Stygall, Gail. "Resisting Privilege: Basic Writing and Foucault's Author Function." CCC 45.3 (1994): 320-341.

Abstract:

Stygall begins by chronicling various definitions of basic writing by different scholars and yet cedes its obvious use as a signifier of many valuations of students. Then by examining the correspondence between graduate students and undergraduate students from three universities, Stygall argues that the institutional practice of basic writing is constructed and prescribed by a type of Foucault's author function and that teaching practices such as one teacher for each classroom, large numbers of students per class, and the separation of students by age and grade level keep the author function dominant.