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A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the analysis of public rhetoric, Modern Rhetorical Criticism teaches readers how to examine and interpret rhetorical situations, ideas, arguments, structure, and style.The text covers a wide range of critical techniques, from cultural and dramatistic analysis to feminist and Marxist approaches. A wealth of original criticism demonstrates how to analyze such diverse forms as junk mail, congressional debates, and traffic regulations, as well as literature. This long-awaited revision contains new coverage of mass media, feminist criticism, and European criticism.
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Primarily emphasizing the U.S. tradition of critical inquiry, Hart (communication, U. of Texas at Austin) and Daughton (communication, Southern Illinois State U. at Carbondale) present an introduction to public rhetoric intended for those taking coursework in rhetorical criticism. The authors aim to demonstrate the commonalities of rhetoric in law, politics, religion, literature, science, education, and entertainment. They provide chapters on the analysis of situations, ideas, argument, form, syntax and imagery, lexicon, and media. They also explore specialized forms of criticism, including role, cultural, dramatistic, feminist, and ideological criticism. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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