ENC-3021 Lecture Notes - Christine De Pizan, Kenneth Burke, Petrus Ramus
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Major historical periods of rhetoric classical (500 bcce-400 ce) Ancient greece: aristotle aristotelien earth science/empirical (most probable, plato platonic truth/knowledge absolute (divine/other world, socrates, sophists sophistic contingent relative. Quintilian rise of christianity: augustine god revelation medieval (dark, middle ages/400 ce-1400) Peter ramus god syllogism/science (version of platonic) Kenneth burke rhetoric creates knowledge social constructionists rhetoric as drama. Michel foucault rhetoric creates knowledge social constructionists power. Richards rhetoric creates knowledge social constructionists meaning. Smith"s article an introduction to rhetoric intrapersonal rhetoric involves convincing the self: how we persuade self is often how we persuade others rhetorical situation, lloyd bitzer. Exigence (problem that needs to be addressed) Audience (rhetorical the people whom you are addressing that can be agents of change, receptive) Constraints (available means of persuasion/of the situation location, scene, how does it affect you: situation comes first (exigence) invites (prescribes) a fitting response positive modification, vatz rhetor is first create an exigence.
