Modern Rhetorical Criticism / Edition 3

by Roderick P Hart, Suzanne Daughton

Overview

A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the analysis of public rhetoric, Modern Rhetorical Criticism teaches readers how to examine and interpret rhetorical situations, ideas, arguments, structure, and style. The text covers a wide range of critical techniques, from cultural and dramatistic analysis to feminist and Marxist approaches. A wealth of original criticism demonstrates how to analyze such diverse forms as junk mail, congressional debates, and traffic regulations, as well as literature. This long-awaited revision contains new coverage of mass media, feminist criticism, and European criticism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780205377992
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/12/2004
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Roderick P Hart, University of Texas at Austin
Suzanne M. Daughton, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Table of Contents

Preface.
I. INTRODUCTION TO CRITICISM.
1. The Rhetorical Perspective.

2. The Critical Perspective.

II. GENERAL FORMS OF CRITICISM.
3. Analyzing Situations.

4. Analyzing Ideas.

5. Analyzing Argument.

6. Analyzing Form and Structure.

7. Analyzing Syntax and Imagery.

8. Analyzing Lexicon.

9. Analyzing Media.

III. SPECIALIZED FORMS OF CRITICISM.
10. Role Criticism.

11. Cultural Criticism.

12. Dramatistic Criticism.

13. Feminist Criticism.

14. Ideological Criticism.

Editorial Reviews

Modern Rhetorical Criticism takes a fresh approach to the time-honored study of rhetorical criticism, merging the study of rhetorical tradition and change. The 4th edition provides breadth and concision, covering critical perspectives from the wide-angle (focus on culture) to the microscopic (focus on words) in an engaging and accessible style.

-Shawn J. Parry-Giles, University of Maryland, USA

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