Essays On Classical Rhetoric And Modern Discourse

Author : Robert J. Connors,Lisa S. Ede,Andrea A. Lunsford
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0809311348

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Essays on Classical Rhetoric and Modern Discourse by Robert J. Connors,Lisa S. Ede,Andrea A. Lunsford Pdf

Eighteen essays by leading scholars in English, speech communication, educa­tion, and philosophy explore the vitality of the classical rhetorical tradition and its influence on both contemporary dis­course studies and the teaching of writing. Some of the essays investigate the­oretical and historical issues. Others show the bearing of classical rhetoric on contemporary problems in composition, thus blending theory and practice. Com­mon to the varied approaches and view­points expressed in this volume is one central theme: the 20th-century revival of rhetoric entails a recovery of the clas­sical tradition, with its marriage of a rich and fully articulated theory with an equally efficacious practice. A preface demonstrates the contribution of Ed­ward P. J.Corbett to the 20th-century re­vival, and a last chapter includes a bibli­ography of his works.

Author : Edward P. J. Corbett
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : MINN:319510018594539

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Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student by Edward P. J. Corbett Pdf

Widely used in advanced composition and writing courses, Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student discusses the three vital components of classical rhetoric--argument, arrangement, and style--bringing these elements to life and demonstrating their effective use in yesterday's and today's writing. Presenting its subject in five parts, the text provides grounding in the elements and applications of classical rhetoric; the strategies and tactics of argumentation; the effective presentation and organization of discourses; the development of power, grace, and felicity in expression; and the history of rhetorical principles. Numerous examples of classic and contemporary rhetoric, from paragraphs to complete essays, appear throughout the book, many followed by detailed analyses.The fourth edition of Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student features a new section on the Progymnasmata (classical composition exercises), a new analysis of a color advertisement in the Introduction, an updated survey of the history of rhetoric, and an updated section on "External Aids to Invention."

Author : John H. Mackin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Discourse analysis
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034022074

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Classical Rhetoric for Modern Discourse by John H. Mackin Pdf

Author : Kathleen E. Welch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136690709

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The Contemporary Reception of Classical Rhetoric by Kathleen E. Welch Pdf

Responding to the reassertion of orality in the twentieth century in the form of electronic media such as the telegraph, film, video, computers, and television, this unique volume traces the roots of classical rhetoric in the modern world. Welch begins by changing the current view of classical rhetoric by reinterpreting the existing texts into fluid language contexts -- a change that requires relinquishing the formulaic tradition, acquiring an awareness of translation issues, and constructing a classical rhetoric beginning with the Fifth Century B.C. She continues with a discussion of the adaptability of this material to new language situations, including political, cultural, and linguistic change, providing it with much of its power as well as its longevity. The book concludes that classical rhetoric can readily address any situation since it focuses not only on critical stances toward discourse that already exists, but also presents elaborate theories for the production of new discourse.

Author : Charles Marsh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415626002

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Classical Rhetoric and Modern Public Relations by Charles Marsh Pdf

This book presents the value of Isocratean rhetoric as an instructive antecedent of modern public relations, showing how Isocratean rhetoric can inform the fields of ethics, persuasion, education, strategic planning, new media, postmodern practices, and paradigms such as excellence theory, communitarianism, fully functioning society theory, and reflection.

Author : John B. Bender,David E. Wellbery
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0804718180

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The Ends of Rhetoric by John B. Bender,David E. Wellbery Pdf

The discipline of rhetoric - adapted through a wide range of reformulations to the specific requirements of Greek, Roman, Medieval, and Renaissance societies - dominated European education and discourse, whether public or private, for more than two thousand years. The end of classical rhetoric's domination was brought about by a combination of social and cultural transformations that occured between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. Concurrent with the 'theory boom' of recent decades, rhetoric has appeared as a center of discussion in the humanities and social sciences. Rhetorical inquiry, as it is thought and practiced today, occurs in an interdisciplinary matrix that touches on philosophy, linguistics, communication studies, psychoanalysis, cognitive science, sociology, anthropology, and political theory. Rhetoric is now an area of study without accepted certainties, a territory not yet parceled into topical subdivisions, a mode of discourse that adheres to no fixed protocols. It is a noisy field in the cybernetic sense of the term: a fertile ground for creative innovation. This volume embodies the interdisciplinary character of rhetoric. The essays draw on wide-ranging conceptual resources, and combine historical, theoretical, and practical points of view. The contributors develop a variety of perspectives on the central concepts of rhetorical theory, on the work of some of its major proponents, and on the breaks and continuities of its history. The spectrum of thematic concern is broad, extending from the Greek polis to the multi-ethnic city of modern America, from Aristotle to poststructuralism, from questions of figural language to problems of persuasion and interaction. But a common interdisciplinary interest runs through all the essays: the effort to rethink rhetoric within the contemporary epistemological situation. In this sense, the book opens new possibilities for research within the human sciences.

Author : Richard Leo Enos,Lois Peters Agnew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000150094

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Landmark Essays on Aristotelian Rhetoric by Richard Leo Enos,Lois Peters Agnew Pdf

There is little doubt that Aristotle's Rhetoric has made a major impact on rhetoric and composition studies. This impact has not only been chronicled throughout the history of rhetoric, but has more recently been contested as contemporary rhetoricians reexamine Aristotelian rhetoric and its potential for facilitating contemporary oral and written expression. This volume contains the full text of Father William Grimaldi's monograph studies in the philosophy of Aristotle's Rhetoric. The eight essays presented here are divided into three rubrics: history and philosophical orientation, theoretical perspectives, and historical impact. This collection provides teachers and students with major works on Aristotelian rhetoric that are difficult to acquire and offers readers an opportunity to become active participants in today's deliberations about the merits of Aristotelian rhetoric for contemporary teaching and research.

Author : Richard H. Roberts,James M. M. Good
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0813914566

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The Recovery of Rhetoric by Richard H. Roberts,James M. M. Good Pdf

Author : Michael H. Frost
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351926324

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Introduction to Classical Legal Rhetoric by Michael H. Frost Pdf

Lawyers, law students and their teachers all too frequently overlook the most comprehensive, adaptable and practical analysis of legal discourse ever devised: the classical art of rhetoric. Classical analysis of legal reasoning, methods and strategy is the foundation and source for most modern theories on the topic. Beginning with Aristotle's Rhetoric and culminating with Cicero's De Oratore and Quintilian's Institutio Oratoria, Greek and Roman rhetoricians created a clear, experience-based theoretical framework for analyzing legal discourse. This book is the first to systematically examine the connections between classical rhetoric and modern legal discourse. It traces the history of legal rhetoric from the classical period to the present day and shows how modern theorists have unknowingly benefited from the classical works. It also applies classical rhetorical principles to modern appellate briefs and judicial opinions to demonstrate how a greater familiarity with the classical sources can deepen our understanding of legal reasoning.

Author : Phillip Sipiora,James S. Baumlin
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780791489383

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Rhetoric and Kairos by Phillip Sipiora,James S. Baumlin Pdf

This collection offers the first comprehensive discussion of the history, theory, and pedagogical applications of kairos, a seminal and recently revised concept of classical rhetoric. Augusto Rostagni, James L. Kinneavy, Richard Leo Enos, John Poulakos, and John E. Smith are among the international list of scholars who explore the Homeric and literary origins of kairos, the technologies of time-keeping in antiquity, the role of "right-timing" in Hippocratic medicine, the improvisations of Gorgias, as well as the uses of kairos in Isocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and the New Testament. Broad in its scope, the book also examines the distinctive philosophies of time reflected in Renaissance Humanism, Nineteenth-Century American Transcendentalism, Oriental art and ritual, and the application of kairos to contemporary philosophy, ethics, literary criticism, rhetorical theory, and composition pedagogy.

Author : Brian L. Porto
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781498568920

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Rhetoric, Persuasion, and Modern Legal Writing by Brian L. Porto Pdf

Classical rhetorical techniques can enhance the persuasiveness of Supreme Court opinions by making their language clear, lively, and memorable. This book focuses on three techniques—“invention” (creation of arguments), “arrangement” (organization), and “style” (word choice)—in the work of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Robert Jackson, Hugo Black, William Brennan, and Antonin Scalia, respectively. The justices featured here contributed to the Court’s rhetorical legacy in different ways, but all five rejected the magisterial opinion style of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in favor of a more personal and conversational format. As a result, their opinions have endured, and even modern readers who cannot recall the justices’ names understand and embrace the ideas expressed in their legal writings and apply those ideas to current debates. Practicing lawyers, professors, and students can use this book to study legal writing techniques and make their own writing more persuasive.

Author : Edith Babin,Kimberly Harrison
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1999-12-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313005060

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Contemporary Composition Studies by Edith Babin,Kimberly Harrison Pdf

Composition studies is a rapidly growing and constantly changing field. At present, however, graduate students new to the field and writing teachers who want to make new connections between theory and practice have little choice of current reference works that define key terms in composition studies and provide information about the scholars and researchers who have shaped and are shaping the discipline. This book supplies this information in an easily accessible format and places both scholars and terms in the context of the field's development. Included are alphabetically arranged entries for 108 individuals who have developed the field and 128 terms central to the discipline. The first part of the book provides entries for leaders in composition studies. Each entry identifies the areas in which the scholar has contributed most influentially to the field and provides both a chronological overview of the person's contributions and a bibliography of representative works. The second part includes entries for terms that are problematic both for newcomers and for those already familiar with the discipline. The entries for the terms show how the disciplinary context has shaped the ways in which they have been used. The entries also indicate how established thinkers in composition studies and other disciplines have explained or defined the terms, provide examples of the terms in context, and list scholars often associated with them. An appendix includes entries for scholars from other disciplines who have contributed to the field.

Author : Cynthia A. Freeland
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0271043849

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Feminist Interpretations of Aristotle by Cynthia A. Freeland Pdf

Aristotle still influences our abstract thinking, our search for principles, and our reflections on virtue, nature, essence, and sexual difference. Feminists here concede that they too philosophize within the tradition founded by the ancient Greeks. The contributors to this volume enter into new, creative, and subtle dimensions of inquiry about Aristotle from a broader feminist perspective.

Author : Craig Kallendorf
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136692307

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Landmark Essays on Rhetoric and Literature by Craig Kallendorf Pdf

The studies of rhetoric and literature have been closely connected on the theoretical level ever since antiquity, and many great works of literature were written by men and women who were well versed in rhetoric. It is therefore well worth investigating exactly what these writers knew about rhetoric and how the practice of literary criticism has been enriched through rhetorical knowledge. The essays reprinted here have been arranged chronologically, with two essays selected for each of six major periods: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance (including Shakespeare), the 17th century, the 18th century, and the 19th and 20th centuries. Some are more theoretically oriented, whereas others become exercises in practical criticism. Some cover well-trod ground, whereas others turn to parts of the rhetorical tradition that are often overlooked. Scholars in the field should benefit from having this material collected together and reprinted in one volume, but the essays included here will also be useful to graduate students and advanced undergraduates for course work and general reading. Students of rhetoric seeking to understand how the principles of their field extend into other forms of communication will find this volume of interest, as will students of literature seeking to refine their understanding of the various modes of literary criticism.

Author : Susan Miller
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Education
ISBN : 0809319225

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Textual Carnivals by Susan Miller Pdf

In this study of the status of composition in English studies programs, Miller (English, U. of Utah) notes the institutional marginalization of composition and its teachers, and calls on her associates in composition to engage in a broader political interpretation of composition by persistently critiquing the current agendas of their discipline and reinterpreting its misdirected social history. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR