COMM1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lesson Learned, Sophist, Petrus Ramus
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Non-western ancient rhetoric: only type of rhetoric people really ever studied was western rhetoric, means that no one writing in english cared enough to look at any other rhetoric. Ways to study cultural rhetoric: text not always written, could be a picture, the body rhetors performed with voices and bodies to convey meaning, depth, emotions, etc, space where people actually spoke. Look at what it says about rhetoric, how it aided/reduced speech: symbol of systems how it"s looked at visually. Most people didn"t read, so rhetoric was orally performed: needed clothing, action, posture, behavior to induce audience"s memories. Issues of focus need huge body of expertise. Arguable: just because we moved away from culture, doesn"t mean we don"t want to help democracy. Expanding knowledge so when looking to build stronger democracy, you have a larger base to work with. 1st and 2nd century in china: teacher and librarian caught a lucky break because brother died and was appointed this position.
