Playing the Writing Game: Gaming the Writing Play

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dc.contributor.authorBeale, Matthew Carsonen
dc.contributor.committeechairSiegle, Robert B.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGeorge, Diana L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHeilker, Paul V.en
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:34:31Zen
dc.date.adate2006-07-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:34:31Zen
dc.date.issued2006-04-26en
dc.date.rdate2006-07-07en
dc.date.sdate2006-04-28en
dc.description.abstractMy studies consider the application of digital game theory to the instruction of writing in the first year composition classroom. I frame my argument through dialectic of representation and simulation and the cultural shift now in progress from the latter to the former. I first address the history of multimodal composition in the writing classroom, specifically noting the movement from analysis to design. In the third chapter, I examine several primary tenants of video game theory in relation to traditional academic writing, such as the concept of authorship and the importance of a rule system. My final chapter combines the multimodal and digital game theory to create what I term "digital game composition pedagogy." The last chapter offers new ways to discuss writing and composing through the theories of video games, and shows how video games extend the theories associated with writing to discussions that coincide with an interest that many of our students have outside of the classroom.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04282006-163736en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04282006-163736/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32006en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartBeale_Thesis_1.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectcompositionen
dc.subjectgame theoryen
dc.subjectVideo gamesen
dc.subjectdigital theoryen
dc.subjectdigitalen
dc.subjectmultimodalen
dc.titlePlaying the Writing Game: Gaming the Writing Playen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglishen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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