EN 1201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Pathos, A Modest Proposal, Zora Neale Hurston
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Lecture #11 literary non-fiction: intro to non-fiction // a modest proposal (swift); how it feels (hurston) A relatively new genre but its roots go back all the way to the ancient. It was known as the art of rhetoric the art of persuasion and making an argument. They would present their arguments with wit and finesse. Aristotle"s three main appeals to rhetoric: logos- an appeal based on logic/reason. The foundation of a good academic essay: pathos- an appeal based on emotions. Pull on the emotions of the reader. Usually gets a bad rep: ethos- an appeal based on the authority of the speaker. An example would be going through surgery with a doctor and placing your trust in their authority. Ethos is easy to see when you disagree with the speaker, but if you agree then you don"t ask. Trust through position: literary non-fiction is confusing since it paradoxes it title. The claim is not truth as in scientific truth.
