COMM 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Deductive Reasoning, Enthymeme, Syllogism
8 Nov 2016
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Classical rhetorical theories (ancient greece and rome: mostly concerned with public address, brief history it was innate. Great debate over whether good speaking could be taught or if. Plato said it couldn"t be taught, it"s an innate talent. Aristotle said it could be taught and wrote a public speaking observing in any given case the available means of textbook: the rhetoric (c. 284 bce), his theories of persuasion are still used today. Forensic: accusation and defense, used in courts, deals with past, explain what happened. Epideictic: ceremonial speeches of praise and blame, given at community events (commencement addresses, wedding toasts, deals with present, meant to draw community. Deliberative together: what should and shouldn"t be done, used in, deals with the future, how things should be politics (campaign speeches) Most scholarship focuses on persuasion, the hardest one to do and research is most developed on this.
