Weaver R. Ehtics of Rhetoric. The Phaedrus an the nature of rhetoric

Wadsworth Publishing, 2008. - 496 pages. The first situation-based 3-in-1 writing guide (including a rhetoric, reader, and research manual), Cheryl Glenn's "The Harbrace Guide to Writing. Concise Edition" infuses the common genres and strategies with a rhetorical awareness in the context of actual local situations. "The Harbrace Guide to Writing. Concise Edition" translates rhetorical theory into easy-to-follow (and easy-to-teach) techniques th...

The publication of a treatise devoted to argumentation and this subject's connection with the ancient tradition of Greek rhetoric and dialectic constitutes a break with a concept of reason and reasoning due to Descartes.

The AP Language and Composition Exam places strong emphasis on students’ ability to analyze texts rhetorically and to use rhetoric effectively as they compose essay responses. It’s an important question for teachers, therefore, to consider what students need to know about this often misunderstood term in order to write confidently and skillfully. The traditional definition of rhetoric, first proposed by Aristotle, and embellished over the centu...

2001. 249 pp. Comparison with Cicero’s letters and philosophical work suggests that the presentation of empire in the speeches is the result of a conscious simplification to enable Cicero to avoid having to make public choices about the exploitation of imperial resources which could alienate many of his supporters. The terms of his contribution to the imperial debate are formed by his weaknesses as a politician as much as by his strengths: and in...

Chaim Perelman andLucie Olbrechts- Tyteca 's New Rhetoric Project (NRP) helped revive the study of rhetoric in the twentieth century. Although some believe their work is largely a reiteration of Aristotle's rhetoric and that Perelman owes a significant debt to Aristotle, I present evidence in this paper that Perelman was quite critical of the Western tradition of philosophy and of Aristotle's logic and rhetoric. Perelman turned to Jewish thinking...

Beyond the Trope of an Angry Feminist. Феминизм и аффект (эмоции) на сцене спора. Что стоит за тропом сердитой феминистки. Temple University Press, Филадельфия, 2010. Язык: английский. 289 стр. Содержание: - Transforming the Terms of Reading: Ideologies of Argument and the Trope of the Angry Feminist - Ideologies of Style: Discursive Policing and Feminist Intersectional Argument - Anger: Grammars of Aff ect and Authority - Tough Babies, or Ange...