chapter 7: Using Visual Materials 125
Chapter 8: The Advisor and Thesis/Dissertation Committee 139
Chapter 9: Working with Grammar and Style 155
Chapter 10: Practical Considerations 175
Index: 193