@article{oai:dwcla.repo.nii.ac.jp:00001062, author = {ゲイツ, ショーン A. and GATES, Shaun}, journal = {Asphodel}, month = {Jul}, note = {application/pdf, AN00000289-20100726-227, Evidence suggests that many North American and British college students lack the ability to write well despite the widespread availability of composition textbooks. In Style: an Anti-Textbook, Richard Lanham argues the two are linked: these textbooks exhort students to write an objective, neutral style of academic prose that is difficult to learn because it is too narrowly limited by the virtues of clarity, plainness and sincerity. Students are more likely to write well if they first learn to imitate, and translate between, a broad range of different prose styles. In this paper I review Style: an Anti-Textbook, assessing its suggestions for teaching composition with reference to my own experiences., 論文}, pages = {227--245}, title = {Prose style : the forgotten element in composition courses}, volume = {45}, year = {2010}, yomi = {ゲイツ, ショーン A.} }