Modern Rhetorical Criticism
by Hart, Roderick P; Daughton, Suzanne M.Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-01-01
Publisher(s): Allyn & Bacon
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Summary
A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the analysis of public rhetoric, Modern Rhetorical Criticism, second edition, teaches readers how to examine and interpret rhetorical situations, ideas, arguments, structure, and style. The text covers a wide range of critical techniques, from cultural and dramatistic analysis to feminist and Marxist approaches. A wealth of original criticism demonstrates how to analyze such diverse forms as junk mail, congressional debates, and traffic regulations, as well as literature. This long-awaited revision contains new coverage of mass media, feminist criticism, and European criticism.
Table of Contents
| Conclusion appears at the end of each chapter | |
| Introduction To Criticism | |
| The Rhetorical Perspective | |
| The Arts of Rhetoric | |
| The Range of Rhetoric | |
| The Functions of Rhetoric | |
| The Critical Perspective | |
| The Purposes of Criticism | |
| The Qualities of Criticism | |
| The Standards of Criticism | |
| General Forms Of Criticism | |
| Analyzing Situations | |
| The Meanings of Speech-Acts | |
| The Functions of Speech-Acts | |
| The Components of Speech-Acts | |
| Analyzing Ideas | |
| The Study of Ideas | |
| A Topical Approach to Ideas | |
| A Judgmental Approach to Ideas | |
| Analyzing Argument | |
| The Logic of Persuasion | |
| Evidence and Reasoning | |
| Narrative and Reasoning | |
| Toulmin and Reasoning | |
| Analyzing Form and Structure | |
| Structure and Form in Rhetoric | |
| Generic Studies of Form | |
| Analyzing Syntax and Imagery | |
| Examining Syntax | |
| Examining Imagery | |
| Analyzing Word Choice | |
| Examining Group Lexicons | |
| Examining Individual Lexicons | |
| Analyzing Media | |
| Rhetoric and Media | |
| Perceiving Television | |
| Exploring Visual Symbolism | |
| Analyzing Media Content | |
| Specialized Forms Of Criticism | |
| Role Criticism | |
| The Emergence of Role | |
| The Management of Role | |
| The Assessment of Role | |
| Cultural Criticism | |
| Values: The Beginnings of Culture | |
| Myths: The Substance of Culture | |
| Fantasy Themes: The Grass Roots of Culture | |
| Dramatistic Criticism | |
| The Principles of Dramatism | |
| The Methods of Dramatism | |
| Feminist Criticism | |
| The Policy Critique | |
| The Narrative Critique | |
| The Representational Critique | |
| The Performative Critique | |
| The Corporeal Critique | |
| Continental Criticism | |
| The Deconstructionist Critique | |
| The Marxist Critique | |
| References | |
| Popular References | |
| Scholarly References | |
| Index | |
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