By James A. Herrick
The heritage and thought of Rhetoric bargains an obtainable dialogue of the heritage of rhetorical experiences within the Western culture, from historic Greece to modern American and eu theorists.
By tracing the historic development of rhetoric from the Greek Sophists of the 5th century B.C. to modern reviews - corresponding to the rhetoric of technology and feminist rhetoric - this booklet teaches what rhetoric is and what unites differing rhetorical theories all through background. The background and conception of Rhetoric makes use of concise modern examples all through and emphasizes the relevance of rhetoric to today's readers. For an individual attracted to Rhetorical conception.
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43. Gronbeck, 33. 44. George Kennedy, Classical Rhetoric and Its Christian and Secular Tradition, 2d ed. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999), 35. 45. de Romilly, 13-15. 46. de Romilly, 16. 47. Jacquelinede Romilly,Magic and Rhetoric in Ancient Greece (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1975). 48. Jane P. Tompkins, 'The Reader in History: The Changing Shape of Literaiy Response," in Reader Response Criticism, ed. Jane P. Tompkins (Baltimore, M E Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980), 203-204.
8. What claims did the Sophists make about their teaching? 9. What did Gorgias see as the relationship between rhetoric and magic? QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION 1. What members of contemporary society, in your estimation, most resemble the Sophists? 2. After reading about the Sophists, do you think they deserve the bad reputation they had with many of their contemporaries? 3. S. society appear to be sophistic in orientation? 4. Could the teaching and practice of rhetoric in our own society elicit the same controversy it did in ancient Greece?
Polis: The city-state, particularly the people making up the state. Psyche: Mind or soul. Rhetores: Rhetors or orators. Those making their living and wielding power by means of persuasive words. Techne: A true art or discipline. A scientific or systematic pursuit capable of a full account and arriving regularly at a good product or outcome. ENDNOTES 1. For a discussion of Plato's Phaedrus as rhetoric, see: Jane V.