Rhetorical Criticism: Exploration and Practice- Inc.-2017, Ebook PDF Version – Digital Instant Dowload.

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1478634898
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1478634898
• Author: Sonja K. Foss

Over multiple editions, this transformative text has taught the lively art of rhetorical criticism to thousands of students at more than 300 colleges and universities. Insights from classroom use enrich each new edition.

With an unparalleled talent for distilling sophisticated rhetorical concepts and processes, Sonja Foss highlights ten methods of doing rhetorical criticism—the systematic investigation and explanation of symbolic acts and artifacts. Each chapter focuses on one method, its foundational theories, and the steps necessary to perform an analysis using that method. Foss provides instructions on how to write coherent, well-argued reports of analytical findings, which are then illustrated by sample essays.

Table contents:

Part 1: Introduction

Chapter 1 – The Nature of Rhetorical Criticism

Chapter 2 – Doing Rhetorical Criticism

Chapter 3 – Neo-Aristotelian Criticism: Genesis of Rhetorical Criticism

Part 2: Critical Approaches

Chapter 4 – Cluster Criticism

Chapter 5 – Fantasy-Theme Criticism

Chapter 6 – Feminist Criticism

Chapter 7 – Generic Criticism

Chapter 8 – Ideological Criticism

Chapter 9 – Metaphoric Criticism

Chapter 10 – Narrative Criticism

Chapter 11 – Pentadic Criticism

Chapter 12 – Generative Criticism