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Connecting with the Audience
I wasn’t a huge fan of Gayatri Spivak; I found some of her responses to be cold and political—“I can’t really comment on what goes on in the discipline of rhetoric” (2), “A domestication, a circumscription” (5), and “It is not possible not to retain the memory of tradition while reshaping what is taught”... »
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 refers to the works of Foucault and Derrida. However, Spivak sees rhetoric as “most... »
Commentary Week 10
Tina Bell English 5001 23 April 2009 Commentary Week 10 “Rhetoric sees itself not as creating a balance between theory and practice, but rather as ‘inhabiting a kind of productive unease’” (1). Given Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s view of rhetoric, it is necessary that educational institutions will constantly be reviewing the ideas of theory and practice. Many members of our... »