The Rhetoric of Literary Communication
Title | The Rhetoric of Literary Communication PDF eBook |
Author | Virginie Iché |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2022-01-31 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1000536076 |
Building on the notion of fiction as communicative act, this collection brings together an interdisciplinary range of scholars to examine the evolving relationship between authors and readers in fictional works from 18th-century English novels through to contemporary digital fiction. The book showcases a diverse range of contributions from scholars in stylistics, rhetoric, pragmatics, and literary studies to offer new ways of looking at the "author–reader channel," drawing on work from Roger Sell, Jean-Jacques Lecercle, and James Phelan. The volume traces the evolution of its form across historical periods, genres, and media, from its origins in the conversational mode of direct address in 18th-century English novels to the use of second-person narratives in the 20th century through to 21st-century digital fiction with its implicit requirement for reader participation. The book engages in questions of how the author–reader channel is shaped by different forms, and how this continues to evolve in emerging contemporary genres and of shifting ethics of author and reader involvement. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars interested in the intersection of pragmatics, stylistics, and literary studies.
The Ethics of Literary Communication
Title | The Ethics of Literary Communication PDF eBook |
Author | Roger D. Sell |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 285 |
Release | 2013-09-25 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027271682 |
Viewing literature as one among other forms of communication, Roger D. Sell and his colleagues evaluate writer-respondent relationships according to the same ethical criterion as applies for dialogue of any other kind. In a nutshell: Are writers and readers respecting each other’s human autonomy? If and when the answer here is “Yes!”, Sell’s team describe the communication that is going on as ‘genuine’. In this latest book, they offer new illustrations of what they mean by this, and ask whether genuineness is compatible with communicational directness and communicational indirectness. Is there a risk, for instance, that a very direct manner of writing could be unacceptably coercive, or that a more indirect manner could be irresponsible, or positively deceitful? The book’s overall conclusion is: “Not necessarily!” A directness which is truthful and stimulates free discussion does respect the integrity of the other person. And the same is true of an indirectness which encourages readers themselves to contribute to the construction and assessment of ideas, stories and experiences – sometimes literary indirectness may allow greater scope for genuineness than does the directness of a non-literary letter. By way of illustrating these points, the book opens up new lines of inquiry into a wide range of literary texts from Britain, Germany, France, Denmark, Poland, Romania, and the United States.
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition
Title | Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition PDF eBook |
Author | Theresa Enos |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 828 |
Release | 2013-10-08 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1135816069 |
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Rhetoric
Title | Rhetoric PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Hawcroft |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780198160076 |
Setting out the principles of rhetoric with a wide range of illustrative examples in the first chapter, the author then explores rhetoric at work in different genres, via a close reading of texts.
The Rhetoric of Fiction
Title | The Rhetoric of Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Wayne C. Booth |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 573 |
Release | 2010-05-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0226065596 |
The first edition of The Rhetoric of Fiction transformed the criticism of fiction and soon became a classic in the field. One of the most widely used texts in fiction courses, it is a standard reference point in advanced discussions of how fictional form works, how authors make novels accessible, and how readers recreate texts, and its concepts and terms—such as "the implied author," "the postulated reader," and "the unreliable narrator"—have become part of the standard critical lexicon. For this new edition, Wayne C. Booth has written an extensive Afterword in which he clarifies misunderstandings, corrects what he now views as errors, and sets forth his own recent thinking about the rhetoric of fiction. The other new feature is a Supplementary Bibliography, prepared by James Phelan in consultation with the author, which lists the important critical works of the past twenty years—two decades that Booth describes as "the richest in the history of the subject."
Landmark Essays on Rhetoric and Literature
Title | Landmark Essays on Rhetoric and Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Craig Kallendorf |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2017-10-03 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1351225766 |
The studies of rhetoric and literature have been closely connected on the theoretical level ever since antiquity, and many great works of literature were written by men and women who were well versed in rhetoric. It is therefore well worth investigating exactly what these writers knew about rhetoric and how the practice of literary criticism has been enriched through rhetorical knowledge. The essays reprinted here have been arranged chronologically, with two essays selected for each of six major periods: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance (including Shakespeare), the 17th century, the 18th century, and the 19th and 20th centuries. Some are more theoretically oriented, whereas others become exercises in practical criticism. Some cover well-trod ground, whereas others turn to parts of the rhetorical tradition that are often overlooked. Scholars in the field should benefit from having this material collected together and reprinted in one volume, but the essays included here will also be useful to graduate students and advanced undergraduates for course work and general reading. Students of rhetoric seeking to understand how the principles of their field extend into other forms of communication will find this volume of interest, as will students of literature seeking to refine their understanding of the various modes of literary criticism.
The Rhetoric of the Human Sciences
Title | The Rhetoric of the Human Sciences PDF eBook |
Author | John S. Nelson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 470 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780299110208 |
Opening with an overview of the renewal of interest in rhetoric for inquiries of all kinds, this volume addresses rhetoric in individual disciplines - mathematics, anthropology, psychology, economics, sociology, political science and history. Drawing from recent literary theory, it suggests the contribution of the humanities to the rhetoric of inquiry and explores communications beyond the academy, particulary in women's issues, religion and law. The final essays speak from the field of communication studies, where the study of rhetoric usually makes its home.