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Arnold, Carroll C. – 1977
This paper discusses both the persistent and changing features of rhetorical criticism during the past 60 years. From a review of 75 critical studies that were published from 1915 to 1925, from 1965 to 1968, in 1973, and from 1975 to 1977, three observations are made: First, most studies of rhetorical criticism have been, and continue to be, case…
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Case Studies, Content Analysis, Formal Criticism
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
Peer reviewedKeyser, Samuel Jay – College English, 1976
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Formal Criticism, Literary Criticism, Literary Styles
Peer reviewedFort, Keith – College English, 1971
Evaluates the control that form exerts over freedom" in an essay devoted to literary criticism. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Essays, Formal Criticism, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedMiller, Carolyn R. – Central States Speech Journal, 1978
Probes the rhetorical nature of technology by examining the ways in which technological activity reflects and shapes forms of thought and thereby approaches the rhetorical dimension of ethos. Discusses the aims and methods of technology and examines the products of technology for the reasons that explain their existence. (JMF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Formal Criticism, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism
Stockholder, Katherine – Coll Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Characterization, Dialogs (Literary), Drama, Dramatics
