As a rhetorical figure, the example is constitutively split between the structural vocations of the Greek "paradeigma" (emphasizing illumination and belonging) and the Latin "exemplum" (emphasizing detachment and exclusion). This bifurcation enables the example to function as a strategic resource of ambiguity. Christine de…

Describes a method of rhetorical criticism to be used in situations where the values of critic and audience differ in significant ways. Uses the method to analyze the responses of children to "The Empire Strikes Back." (PD)

Demonstrates that the rhetorical vision of STOP ERA is essentially mythic in both its plot (the romantic quest) and in its characters (psychological archetypes). Discusses the subtle and pervasive impact of such mythical archetypes. (JMF)

Examines eighteenth century Spain and the rhetorical thought of the Spanish "Illustracion," revealing the evolution of a modern theory of rhetoric which elevated expression at the expense of investigation and culminated in a literary, aesthetic, and belletristic conception of communication. (JMF)

Offers suggestions for using Marxist interpretations of dialectics to begin clarifying the act of rhetorical criticism. Considers three basic interpretations of the dialectic coexisting in the writings of contemporary Marxists: dialectics as a mode of thought, of description, and of discourse. (JMF)

The insistence on "sticking to the issues" in political argument is presented as an ideological commitment rather than a dictum of logic. Edmund Burke's alternative criterion of decision, derived from public evaluation of a leader's image, is used to contrast the contemporary dedication to issue-oriented political argument. (JF)

Applies Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of the novel to Bertolt Brecht's "Drums in the Night" to illuminate the play's dialogic structure and alienation value, and reappropriate its prerevolutionary dimensions for contemporary use. (MM)

When the joint experiences of a poem, poet, reader, and listener are met, there is a communion of spirits that is both test and fruition of the interpretive act. (Author)

Develops a theory of rhetorical perspectivism to show the role played by rhetoric in the acquisition of knowledge. (PD)

Delineates several effects of oppositional interaction in the issue culture of variant sexuality--issue cultures consist of unstable interpretive packages. States that progay and antigay packages define collective identity, the nature of conflict, relationships among antagonists, and appropriate symbolic strategies. Finds issues culture analysis…

Discusses Aristotle's five means of making judgments: intelligence, "episteme" (scientific knowledge), "sophia" (theoretical wisdom), "techne" (art), and "phronesis" (practical wisdom). Sets Aristotle's theory of rhetorical argument within the context of his overall view of human judgment. Notes that…

Adds to scholarship on the role of ideology in Kenneth Burke's texts, and its implications for rhetorical criticism. Argues that, in "Permanence and Change," Burke develops a "metabiological" theory of ideology based upon interrelated concepts of "metabiology,""orientation," and "recalcitrance."…

Suggests that rhetorical critics should avoid affirming the constancy hypothesis, the belief that a stimulus contains the response. Examines five examples of affirmation of the constancy hypothesis in rhetorical criticism after foregrounding Burke's avoidance of the constancy hypothesis in "Permanance and Change" as a model for…

Presents a solid background for the interlace design in Anglo-Saxon art of the period and in classical and early medieval rhetorics, and then proceeds to interpret the Blickling Homilies" in the light of interlace structure. (AN)