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  • Change and Stability in Thesis and Dissertation Writing: The Evolution of an Academic Genre

    Change and Stability in Thesis and Dissertation Writing by Paltridge, Brian; Starfield, Sue;

    The Evolution of an Academic Genre

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
    • Date of Publication 23 January 2025
    • Number of Volumes Paperback

    • ISBN 9781350381032
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages pages
    • Size 232x154x18 mm
    • Weight 440 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 65 bw illus.
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    Examining recent changes in the once stable genre of doctoral thesis and dissertation writing, this book explores how these changes impact on the nature of the doctoral thesis/dissertation itself. Covering different theories of genre, Brian Paltridge and Sue Starfield focus on the concepts of evolution, innovation and emergence in the context of the production and reception of doctoral theses and dissertations.

    Specifically concerned with this genre in the humanities, social sciences and visual and performing arts, this book also investigates the forces which are shaping changes in this high-stakes genre, as well as those which act as constraints. Employing textography as its methodological approach, the book provides multiple perspectives on the ways in which doctoral theses and dissertations are subject to forces of continuity and change in the academy. Analyses of the 'new humanities' doctorate, professional doctorates, practice-based doctorates, and the doctorate by publication contribute to understandings of new variants of the doctoral dissertation genre. The book paves the way for a new generation of doctoral students and asks, 'what might the doctorate of the future look like?'.

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    Table of Contents:

    List of Figures
    List of Tables
    Acknowledgments
    1. Introduction
    2. The Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation as an Evolving Genre
    3.Investigating Change and Stability in Doctoral Theses and Dissertations
    4. The Evolution of Thesis and Dissertation Types
    5. The 'New Humanities' PhD
    6. Professional Doctorates
    7. Practice-based Doctoratesin the Visual Arts
    8. Practice-based Doctorates in Music
    9. Doctorates by Publication
    10. Genre Evolution in Thesis and Dissertation Writing
    References
    Appendix
    Index

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