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Chesebro, James W.; Hamsher, Caroline D. – Speech Monographs, 1975
Examines the relationship between rhetorical theory and rhetorical criticism, and discusses the current evolution of rhetorical criticism and the theoretical suppositions accounting for this evolution. (MH)
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Aristotelian Criticism, Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse
Rosenfield, Lawrence W. – Speech Monographs, 1968
Critical discourse is best understood when its logical features are identified. An examination of the basic elements and modes of rhetorical criticism (a form of critical discourse) produces a finite set of options for the critic, thus enabling him to develop a system of alternatives in his critical efforts. For example, by selecting from among…
Descriptors: Formal Criticism, Persuasive Discourse, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism
Irvine, James R. – Speech Monographs, 1971
Descriptors: Imagination, Literary Criticism, Persuasive Discourse, Physiology
Minnick, Wayne C. – Speech Monographs, 1971
The purpose of this paper is to describe and criticize methods critics commonly use to judge speech effects from historical records alone, and to provide a case study illustrating the application of those methods. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Audiences, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Historical Criticism
Sanbonmatsu, Akira – Speech Monographs, 1971
Based on author's doctoral dissertation, Adaptation and Debate Strategies of Clarence Darrow and Alexander Rorke in New York vs. Gitlow," Pennsylvania State University. (Editor)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Discourse Analysis, Identification (Psychology), Lawyers
Durham, Weldon B. – Speech Monographs, 1970
An analysis of the signification of rhetoric" in De Quincey's 1828 essay, Rhetoric" or Elements of Rhetoric"; a revision of a paper presented at the Rhetoric and Public Address debut program of the Speech Association of America (New York, December 1969). (Editor/RD)
Descriptors: Essays, Literary Criticism, Literary Styles, Persuasive Discourse
Meersman, Roger – Speech Monographs, 1971
The purpose of this work is to view Rapin's work in its entirety and to extract from eleven of his critical works the major elements of his belletristic theory. (Author)
Descriptors: English Neoclassic Literary Period, French Literature, Literary Criticism, Literary Genres