Rhetorical criticism perspectives in action /

• Other Authors: Kuypers, Jim A.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2009.
• Series: Lexington studies in political communication.
• Subjects: Rhetorical criticism.; TRAVEL > Literary. > Special Interest; LITERARY CRITICISM > General.; Electronic books.
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Covering a broad range of rhetorical perspectives, Rhetorical Criticism: Perspectives in Action presents a thorough, accessible, and well-grounded introduction to rhetorical criticism. Throughout the text, sample essays written by noted experts provide students with models for writing their own crit...

Table of Contents:

• What is rhetoric? / Jim A. Kuypers and Andrew King
• Rhetorical criticism as art / Jim A. Kuypers
• On objectivity and politics in criticism / Edwin Black
• The rhetorical situation / Kathleen Farrell and Marilyn Young
• The "traditional" perspective / Forbes I. Hill
• Close textual analysis: approaches and applications / Stephen H. Browne
• Generic elements in rhetoric / william Benoit
• Criticism of Metaphor / Thomas Burkholder and David Henry
• The narrative perspective / Robert Rowland
• Kenneth Burke's dramatic form criticism / Floyd Douglas Anderson, Andrew King, and Kevin McClure
• Pentadic criticism: the wheels of creation / Andrew King
• Framing analysis / Jim A. Kuypers
• The fantasy-theme perspective / Thomas St. Antoine, Matthew Althouse, and Moya Ball
• The mythic perspective / Janice Hocker Rushing and Thomas S. Frentz
• Feminist analysis / Donna Nudd and Kristina L. Whalen
• Ideographical criticism / Ronald Lee
• Critical rhetoric and continual critique / Raymie McKerrow and Jeffrey St. John
• Conceptually-oriented criticism / Stephanie Houston Grey
• Eclectic criticism / Jim A. Kuypers.