Mike Calou Research Proposal Rhetoric and Why We Use It to Teach Writing: A New Composition Teacher’s Quest for Understanding As a new teacher to the field of English and composition I have recently started studying rhetoric: what…
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The Rhetoric of William Shakespeare in Henry V
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William Shakespeare is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language. His plays are some of the most widely recognized stories and are read by most students at some point in their school careers. He wrote…
Research Proposal: Incorporating Language Diversity into Composition Pedagogy
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Basic Writing and ESL composition have been criticized as pigeon-holing non-elite students, keeping them from advancing as quickly in academics, and making it more difficult for them to compete with the economically and politically more advantaged social classes. Historically, calls for…
Ancient Chinese Culture Clashes
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Aaron Arias English 5001 Kim DeVries Spring 2009 Ancient Chinese Culture Clashes Response # 2 The fact that American Rhetoric requires proof and a case does not mean that other forms of rhetoric are not acceptable. So what,…
Ethnocentrism in Rhetoric
by Kristen Phipps • • 3 Comments
At the basis of Yameng Liu’s argument in “To Capture the Essence of Chinese Rhetoric: An Anatomy of a Paradigm in Comparative Rhetoric” is the admonition to not allow preconceived or untested notions, ideas, or philosophies to taint your own…
Lost in Translation
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The point that really sticks to me is the idea that it is the faulty translation of ancient Chinese text that leads western scholars to the conclusion that China does not have a structured tradition of rhetoric, and therefore the…
“Teachers as Translators,” Rhetoric in Ancient China, Commentary
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Reading the introduction and chapter one of Xing Lu’s Rhetoric in Ancient China, the question that kept running through my mind was, “Is it any wonder that historically international diplomacy and negotiation often fail and lead to war?” Lu explains…
Is Anyone Qualified?
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The Liu Yameng article made me wonder: is it possible “to enter a dialogue with comparative scholars in other disciplines as comparative scholars” (334)? I have always wrestled with the idea: can another culture or society truly view another with…
Multicultural Hermeneutics – Commentary
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In both the Introduction and Chapter One, Xing Lu lays the groundwork for a historically based portrayal of classical Chinese rhetoric. Before she can present her argument, however, she must first draw the reader’s attention to the notion of “Orientalism”…
Rhetorical Translations – Greek, Chinese, et al.
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The readings on Chinese rhetoric cast a new light onto the whole history of the art. Xing Lu says that “A true sense of fidelity may never be reached in translation, since in many ways translation is an interpretation and…