Classical Rhetorical Thought. Selected Highlights

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Studies the development of rhetorical theory within the framework of the definitive questions: what is rhetoric; what constitutes a good speaker; how should truth be defined; what is knowledge; and what is involved in audience analysis. Examines the how these questions are treated by Plato, Isocrates, Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian, St. Augustine, Peter Ramus, and John Locke. Begins with the preface that man’s desire to understand himself and the world in which he lives is founded in a study of history; that it is through an understanding of an era’s social organizations and behaviors (which are revealed by its rhetoric and rhetorical theories) that insight can be gained into the manner in which the leaders of that time perceived two concepts: the nature of man, and the interrelationships of man and his world. Contemporary exercises and projects invite the reader to apply the concepts explored to modern issues. Other Literary History Books 2012 – Aportes Recientes a la Literatura y el Arte Espaoles: Estudios de Crtica Narrativa / Recent Developments in Spanish Literature and Art: Studies in Narrative Criticism) 2011 – CONTEXTO, ESTILO Y FORMA EN LA OBRA DE JORGE LUIS BORGES Y MANUEL PUIG Ensayos 2008 – An English Translation of Carlos Segundo, El Hechizado / Charles the Second, the Bewitched (1837): An Original Spanish Drama in Five Acts and in Verse