CCCC06: Bauerlein Flaps His Arms
Actually, the full title for this post should be, “Bauerlein Flaps His Arms and Makes Angry Honking Noises.” As Clancy points out, Emory professor Mark Bauerlein — in a recent post at The Valve — has taken it upon himself to say unkind things all of us who were in Chicago for the past few days.
So: upon what scholarship in rhetoric and composition, Professor Bauerlein, are you basing your critique? Or — Professor Bauerlein — have you even read any of that scholarship?
Or are you just flapping your arms and making angry honking noises?
April 5th, 2006 at 11:55 pm
[...] That pretty much does it for my notes on this year’s 4Cs. I got to meet a lot of new people, see some old friends and colleagues, and attend some excellent presentations, most of which I’ve shared my notes on here. I got to hang out with Jen Beech at the Newcomer’s Station, and (very briefly — I had to run to set up my presentation) introduced myself to Julie Lindquist. Plus, after Mark Bauerlein’s foolish and petty sniping, the estimable John Schilb called him “lazy and paranoid” — what fun! [...]