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Discourse Studies in Honor of James L. Kinneavy

:	Rosalind J . Gabin, ed
:	Discourse Studies in Honor of James L. Kinneavy
:	Digitalia
:	9780916379575
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:	Philosophie, Religion
:	English

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Fifteen new essays on the history and theory of rhetoric, the art of composition, discourse education over history, academic writing programs, ethics and language, rhetoric and literature, the evangelical movement and American advertising, etc.. A fitting tribute to the distinguished career of James L Kinneavy, author of A Theory of Discourse and The Greek Rhetorical Origins of Christian Faith.

PART ONE: Classical and Modem Rhetoric (p. 1)

Classical and Modem Rhetoric: The Basic Issues

Edward PJ. Corbett

The basic issue in thé classical period was whether rhetoric or philosophy would be thé dominant élément in thé Greek educational System. Plato became thé leading exponent of pnilosophy as thé suprême discipline, Isocrates and many of thé sophists stood for rhetoric.

Later on, Aristotle too became an advocate for rhetoric. It was not that Aristotle was opposed to philosophy. After ail, he was a student of Plato`s in thé Academy, he himself taught philosophy, and he is known today mainly as a philosopher.

Not only did Aristotle see that there was a place for grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric in thé conduct of human affairs, but he also saw that there had to be a place for thèse vital language arts.

A state could not survive, much less flourish, if thé citizens who had a vote could not exchange words correctly, logically, and persuasively. There had to be toilers in thé vineyards and workers in thé marketplace to make such a society work, but there also had to be governors.

Plato claimed that philosophy could best prépare thé governors for leadership in thé state, Aristotle claimed that rhetoric could best prépare those governors to be effective communicators. So thé provinces of thèse two disciplines seemed to be sharply delineated. But instead of thèse two disciplines becoming ancillary endeavors, they became rivais.

And thereon hangs a taie. The rivalry between rhetoric and philosophy during thé fourth century in Athens charged thé intellectual atmosphère with a sparkmg electricity and led to some achievements in thé academy, in thé government, and, yes, i thé military. But there was a lot of pushing and shoving going on between thé two disciplines.

One of thé issues that became a point of contention between rhetoric and philosophy was whether citizens must ferret out thé truth in any area of human affairs before they could act effectively and responsibly. Truth was spelled with a capital Tin Socrates` and Plato`s play-book (actually, of course, truth was spelled in Greek with a capital Alpha-Aletheià).

The Greek philosophers contended that in thé conduct of human affairs, citizens should ascertain thé"truth of thé matter" before deciding on a course of action. Opinions, beliefs, or probabilities were not reliable grounds for actions.

If you look at Plato`s dialogues, you fïnd Socrates constantly engaged with his students and his friends in an anxious search for truth. Dialectics was thé device that philosophers used to seek out and to pin down thé elusive truth. Anything less than thé truth was as insubstantial and as evanescent as thé shadows cast on thé walls of thé cave in Plato`s famous allegory in The Republic.

Aristotle and his students in thé academy were also seeking thé truth, but realists as they were, they recognized that thé"truth of thé matter" in contingent human affairs was not always accessible or ascertainable. If thé burden of proof in a court trial is on thé accusers, not on thé défendant, thé prosecutor has to discover thé damning évidence or try to elicit it from thé witnesses.

	Contents	6
	Biographical Introduction: Vir Bonus Agendi Peritus	10
	Some JLK Students Speak	23
	Acknowledgments	31
	JLK: The Bibliography	32
	The Essays: Our Tribute to James L. Kinneavy	36
	Part One: CLASSICAL AND MODERN RHETORIC	38
	Classical Rhetoric: The Basic Issues	38
	A Rhetoric of Ethics and Cultural Understanding: The Quest of Isocrates	48
	Refiguring Rhetoric: Aristotle's Concept of Techne	62
	Nineteenth Century Scottish Rhetoric: The Missing Link Between Classical and Modern	78
	Part Two: POSTMODERN PERSPECTIVES	92
	Two Propositions: On the Hermeneutics of Suspicion and on Writing the History of Rhetoric	92
	Rhetoric and Post-Deconstructionism: A Relationist Theory of Meaning	110
	Social Rhetoric and Political Action	128
	Part Three: THE TEACHING OF WRITING	143
	Fred Newton Scott and the Reform Movement of the 1890s	143
	Is There a Place for Classical Rhetoric in the Teaching of Composition Today?	158
	Kinneavy's Theory of Discourse and the College English Major	175
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	Part Four: SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND ADVERTISING	205
	Voice in Scientific Discourse	205
	Ethics Across the Curriculum	217
	The Promised Land: The Rhetoric of Religion and the Development of American Advertising	227
	Epilogue:	227
	Epilogue:	227
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	Index	253
	A	253
	B	253
	C	253
	D	254
	E	254
	F	254
	G	254
	H	255
	I	255
	J	255
	K	255
	L	255
	M	256
	N	256
	O	256
	P	256
	Q	257
	R	257
	S	257
	T	257
	U	257
	V	257
	W	258
	Y	258
	Z	258
	Tabula gratulatoria	259