Author Archive for sbahadur

Janet Emig

Janet Emig Writing is an integral part of the learning process. Emig states that writing represents a unique mode of learning – not merely valuable, not merely special, but unique (122). According to Emig, Writing is originating and creating a…

Gayatri Spivak

Spivak In an interview by Philip Sipiora and Janet Atwill, Spivak gives some insights to the aspect of Rhetoric and writing. She has also given some hints on Women’s writing and women’s teaching. When asked to define rhetoric , Spivak…

Research Paper – Draft

Research Project – 5001 Question Can Rhetorical Devices play an effective role in bringing about emotions and feelings of the audience? Abstract You are left on a deserted Island and there is less or at least no hope for survival.…

Peter Elbow

Peter Elbow – Teacherless Writing Class Peter Elbow has provided us with some optimistic views on a Teacherless writing class. Elbow elaborates on the communicable / oral aspects of a teacher less writing class. According to Elbow “ When non…

Giambatista Vico

Giambatista Vico Vico focuses on the study methods of the ancients and modern times. His views discuss how present study methods are better than the study methods of the past, and ways in which the inferior study methods of the…

Commentary – Week Three

Reading Response – Week 3 Xing Lu and Lu Xie have given useful insights on Chinese Rhetoric. Both the writers focused on translation, hermeneutics and also elaborating on a Western approach to Chinese rhetoric. Hermeneutics is the translation of historical…