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

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Brian Paltridge (University of Sydney, Australia) Dr Sue Starfield (University of New South Wales, Australia)

Change and Stability in Thesis and Dissertation Writing

The Evolution of an Academic Genre

Brian Paltridge (University of Sydney, Australia), Dr Sue Starfield (University of New South Wales, Australia)

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Bloomsbury Academic
23 January 2025

Semantics; Writing skills; Universities

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?’.

By: Brian Paltridge (University of Sydney Australia), Dr Sue Starfield (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350381032
ISBN 10: 1350381039
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 23 January 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Brian Paltridge is Professor of TESOL at the University of Sydney, Australia. Sue Starfield is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

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

This is a book that should be of interest to anyone seeking an in-depth understanding of the moving target we call the PhD thesis/dissertation genre in all its rapidly morphing, increasingly multimodal, disciplinarily diverse and complex manifestations. -- Diane D. Belcher, Georgia State University, USA