Literary
Review Assignment:
TOPIC: Rhetoric Handbooks/ancient rhetors’ discourse on the importance
of reading/ethics of reading? Literary review of Aristotle, Quintilian and Cicero
Texts:
Bizzell,
Patricia Bizzell & Bruce Herzberg (eds). The Rhetorical Tradition :
Readings from Classical Times to the Present. 3rd ed, Bedford/St. Martin’s,
2020.
Kennedy,
George A. Classical Rhetoric and Its Christian and Secular Tradition from
Ancient to Modern Times, The University of North Carolina Press, 1999. Ebook
Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uhm/detail.action?docID=880229.
Supplementary
texts:
https://thebiblioraptor.medium.com/how-to-read-aristotles-poetics-def566ca2979
https://classicalstudies.org/incompletion-revision-and-ethics-reading-cicero-appropriate-action
Assignment notes:
5 sources minimum but should be more, references to at least 2
primary sources
7 pages, 21000 words
Lit review option
Intro with clear thesis
statement
References to at least 5
separate sources, 2 primary sources
Mla with works cited
Prompt:
Conduct a literature review using at least 4
of the readings from the first ½ of the course, and at minimum 5 total
sources. Basically, a literature review
asks you to identify a theme that has emerged for you across the readings we
have done. You will assemble scholarship on the topic and put those works in
discussion with each other in terms of where the theories
overlap/contradict/converge/diverge. The purpose of a Literature Review is to
provide an overview of the discussions relevant to the topic you have chosen to
explore. Refer to the slides for week 6 for more detail on how to approach the
literature review.
No matter the prompt you chose, you will
include at minimum 5 sources, which in either case must include references to
at least 2 primary sources and direct citation from them.
Format
- Both
options demand introductions with clear thesis statements, although they
might not look like traditional argument thesis. - include
references to at least five separate sources, which can be books,
scholarly articles, chapters from edited volumes, oral histories, or other
appropriate sources (check with me if you have questions on this). 2 must
be primary sources that we have read for class or other approved
translations. - document
all your sources using MLA/APA style and include a Works Cited/Reference
list formatting according to MLA/APA style. - make
sure you are fully in control of whatever technical terms you employ - proofread
carefully to catch grammatical/syntactical problems and typographical
errors - minimum
would be 2100 words, not including your works cited/reference list.
Terms/notes:
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Technical rhetoric
·
building of argument
·
Focus on just text – what do you need to build argument?
·
Handbooks – user manuals
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Almost a-contextual
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The speech
Aristotle-
Philosopher but not like
plato
Saw himself as a
Scientist – testing hypothesis
Kopia – knowledge about
everything
Scientific method
Realist
Plato’s student despite
almost being the opposite
Plato – idealist
Literary analysis –
finding the meaning in what’s read – the text
Rhetoric – receptions.
Audience’s reading of text
Inductive vs deductive
reasoning
Inductive – example and
conclusion. Always weaker. Probability is high but can be problematic.
Deductive – big ->
small. Premises is syllogisms. Can break down and be problematic. Draw a
conclusion from premises. Deal with commonplaces.
Kairos – relevancy,
opportune moment
3 appeals – aristotle:
ethos, logos, pathos
5 canons – cicero:
Invention, arrangement,
style, memory and delivery
What does this mean for writing?
·
invention: the first of Aristotle’s canons.. where you decide on
the arguments you will use and gather information about them.
·
Kairos: knowing when the right time it, or how to make the current
time work for your argument
·
Stasis: understanding your argument using the 4 questions so you
know what you should argue and how