English 5001

Commentary #1 Hsieh/Lu

Keri Ortiz Dr. De Vries ENGL 5001 March 2, 2009   Commentary #1   The Literary Minds and the Carving of Dragonsby Liu Hsieh Rhetoric in Ancient China: Introduction Xing Lu               This is my first experience reading about…

Perceptions and Preconceptions

Tina Bell 5001 Dr. Devries 4 March, 2009 Week 3 Commentary   Perceptions and Preconceptions Throughout the entire reading of Xing Lu’s article, “Rhetoric in Ancient China,” connections to two other interesting works kept weaving through my mind. In my…

Visual Rhetoric

This post is in response to Dr. DeVries post about Nixon/Kennedy and the Aristotle reading.  In this modern or rather postmodern world, not only do we have to deal with constructing arguments in written and verbal forms, but we must have…

Lost in Translation

Xing Lu says one of the problems with the existing research on Chinese rhetoric is a dependency on translations. The texts we have read so far were not originally composed in English; they were written in Greek or Latin or…

Rhetoric vs. Poetic

Rhetoric and poetry have been linked for millenia. Aristotle treated both subjects in works that are still read today. For much of history rhetoric has been considered to be superior to poetry. In section XVI, Cicero declares oratory to be…

Research Paper Details

Term Papers: I am asking you to identify a question about rhetoric , rhetorical theory, composition, or composition theory to explore during the term and to report on at the end.  This assignment is built to mimic professional genres as…

When Rhetoric Can’t Win

An audience can be swayed by factors outside the rhetoric realm. This was briefly mentioned in class on Thursday when the Kennedy/Nixon debate was discussed. Radio listeners thought Nixon won the debate, but television viewers considered Kennedy the winner. Nixon…

Week 3 — Classical Chinese Rhetoric

Lu Xing Associate Professor in the Department of Communications at DePaul University and the author of Rhetoric in Ancient China: Fifth to Third Century B.C.E.: A Comparison with Classical Greek Rhetoric, Lu has also published many journal articles and book…

Isocrates, Antidosis

Aaron Arias English 5001 Dr. Kim Devries Spring 2009   Isocrates, Antidosis   Isocrates is being accused of corrupting the youth of the land for educating them in a manner that creates independent thinkers (Sounds familiar, maybe it is a…

Impeding Argument – Commentary

In this address, Isocrates has several main agendas. He aims to describe the human body, particularly the mind, and how practice and training can condition it. He also implicitly lays out the steps for success under his instruction, stresses the…